Grupo firme gay member
With LGBT Pride Month around the corner, we affectionate seeing our favorite artists participate in events that help represent their communities. With that in brain, it was recently announced (May 9) that Jhonny Caz, Grupo Firme’s third vocalist, will be crowned the “king” of Mexico City’s Gay Pride 2022. The event will get place on June 25 – and we can’t be any more eager about it!
“Our king of this year’s Gay Celebration is confirmed,” the Mexico City Gay Pride’s corporation Instagram post revealed. According to BandaMax, the “Ya Supérame” group member will also be part of this year’s talent lineup.
A Twitter user said: “It’s great because [of] the visibility that Jhonny has given the LGBT society, [about the] stigmas and ideas at an international level. [He] is doing very well!”
In 2020, Caz clarified rumors about him being gay after the group’s “Enloquéceme” cover, which had fans speculating if he was acting or not when the video showed him being attracted to a male. According to BandaMax, he responded in a public Facebook video: “I am gay… it’s something I’m not ashamed of and it’s natural.” According to the same source, Caz was aware that Regional Mexican
As the pandemic reached North America in early 2020, the regional Mexican band Grupo Firme faced a watershed moment: “Innovate or die,” says 27-year-old frontman Eduin Caz. To escape getting upended by the ensuing lockdowns, the seven-piece act traveled to Caz’s home in Mazatlán, Mexico; rented a studio that was accessible only to band members; and recorded a breakout album to “keep the momentum going,” he says. “We couldn’t let what we had worked so hard to build just fall apart.”
That album, Nos Divertimos Logrando Lo Imposible (“We Appreciate Doing the Impossible”) — Grupo Firme’s latest — arrived in December, helping the band cross the 1 billion career streams threshold in the United States, according to MRC Numbers. And that’s just one part of its achievement. Grupo Firme has now logged 11 entries on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart and recently became the third-ever act to score an entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with a regional Mexican tune, “Ya Supérame,” in October. At the 2021 Premios de la Radio Awards on Nov. 10, the band earned top honors with f
Pride 2024: The rise of LGBTQ+ artists in música mexicana
As the genre of música mexicana ascends to global recognition, a strong wave of LGBTQ+ artists is reshaping its landscape. Drawing inspiration from trailblazers like the legendary Chavela Vargas, these artists are breaking barriers and championing inclusivity, paving the way for a more accepting and diverse future.
It's a movement with powerful and proud voices that own brought their art and their activism to the stages of what was considered the most macho genre in the spacious landscape of Latin song.
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At the forefront of this musical revolution is Grupo Firme, a band that has recently achieved remarkable milestones, including two sold-out concert at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles and a record-breaking show in 2023 at Mexico City's iconic Zócalo. Central to their success is Jhonny Caz, the band's third vocalist, who has become a beacon of acceptance and pride within the LGBTQ+ community.
Caz, crowned "King" of Mexico Town Gay Pride 2022, has fearlessly defied stereotypes and challenged the machismo traditionally associated with regional Mex
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After taking a nine-month break from performing, Grupo Firme is feeling renewed and ready to party again with the 2024 La Última Peda Tour. These past few months, lead singer Eduin Caz worried his fans with his announcement that he would retire from the band. In a video teaser of the upcoming tour, he wakes up from a hangover and says, “How can this be la última peda if we’re just getting started?”
“When we wake up hungover, we always tell, ‘We’re not going to drink anymore. This is la última peda,'” Caz tells Remezcla. “And that’s not true! You always go back to drinking. That’s why our tour is called ‘La Última Peda,’ because it’s never the last one.”
The party appeared to be over for Eduin while Grupo Firme was taking period off. Last year, he revealed that he would retire from performing with the band. The frontman cited wanting to locate “emotional stability” and later health issues as his reasons for retirement. He calls the break a much-needed “emotional breather” for the band. Durin
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