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As one of the originators of the post-revolutionary genre nueva trova, he combined elements of Cuban son and guaracha with soul, jazz and folk rock.

“The other groups imitated the Cubans, the guaracha, but I liked having a Lima neighborhood identity, which meant that everything had to be merged, because in the same neighborhood you knew people who liked rock, cumbia and folk music. In my compositions there are ‘breaks’ of salsa, rock and even classical music.”

She said “Pepas” exploded in popularity not because it’s about drugs but because it has a unique sound blending electronic dance music with guaracha, a popular Cuban music style.

In a career that spanned six decades, he stitched together overlapping genres like rock, jazz and R&B and various Cuban genres like rumba, son and guaracha through intimate, soulful knowledge of both musical traditions.

It was “Por Colombia Hasta el Fin,” a guaracha song that Piisciis made for the protest.