Representative of Afro-Caribbean culture and promoter of Haitian culture in Chile, this is how it appears Mondito Beauzier, whose stage name is T-tchen, a rapper and black music composer who is making his way into the Chilean music scene.
He arrived in Chile in February 2019 from Venezuela, country to which he had arrived 10 years with his family from his native Haiti, looking for new opportunities to develop their music.
“I am looking for opportunities to sell my show, to get resources and continue working and investing in my music. My forte is hiphop, dancehall and afrobeats“, said to Reggae Chalice the musician who currently lives in La Ligua, Valparaiso Region.
Likewise, It is part of several groups of the Afro community in Chile that hold various festivals to promote African and Caribbean art and culture., among which are Afrodelic Y AfroSantiago, which originated as traveling festivals and bring together the community, both Afro-descendants and Chileans and people of other nationalities.
It is also part of Ubuntu, a project of Africans and Afro-descendants aimed at promoting critical reflection, in the training of protagonists of social transformation and the generation of opportunities for the development of the African and Afro-descendant community, which also organizes the “African Day” for some years.
T-tchen's music
His latest work is an EP, the first to record in Chile, called VGT, which has 4 trap style songs, which was released last October.
“The public has told me that they like what I am doing and they always want to give the opportunity to new proposals., I have confirmed that more in live events than on the networks.”, projection.
He is currently working on a rage hiphop mixtape and a dancehall and afrobeats album., which are in the mockup stage and do not yet have a release date.
The difficulties of a migrant
In times where immigration has generated a national debate, T-tchen said that he encounters several difficulties in developing his music, but keep working to make yourself known
“As a Haitian immigrant and musician I feel very exposed to discrimination since I need support to be able to be part and contribute my culture and I found the difficulty that in South America on a musical level they have little confidence in Haitians since we do not have any singer signed by any record label, We don't even have a singer who represents Caribbean cultural inclusion in the scene, all of which makes the process a bit difficult., but there always has to be a first”, he stressed with hope.
“My goals are to be able to monetize my art to support my family., represent my flag, grow on the international scene and have recognition”, concluded the Haitian musician.
