One year after the death of the Panamanian reggae singer I In this, his Chilean peer and friend Balaguero presents a tribute to remember the young artist, whose real name was Joseph Elias Apolayo Conte, died at 39 years.
This tribute is a version of the song “What I Have to Give You”, originally made under the Miss Independent Riddim, which will be available from this Wednesday 12 of July at Balaguero YouTube channel. The Argentine Ari Riddim Maker was in charge of the mixing and mastering of the song and Willuzktegui of the cover art..
“'What I Have to Give You’ It's a song that I always liked. I met Nesta in the middle of 2008 via Facebook and participated in my second album, we are here. He was leaving with his career when I was practically leaving with mine.. We got to know each other a lot personally and musically speaking., there were many years of friendship until we met in person 2012 in Mexico. We toured together and naturally the friendship strengthened.”, said the national singer to Reggae Chalice.
Balaguero stressed that “there was always a desire to continue making music together and life was not enough for us, So after what happened something had to be done and I kept thinking about it all the time.”.
“Nesta meant a lot to me, There were many years of friendship and I don't think I had ever felt such a loss., talking about friendships. Family members have left me, known people, but close as he had never left me one and he hit me, to the point of thinking from then on until finally making a song”, added the interpreter of “It's always possible”.
“Keeping the name and legacy of I Nesta alive”
Likewise, the singer highlighted that “the main idea of this tribute, apart from keeping Nesta's name and musical legacy alive, was to be able to contribute with the issue of royalties to his wife and children”.
I In this, also known as “The Rasta of the Future”, died at 39 years in July 2022 after being hospitalized in a hospital in Panama City after suffering several health complications and his death caused a lot of commotion in the world of reggae..
Check out the tribute song below:
