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Magda Nidia Reyes Macías, grandmother of the late Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger, passed away this Monday morning, as confirmed by the family in a post on the artist's Instagram profile.
The news was received with deep sorrow by those who surrounded the singer in life and by the followers who closely followed the mourning of this Cuban family in recent years.
"With deep sorrow, we share the physical departure of our beloved grandmother, Magda Nidia Reyes Macías," reads the message posted on social media, accompanied by photographs that show the close bond between this loving woman and her grandson.
The phrase that resonated most with those who read the announcement was the one that concluded the post: “Now you reunite with your loved ones and your grandson, whom you loved so much. Rest in peace, grandmother.”
The passing of Magda Nidia comes less than two years after the crime of El Taiger, shot in the head on October 3, 2024 in Miami and who passed away a week later at Jackson Memorial Hospital, at the age of 37.
The grandmother survived a chain of devastating losses within her own family: the artist's mother, Magda Zaldívar, passed away in September 2020, and El Taiger's father died days later, during that same week of mourning.
Despite everything, Magda Nidia remained an emotional pillar for those close to the singer.
After the death of El Taiger, Teresa Padrón —a close figure to the family— visited the grandmother in Cuba in April 2025 in a very emotional meeting, where the elderly woman told her: "I was crazy to see you."
In October of that same year, the grandmother became emotional again when speaking about her daughter Magda during another visit from Padrón, revealing the depth of a pain that never fully healed.
The family announcement also included words of gratitude toward the woman who, according to her loved ones, instilled love, wisdom, and strength in every corner of her family: "Your legacy will live on forever in our hearts and in every memory you left us."
The family's message concluded with a certainty that, amidst the pain, brings them comfort: "Your absence hurts us, but it comforts us to know that you are at peace and that from heaven you will continue to watch over us just as you always did."
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