Telmary Diaz

[1] However, everything changed the day she accepted a friend’s invitation to check out a spoken word freestyle event.

After her first time on stage, Telmary decided on another direction, seeking music, poetry, and singing as a more fulfilling form of communication.

Telmary’s music is indicative of Cuba Contemporary Fusion in that it not only fuses Afro-Cuban and Latin beats, but also modernizes it with hints of funk, jazz, hip-hop, and urban slam poetry.

Her unique personal style is known by critics and audiences alike for its deft maneuvering between rapid-fire powerfully spoken verses to soft jazz-inspired crooning and back again.

Her work is also known for its very personal and socially conscious content,[2] and its gender-defying success at a traditionally male musical medium.