{{Short description|Venezuelan rapper and composer (1988–2015)}} {{family name hatnote|González|Orama|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Canserbero | image = Canserbero 2.jpg | image_upright = 0.9 | caption = González in 2014 | birth_name = Tirone José González Orama<ref>{{cite news|title=González Orama Tirone José – Edo. Aragua – Venezuela, Maracaibo|url=https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/gonzalez-oramas-tyrone-jose-3075666|work=Dateas|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106173507/https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/gonzalez-oramas-tyrone-jose-3075666}}</ref> | other_names = {{flatlist| * Tyrone * Can * Chamo González * Catire<ref>https://www.redbull.com/int-es/el-legado-de-canserbero</ref> * El Ultimo Poeta Hardcore (The Last Hardcore Poet)<ref>https://www.lacuarta.com/urbana/noticia/por-que-canserbero-el-ultimo-poeta-hardcore-nunca-morira/ZPNUDXQ5KFHEBFPEFQRJ2TEFPQ/</ref> * Indigo<ref>https://elaragueno.com.ve/las-letras-de-canserbero-mantienen-viva-su-musica/</ref> }} | birth_date = {{birth date|1988|3|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Canserbero, una vida marcada por la música es la vida comedia tragedia y accion rte|url=http://globovision.com/canserbero-una-vida-marcada-por-la-muerte/|agency=Globovisión|date=20 January 2015|language=es|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150121220014/http://globovision.com/canserbero-una-vida-marcada-por-la-muerte/|archive-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> | birth_place = Caracas, Venezuela | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|1|19|1988|5|11|df=y}} | death_place = Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela | death_cause = Assassination (stab wounds) | spouse = | partner = Estefanía Rasetta Goncalvez {{Small|(2008-2010)}}<ref>{{cite web|access-date=9 November 2023 |date=11 March 2022 |title=Canserbero y Estefanía Rasetta: una historia de amor a ritmo de rap |url=https://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/musica/canserbero-y-estefania-rasetta-una-historia-de-amor-a-ritmo-de-rap/ |website=El Espectador}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><br>Leslie Victoria Vegas González {{Small|(2013-2015)}}<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2 January 2024 |date=26 December 2023 |title=Esposa de Canserbero, ¿el rapero venezolano estaba casado? |url=https://www.tunota.com/entretenimiento/farandula-internacional/esposa-canserbero-el-rapero-venezolano-estaba-casado-2023-12-26 |website=Tu Nota}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{flatlist| * Latin hip-hop * conscious rap * underground hip hop * political hip hop * jazz rap * rap rock * reggaeton }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Rapper * activist * composer * poet * philosopher }} | years_active = 1999–2015 | label = Independent<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/label/1096226-VinilH-Records Discogs.com : VinilH Records] Consultado el 5 de noviembre de 2017</ref><br>VinilH Records<ref>{{cite web|access-date=5 November 2017 |title=VinilH Records |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/1096226-VinilH-Records |website=Discogs}}<!-- auto-translated from Spanish by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> }} | website = {{URL|elcanserbero.com}} }} '''Tirone José González Orama''' (11 March 1988 – 19 January 2015), known professionally as '''Canserbero''',<ref name="Globovisión" /> was a Venezuelan rapper, poet, composer, philosopher, and activist. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he is considered to be one of the most significant and influential figures in the history of Latin and independent rap in Latin America.<ref name="Terra USA">{{cite news |title= Muere cantante de rap venezolano AK Canserbero|url=http://noticias.terra.com/america-latina/venezuela/muere-cantante-de-rap-venezolano-ak-canserbero,c67530eabd80b410VgnCLD200000b1bf46d0RCRD.html|work=Terra USA|date=20 January 2015|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="El Nacional" /> Canserbero was known for his grim lyrics and unique voice that addressed social issues, life, death, consciousness, personal struggles, and the realities of life in Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vinci |first=Revista da |date=2023-03-31 |title=La vida y la muerte en Canserbero, un artista genuino y subversivo |url=https://filosofiaenlared.com/2023/03/la-vida-y-la-muerte-en-el-arte/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |website=filosofía en la red » plataforma de divulgación filosófica |language=es}}</ref> His music resonated with the country's struggles, and he became a voice for the marginalized.
Starting in the early 2000s, Tirone released music through the internet and quickly became a prominent figure in the Venezuelan rap scene and Latin American hip-hop as a whole, often collaborating with fellow Venezuelan rappers, most notably Lil Supa. He was known for his sharp lyrical content, and his ability to address complex subject matters with a raw and honest approach. His music often reflected his personal struggles, views in life, and social criticisms.
Tirone released two studio albums as a solo act, ''Vida'' (2010) and ''Muerte'' (2012), both considered to be part of a double album.<ref name="Discografía">{{cite web |author=Márquez, José G |title=Canserbero, el guardián del rap se ha ido |url=http://www.eluniversal.com/arte-y-entretenimiento/150121/canserbero-el-guardian-del-rap-se-ha-ido |work=El Universal |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150121215004/http://www.eluniversal.com/arte-y-entretenimiento/150121/canserbero-el-guardian-del-rap-se-ha-ido |archive-date=21 January 2015 |access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref> The albums would spawn several of his most popular songs such as "Pensando en ti", "Es épico", "C'est la mort", "Maquiavélico", among others.<ref name="Canserbero bio"/> He would also feature in several songs by artists from Latin America and Spain such as Mala Rodríguez, with whom he recorded a song entitled "Ella" (2013).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ella – Canserbero, Mala Rodríguez |url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/ella-mt0047485040 |publisher=AllMusic |language=en |access-date=24 January 2015}}</ref>
On 20 January 2015, Tirone was found dead in front of a building in Maracay, Venezuela, reported to be a murder-suicide after murdering his friend and fellow musician, Carlos Molnar.<ref name="Globovisión">{{cite news |title= Rapero Canserbero se suicida tras asesinar a bajista de Zion TPL |url=http://globovision.com/el-cantante-cancerbero-y-un-bajista-mueren-en-extranas-circunstancias |work= Globovisión |date= 20 January 2015 |access-date= 20 January 2015 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20150120215815/http://globovision.com/el-cantante-cancerbero-y-un-bajista-mueren-en-extranas-circunstancias |archive-date= 20 January 2015 |language= es}}</ref><ref name="El Nacional">{{cite news |title= Cantante "Canserbero" se suicidó luego de apuñalar al bajista de Zion|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/sucesos/Cantante-Cancerbero-apunalar-Zion-TPL_0_559744068.html|work=El Nacional |date= 20 January 2015|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150120231956/http://www.el-nacional.com/sucesos/Cantante-Cancerbero-apunalar-Zion-TPL_0_559744068.html |archive-date=20 January 2015}}</ref> However, in December 2023, after years of speculation over the controversial details of the deaths, a second investigation resulted in Tirone's former manager Natalia Améstica confessing that Tirone had been murdered in a double-homicide and her crimes had been covered up with the help of her brother and bribed authorities.<ref name="es.rollingstone.com">{{Cite web |title=Exmánager de Canserbero confiesa el asesinato del rapero venezolano |date=26 December 2023 |trans-title=Former Manager of Canserbero confesses to the murder of the Venezuelan rapper |language=es |url=https://es.rollingstone.com/exmanager-de-canserbero-confiesa-el-asesinato-del-rapero-venezolano/}}</ref>
== Early life == Tirone José González Orama was born on 11 March 1988, in the General Hospital of Lídice Dr. Jesús Yerena of the city of Caracas, Venezuela. He was the son of José Rafael González Ollarves an ice cream vendor and Leticia Coromoto Orama who was a graduate in education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=País |first=El |date=2024-03-04 |title=El origen del enigmático y recordado rapero Canserbero, es explorado en un nuevo documental estrenado en Youtube |url=https://www.elpais.com.co/entretenimiento/el-origen-del-enigmatico-y-recordado-rapero-canserbero-es-explorado-en-un-nuevo-documental-estrenado-en-youtube-0411.html# |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País |language=spanish}}</ref><ref name="Mendoza">{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Giorgina |date=2022-03-18 |title=Canserbero: Una leyenda de la música urbana en Venezuela |url=http://laguiadecaracas.net/55683/canserbero-una-leyenda-de-la-musica-urbana-en-venezuela/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=La Guía de Caracas |language=es}}</ref> His name is pronounced in Spanish the same way as in English ( ''/ taɪˈroʊn /'' ; Castilianized pronunciation ("''tayron''"). He lived his early years in El Junquito, and at the age of four his parents moved to a neighborhood of Palo Negro called Las Ánimas de La Pica, in the state of Aragua, where he spent his childhood and adolescence. On 19 December 1997, his mother died of a heart attack, leaving him in the care of his father and stepmother, at the age of nine.
== Influences and musical style == {| class="wikitable" |"Canserbero had an incredible ability to compose a kind of cursed poetry that, with criticism and harsh words, seeks to raise awareness."
—Daniel Rivera Marín, from ''El Colombiano''. |} According to the artist, from a very young age he became interested in rock music thanks to his father, and in urban styles such as The Noise, but after the death of his half-brother he began to make ''rap'' music and listen to ''hard rock'' music, critical musical genres.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-24 |title=Entrevista a El Canserbero, «Soy más normal que normalin» |url=https://melomanosblogs.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/entrevista-a-el-canserbero-soy-mas-normal-que-normalin/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=MelomanosBlogs |language=es}}</ref> In 2011'','' Canserbero commented that he was still listening to rock artists and bands like The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and Queen, among others, and in urban music he used to listen to Tempo, Lito y Polaco, Los Aldeanos and Rapper School. Canserbero claimed to be a "sincere" and "curious" writer, in addition to making compositions with "passion" and "objectivity".<ref name="elcolombiano.com">{{Cite web |date=2011-10-16 |title=Canserbero cerró las puertas de la Revolución |url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/historico/canserbero_cerro_las_puertas_de_la_revolucion-MYEC_154448 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=El Colombiano |language=es-ES}}</ref> He composed some of his songs after watching documentaries and reading some books. He also maintained that he did not only sing songs with positive messages, since like any person he lived unpleasant situations; something that also inspired him to write about it, so he did not classify himself as "a role model." He said that people who listened to his songs should be aware and analytical, because not all his lyrics contained positive messages.<ref name="elcolombiano.com"/>
He was also a fan of ''blues'' and ''jazz'', rhythms to which he owed the foundations on which his rhymeswere based. He grew up reading Ernesto Sabato, Jorge Luis Borges, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Albert Camus and Charles Dickens,<ref name="Mendoza"/> whose works he considered "the letters that have endured in history", as well as critics such as Eduardo Galeano. In the song "Querer Querernos", Canserbero was inspired by the first chapter of Julio Cortázar's novel ''Hopscotch''. "We walked without looking for each other, even knowing that we walked to find each other."
==Career== {{expand section|date=December 2023}}
===First years=== At the age of eleven, Tirone began performing rap performances under the stage name of Canserbero<ref name="El Universal biog">{{cite news |date=20 January 2015 |title=Tyrone González, un rapero prodigio |url=http://www.el-nacional.com/sucesos/rapero-prodigio-anos_0_559744094.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150121001525/http://www.el-nacional.com/sucesos/rapero-prodigio-anos_0_559744094.html |archive-date=21 January 2015 |access-date=21 January 2015 |work=El Universal}}</ref><ref name="remezcla">{{Cite web|url=https://remezcla.com/releases/music/meet-venezuelan-hip-hop-artist-canserbero/|title=Venezuela's Rising Hip Hop MC el Canserbero Has Serious Rhymes {{pipe}} Music|date=23 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Glbovisión biog">{{cite news |date=20 January 2015 |title=Canserbero, una vida marcada por la muerte |url=http://globovision.com/canserbero-una-vida-marcada-por-la-muerte/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150121220014/http://globovision.com/canserbero-una-vida-marcada-por-la-muerte/ |archive-date=21 January 2015 |access-date=21 January 2015 |work=Globovisión}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://archivo.globovision.com/canserbero-una-vida-marcada-por-la-muerte/|title= Archivo globovision|access-date= 9 August 2017|archive-date= 29 July 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170729074224/http://archivo.globovision.com/canserbero-una-vida-marcada-por-la-muerte/|url-status= dead}}</ref> a portmanteau of the jargonistic Latinism "''canis cerberus''" (literally, ''Cerberus dog)'' meaning "guardian",<ref name="Glbovisión biog"/> an allusion to Cerberus of Greek mythology.
Early in his life, Tirone was mainly influenced by the dominant ''reggaeton'' genre in Latin America, but following the murder of his older half-brother, he would lean towards darker music genres such as 90's hip hop and Hard Rock. Such genres would influence the sound of his music, as heard in songs like "Es épico" and "En el Valle de las Sombras".<ref name="Canserbero bio">{{cite news|title=El trágico final de Canserbero, el "niño terrible" del rap|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/bbc_mundo/tragico-final-Canserbero-terrible-Venezuela_0_560344020.html|work=El Universal|date=21 January 2015|access-date=23 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122164145/http://www.el-nacional.com/bbc_mundo/tragico-final-Canserbero-terrible-Venezuela_0_560344020.html|archive-date=22 January 2015}}</ref>
In 1999, he met Manuel Galvis, also known as Blackamikase, and the producer Afromak, pseudonym of Leonardo Díaz; they formed a band called Códigos de Barrio, influenced by Comando 57 and Supremacy Hip Hop Clan. Together, they composed several musical pieces, but due to their limited financial resources, they only recorded three songs. In the year 2000, when he was twelve years old, his older half-brother was murdered. From then on, he began to draw inspiration from critical musical genres such as hard rock and late 90s hip hop.
In 2003, he studied Computer Science and in class, he met Lil Supa, a member of Supremacy Hip Hop Clan, who invited him to record with Luis Muños; the artist joined a group under the pseudonym Basyco, an abbreviation of the terms "base and content". With the band, he performed songs of the conscious rap genre. Canserbero and Lil Supa released an album titled "Can+Zoo Índigos" on the internet. According to the media, the album "made a significant impact on the national and Latin American non-commercial rap scene". In 2008, the artist uploaded a mixtape called "Nuestra doctrina no es un dogma, es una guía para la acción" (Our doctrine is not a dogma, it is a guide for action) to the internet, compiling several of his previously recorded songs.
He worked as a claims analyst in a company in Maracay and also at the Experimental University Institute of Technology in La Victoria. He studied Law and Political Science at the Bicentenaria University of Aragua but decided to leave the program to focus on music.
===Album Vida=== In 2010, he released his debut solo studio album, "Vida" recorded and edited in Caracas, with his producer Kpú. This album, like his others, was recorded in a recording studio known as "El Techo" (The Roof). Due to its great reception by the public, he received the award for Best Hip Hop Artist at the Dixtorxión Awards in 2011, gaining recognition in other Spanish-speaking countries.
===Album Muerte===
In 2012, he released his second album, "Muerte," and the second part that completes the double album "Vida/Muerte." The album consists of fourteen songs written by him and is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Spanish rap. During that same year, he performed several concerts in Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. The following year, he released an album called "Apa y Can" with rapper Apache. The album includes songs like "Ready" and "Stop," a song that strongly criticizes Venezuelan police officers.
===Other projects=== In 2013, he collaborated with Mala Rodríguez as a vocalist on the song "Ella" for her album "Bruja". From 2013 to 2014, he performed in various concerts in Latin American countries, including Chile and Argentina, as well as in Spain, while he had several musical projects planned for 2015, including concerts in Panama and other Latin American countries.<ref name="inicios">{{cite news|title=Canserbero la historia del cantante que mato al bajista de Zion TPL|url=http://www.elperiodiquito.com/article/185323/Canserbero-la-historia-del-cantante-que-mato-al-bajista-de-Zion-TPL|work=El Periodiquito|date=20 January 2015|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701220555/http://elperiodiquito.com/article/185323/Canserbero-la-historia-del-cantante-que-mato-al-bajista-de-Zion-TPL}}</ref>
==Personal life==
=== Activism === In 2013, on the International Day of Non-Violence, he participated in the non-profit organization "24-0", which is based on respect for life and zero violent deaths. "How could I not join this noble cause, because as the musician César López says: even if you think differently, people are never killed," said Canserbero.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Los artistas del mundo se unen al '24-0' para dejar su mensaje de No v {{!}} Bogota.gov.co |url=https://bogota.gov.co/mi-ciudad/gobierno/los-artistas-del-mundo-se-unen-al-24-0-para-dejar-su-mensaje-de-no-v |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=bogota.gov.co |language=es}}</ref>
=== Religion === In a 2011 interview, Canserbero clarified: "Many people assume that I am an atheist, that I do not believe in God, specifically because of something bad that happened to me in my life, but I do not consider that to be the trigger for that decision. I think that the way I was educated, the things I researched and read, led me to believe that God does not exist. In any case, the truth is very relative. More than an atheist, I consider myself agnostic. I cannot assure that God does not exist, but I cannot prove the opposite either."<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Verdad Noticias |url=https://laverdadnoticias.com/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=La Verdad Noticias |language=es}}</ref>
=== Policy === At a 2012 conference, he stated: "It's inevitable that you talk about politics. I'm not a politician; speeches bore me and make me sleepy, but what's more important than talking about the destiny of millions of people when electing someone who's going to make decisions for us. I think there's no more important conversation than that. When you do sincere rap, you inevitably start talking about politics. It gets away from you."<ref name="Sanguineti">{{Cite web |last=Sanguineti |first=Tomás |date=2020-06-27 |title=Canserbero: el artista que desafió al chavismo y murió envuelto en misterio |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/canserbero-artista-desafio-al-chavismo-murio-envuelto-nid2385273/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> He also criticized the Venezuelan government on more than one occasion, defining Chavismo policies as "a good idea, but with questionable application." In 2013, during the crisis in Venezuela, he joked on the social network Twitter: "I'm waiting for Nicolás Maduro to trim the ends of his mustache. Nothing's missing," alluding to Adolf Hitler.<ref name="Sanguineti"/>
== Legacy == {| class="wikitable" |"Canserbero was one of the men who immortalized Venezuelan ''rap''. He helped open new minds and doors for the next generation of street singer-songwriters in Latin America."
— Neutro Shorty. |} Due to his influence on the world of rap and hip hop culture, he has served as an inspiration to different rappers in Latin America, being considered by many as the best Spanish-speaking rapper of all time.
''In international freestyle'' competitions, there has been a trend that on some occasions, improvisers name Canserbero, his songs, and even perform imitations of his voice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baron |first=Editora Lola |date=2020-01-30 |title=CANSERBERO, EL RAPERO MÁS NOMBRADO EN LAS BATALLAS |url=https://elestilolibre.com/canserbero-referente/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=El Estilo Libre |language=es}}</ref>
After his death, family and friends decided to create the non-profit foundation called "El Canserbero", which was born from the wishes and desires that the rapper had in life. The foundation focuses on supporting the achievement of objectives created under the premise of collective design in communities through literature, sports and various cultural manifestations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundación El Canserbero |url=https://genius.com/artists/Fundacion-el-canserbero |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Mural de Canserbero.jpg|thumb|Canserbero mural in Puerto La Cruz, Anzoátegui, 2025]]
When the news of his death became public, several artists expressed their condolences. Puerto Rican rapper Ñengo Flow, via Instagram, offered his respects to the rapper, wishing him eternal rest and claiming that he was "one of the best lyricists who raised ''hip hop'' in Venezuela and in the world." Rapper Arcángel noted that “Canserbero was one of, or perhaps the best, rappers in Latin America." Rapper Chyno Nyno expressed: "I truly can't believe this and I didn't even get to meet him in person. My deepest condolences to all his family and close friends. One of the best MCs in the history of Spanish-language ''hip hop''." Spanish singer Mala Rodríguez, via Twitter, posted that: "Tyrone has left us because he is an angel."<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Europa Press |date=2015-01-21 |title=Los seguidores del 'Canserbero' se debaten en las redes sociales |url=https://www.notimerica.com/sociedad/noticia-seguidores-canserbero-debaten-redes-sociales-20150121115838.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.notimerica.com}}</ref> [[File:Canserbero 3.jpg|thumb|Canserbero's graffiti on Las Delicas Avenue in Maracay, 2021]] Puerto Rican rapper Residente wore a T-shirt with Canserbero's face in his tribute video for his song "Rap Bruto" featuring Nach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=((3627)) |date=2020-10-02 |title=LA INFLUENCIA DE CANSERBERO EN EL FREESTYLE Y RAP |url=https://elestilolibre.com/canserbero-influencia-freestyle-rap/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=El Estilo Libre |language=es}}</ref> Venezuelan rapper Akapellah, in his song "Réplica", mentions: "Where I come from, it wasn't common to be a rapper, nobody had made it, until Canserbero came along." Puerto Rican rapper Tempo, in an interview, commented: "Do you know how many people would have loved for Canserbero to mention them in a song?" referring to the song "Jeremías 17-5." Puerto Rican rapper Almighty released a song titled "La Muerte" in his honor. The song is a ''cover'' of "C'est la mort" from the studio album ''Muerte.''
In January 2021, six years after his death, an unreleased song by the rapper titled "Horror Stories" was leaked via YouTube.
In 2023, the American magazine ''Rolling Stone'' made a list of the "50 greatest rappers in the history of Spanish-language rap", placing him at number one:
{{Blockquote|text="With profound lyrics, an unmistakable voice and an attitude of solid authenticity, Canserbero needed little time to become one of the emblematic figures of rap in Latin America. His songs tell complex and dark stories. They are thoughtful reflections on life, death, injustice and the streets."<ref>https://es.rollingstone.com/50-grandes-en-la-historia-del-rap-en-espanol/</ref>}}
There was a rumor that an exclusive Netflix documentary called ''All We Need Is Love,'' about his life and artistic career, was going to be released in January 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=¿Netflix prepara una serie documental de Canserbero para 2024? Qué se sabe realmente |url=https://spoiler.bolavip.com/series/netflix-prepara-una-serie-documental-de-canserbero-para-2024-que-se-sabe-realmente-20230810-SPO-21175.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Bolavip Spoiler |language=es}}</ref> On social media, mainly on TikTok, a ''teaser trailer'' announcing the arrival of the documentary began to spread, as well as two advertising posters; but it was later revealed that both advertisements were not official.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=¿Netflix prepara una serie documental de Canserbero para 2024? Qué se sabe realmente |url=https://spoiler.bolavip.com/series/netflix-prepara-una-serie-documental-de-canserbero-para-2024-que-se-sabe-realmente-20230810-SPO-21175.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Bolavip Spoiler |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ladino |first=Laura María Avendaño |date=2023-08-19 |title=¿Es cierto que Netflix hará un documental de Canserbero? 'All we Need is Love' |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/cultura/cine-y-tv/netflix-estrenara-documental-sobre-el-cantante-canserbero-all-we-need-is-love-797856# |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=El Tiempo |language=spanish}}</ref>
On 1 December 2023, producers Cayro Music, NicoJP, and Santa Suerte Music released the music video "Bendecidos" via YouTube. The song featured collaborations with Norick, Foyone, Solitario Mondragón, Akapellah, Santa Fe Klan, Alemán, Al2 El Aldeano, Toño Lizárraga, and Kase.O. Part of Canserbero's voice and face were created with artificial intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MÉXICO |first=Y. ESQUIVEL {{!}} CIUDAD DE |date=2023-12-06 |title=Canserbero 'revive' en nueva canción y video, gracias a inteligencia artificial |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/canserbero-nueva-cancion-video-inteligencia-artificial-bendecidos/1623804 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Excélsior |language=es-MX}}</ref>
On 25 February 2024, the Mexican production company ''Whisky Content'' with Juan Bernardo González, Arturo Pereyra and the Venezuelan journalist Luis Olavarrieta, premiered via YouTube, the first chapter of a documentary that deals with the life and death of the rapper.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whisky Content y Luis Olavarrieta inician colaboración |url=https://www.latinspots.com/noticia/whisky-content-y-luis-olavarrieta-inician-colaboracin/69089 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Latinspots.com |language=es}}</ref> "This project is in honor of his life and work. We immerse ourselves in his world to capture the essence of who he was and the impact he left on the music scene. We hope that this documentary inspires and moves all those who see it”, said Olavarrieta.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Retamal |first=Brenda García |date=2024-02-26 |title=Canserbero: se estrenó el primer episodio del documental que retrata la vida y muerte del rapero [VIDEO] {{!}} RPP Noticias |url=https://rpp.pe/famosos/celebridades/canserbero-se-estreno-el-documental-que-retrata-la-vida-y-muerte-del-rapero-venezolano-video-noticia-1537009 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=rpp.pe |language=es}}</ref> The first episode of the documentary, titled "El Origen", is based on Canserbero's beginnings. From his birth, through the complex relationship with his family, to his first musical influences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bauer |first=Paula |date=2024-02-27 |title=Primer episodio del documental sobre Canserbero removió emociones. Te decimos dónde verlo |url=https://acn.com.ve/estreno-primer-episodio-documental-canserbero/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=ACN |language=es}}</ref>
Canserbero was nominated for the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards for ''Best Rap/Hip Hop Song'' for the song "La Sabia Escuela", featuring Akapellah and Lil Supa.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Conoce la lista de nominados al Latin Grammy 2024 |url=https://es.rollingstone.com/conoce-la-lista-de-nominados-al-latin-grammy-2024/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Rolling Stone en Español |language=es}}</ref> The song is featured on Akapellah's 2024 studio album ''Pedro Elías .'' Canserbero's part is from an unreleased recording contributed by music producer Afromak, who produced the song with GBEC.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-12 |title=Akapellah presenta su nuevo disco en NY: "Se estigmatiza al rapero, yo nunca fui malandro" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2024/07/12/akapellah-presenta-su-nuevo-disco-en-ny-se-estigmatiza-al-rapero-yo-nunca-fui-malandro/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Infobae |language=es-ES}}</ref>
== Murder == [[File:Memorial de Canserbero en mayo de 2023.jpg|thumb|Canserbero's tomb, photographed in 2023, in the Metropolitan Cemetery of Maracay. His epitaph reads "Neither more nor less."]]
===Discovery and first investigation=== On 20 January 2015, Canserbero was found dead, presumably by a passer-by<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2022 |title=Canserbero (1988-2015) |url=https://www.marathmarath.com/blog/canserbero-1988-2015 |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=MARATH}}</ref> in front of his apartment building. The artist fell from the tenth floor of the Camino Real building in the Andrés Bello urbanization in Maracay. Initially, some of his close friends maintained that the artist stayed in the apartment of bassist Carlos Molnar, a friend and co-worker, since he had schizophrenia. Molnar was killed that same day by stabbing. On the other hand, the Ombudsman of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, in March of the same year, reopened the case, since there were other additional details that straighten some hypotheses of the "witnesses". The first hypothesis is based on the fact that the kitchen window was made of romanillas and all the glasses were previously removed, which causes intrigue, given the "presumed" psychotic state in which Canserbero was used at the time of launching. [Quote required] "Having taken the romanillas out of the window indicates method, not despair," says the defender, who relies on the sisters' testimony to indicate that the romanillas were not at the time of Canserbero's fall, "but someone put them back later", he said.
While depressed (although family members stated that he did not have any mental illness), he was asked by Carlos Molnar, bassist for Zion TPL, to stay with him.<ref>{{cite news|title=Muere el cantante de rap venezolano Canserbero|url=http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/entretenimiento/noticias/muere-cantante-rap-venezolano-canserbero|access-date=21 January 2015|work=El País|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051121/http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/entretenimiento/noticias/muere-cantante-rap-venezolano-canserbero|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
It was long alleged that Canserbero had stabbed Molnar to death and then jumped to his own death from the tenth floor of the building.<ref>{{cite news|title=AK Canserbero Dead: Rapper Tirone González Cause of Death Reportedly murdered Bassist|url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/32881/20150120/ak-canserbero-dead-rapper-tirone-gonz%C3%A1lez-cause-death-reportedly-suicide.htm|access-date=21 January 2015|work=Latin Post|date=20 January 2015}}</ref> However, several members of his family expressed several doubts regarding the police investigation, culminating in the reopening of the case on 11 November 2023 by the Public Ministry of Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/entretenimiento/dos-anos-muerte-canserbero_76580|title=A dos años de la muerte de Canserbero|last=Morales|first=María Alejandra|date=20 January 2017|work=El Nacional|access-date=7 February 2018|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214164547/http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/entretenimiento/dos-anos-muerte-canserbero_76580|archive-date=14 February 2018}}</ref>
===Second investigation and confession === On 26 December 2023, the case was confirmed by the Public Ministry to be a double homicide committed by Tirone's former manager Natalia Améstica and her brother Guillermo Améstica, following a filmed confession by both suspects.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Univision |title=Mánager de 'Canserbero' confiesa haber drogado y asesinado a su esposo y al rapero |trans-title=Manager of 'Canserbero' confesses to having drugged and murdered her husband and the rapper |url=https://www.univision.com/famosos/canserbero-muerte-natalia-amestica-manager-asesinato-video-carlos-molnar |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Univision |language=es}}</ref> According to Natalia, the murder reportedly stemmed from Tirone's wishes to no longer be managed by her, as well as the news that she would not be receiving payments from husband Carlos Molnar for the organization of a planned tour of Argentina and Chile.
On the night of 19 January 2015, both Tirone and Molnar were to be at Natalia Améstica's house to record videos for a concert in Panama. Natalia then intentionally drugged both Tirone and Molnar with ''Alpram'' (alprazolam, also known as Xanax) by dissolving two 0.5 mg tablets in their tea. She then proceeded to stab Molnar three times in the neck (severing his jugular vein), back, and arm. According to Natalia, she worried Tirone had witnessed the fatal stabbing of Molnar, but he was heavily sedated from the effects of the Alpram and could only manage to fall asleep on their sofa.{{fact|date=August 2025}}
By then unaware, Tirone was then stabbed by Natalia twice in the side. Distressed and not knowing what to do, Natalia called brother Guillermo Améstica for help staging the situation as a murder–suicide; he later arrived accompanied by four SEBIN officials, who were bribed $10,000 to disguise the murder. Guillermo then proceeded to stab Molnar a further four times; the body of Tirone was dragged to their kitchen, where it received multiple blows to the head with a pipe. The romanilla (lattice door) of their windows was then carefully removed, and the body of Tirone thrown out of the window to simulate a suicide. Natalia fled to Chile shortly after committing the murders.<ref name="es.rollingstone.com"/>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * 2008 – ''Can + Zoo Indigos'' * 2009 – ''Guía para la Acción'' * 2010 – ''Vida'' * 2012 – ''Muerte'' * 2013 – ''Apa y Can'' * 2014 – ''Give Me 5''
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{allMusic}} * [http://elcanserbero.org/ Website in memoriam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627015206/http://elcanserbero.org/ |date=27 June 2019 }}
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