Yosdany Jacob Carmenates, better known as Jacob Forever, is a popular Cuban singer of genres such as ballads, reggaeton, and other urban styles, born in Camagüey on December 21, 1981.
His beginnings in the music world showcased his restless personality on stage and his desire for renewal and success: he started by dancing on roller skates for a company where he imitated the style of groups like the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync. He traveled with this dance company to Spain, where he stayed for a year. Upon his return, he founded Made in Cuba.
In 2005, he became a member of the group Gente d'Zona. With them, he recorded Lo mejor que suena ahora vol II and gained national and international popularity with several songs that reached the top of the charts.
After eight years of successes, several albums (Lo mejor que suena ahora, Full), collaborations with artists such as Orishas, La Charanga Habanera, El Micha, among others, and a Premio Lucas, Jacob and Alexander Delgado (founder of Gente d'Zona) announce their separation. Gente d'Zona would continue its journey with Randy (former singer of La Charanga Habanera) and Jacob would embark that same year, 2013, on his solo career alongside El Dany, a former member of the group DpuntoD, and Nando Pro. Together, they founded Los Inmortales. Más duro and Son muchas cosas are the first two musical works of this reggaeton group, one of the most followed and successful in Cuba.
In 2015, Jacob made a significant leap to fame with his single "Hasta Que Se Seque el Malecón" included in his album El Inmortal. The track, which has nearly 78 million views on YouTube, established him as one of the leading figures of the urban genre on the island and introduced him to the world.
The music video, featuring a 90s aesthetic and showcasing stunning aerial views of the northern coast of the Cuban capital, stopping at the Morro Lighthouse, the area's architecture, and the famous Malecón, was very well received by the public. It premiered on November 8, 2015, on Jacob Forever's YouTube channel and was created by the Cuban audiovisual director Freddy Loon. Forever later reinterpreted his song along with the famous Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Farruko.
This success was followed by La Dura, also from 2015, and the 2017 Remix featuring Enrique Iglesias and Descemer Bueno of Súbeme la Radio. The single achieved 4 Platinum Discs, a sales certification awarded upon surpassing 200,000 copies sold, at least in the United States. The song La Dura was censored in 2016 by Cuban Television because the video depicts a car being gifted to the protagonist of the story, which was deemed “speculative” and “ostentatious” in the opinion of the officials who made the decision.
Among his collaborations with other artists in the industry, there’s the remix of "No debí dejarte sola" featuring Descemer Bueno and El Micha (2020). In August 2020, he released Pa mi gente, which includes the single "Dile" that he presented as a gift for his 39th birthday, and its music video has reached nearly 14 million views on YouTube. This same album, consisting of 15 tracks filled with collaborations, features "Papelacera" alongside El Taiger, "Amor" with Álvaro Torres, among others.
Jacob lives in Miami with his wife Diliamne Jouve, better known as La Dura, with whom he has a daughter named Saisha. Additionally, the singer has two other children from two previous relationships.
