Alberto Alvarez alias Neiver Qbanito born in Havana in Cuba in 1979 Guanabacoa district, known as the heart of the great masters of Cuban rumba. A few years later his family moved to district sites where as a new neighbor, a man named Ibrahim Ferrer (Buena Vista Social Club). Is It should be noted that young Qbanito bathed in music during his early children? Despite the omnipresence of Cuban music in his newspaper Qbanito, youth Young is attracted to American music that runs through the capture times radio stations in Miami and, despite the blockade of the Cuban authorities waves. "On a clear day, you brought a radio to the beach and when the conditions were favorable, somewhat captait Miami. This is where I discovered Puff Daddy, Notorious BIG, Fat Joe and Tupac. "Relating Qbanito. In the early '90s, American hip hop has an influence in a large saucepan of Cuban youth. In 1995 and 96, the first festival of rap and are emerging to discover the best groups in the island as a threat and a Double Edged Qbanito young man who feels challenged. The discovery of this musical form corresponds to a period of his life, where suddenly must live apart from his father, now a political refugee in Canada. This situation exacerbates the need for youth man to express his mood. These initial contacts with the Cuban rap are Qbanito a trigger for the end of 96, made the meeting a singer its proximity to the one who wrote his first texts on Latin beats copied here and there. The following year, the duo left the loop "Made in USA" to meet in turn acquired Cuban rhythms (literally) a local musician. At that time, Qbanito written his first "real" songs. This material allows the duo to take their place silently in the rap group network Cuba. The training runs through the island and has a lot of shows. Arrive in 1998, the event will change the course of his life. His father, after Multiple attempts, succeeded in obtaining an exit visa for his son and his young sister of two years. Three years have passed since the departure of his father and returned to the mother's life. Qbanito and his sister, thus leaving only to Montreal, circa America, with the New World. After 17 years of age, left Cuba Qbanito just days before the start of his military service which prevents almost miracle.Arrivé in Montreal, lived emotional reunion with his father and discovers an unknown world and fascinating. The honeymoon, however, short lived. Two days after his arrival, Qbanito began his first job in the United States. Thanks to steps prior to his father, Qbanito debut as a janitor at Wal - Mart. "This was the first of several jobs to immigrants," says no Qbanito resentment. "I made more money in one day than a Cuban doctor in a months. It's my way of seeing things. " These jobs allowed gradually to buy a computer, a synthesizer and a music program. These tools are relaunching the process of creating the artista.Él doing everything himself in his small apartment. Meanwhile, over the years, made to meet with Cuban musicians settled in Montreal and founded the group Convoy Cubano. The training involved including the Montreal Jazz Festival two Sometimes the Nuits d'Africa Festival and the Francofolies de Montréal. Despite training commitments, Qbanito continues his work of composition. The songs that work does not always fit the group. The idea of a solo project is the surface slowly. In early 2005, Qbanito leave your group and trying to boost his solo project without much success. He is considering leaving Montreal to join his father and sister now living in Miami. At that time, Qbanito left his apartment and life practically in his car. The day before his final departure, when one was enough money to pay for gas to get to Miami, spent a last night in Montreal to say goodbye to a friend who went that night in the company of a producer. It makes you listen to a model that was in his car. East Falls under the spell and said, "You, you do not bouge!" Three weeks later, Qbanito sign a deal with Universal and France Tox Records in Quebec. The "reggaeton" Franco-Cuban has Qbanito literally seduces the record companies who saw their music, color, rhythm and charm. A true love at first sight. The year 2008 opens with partner Qbanito Antonio Carrillo club owners Its first Copa Copacabana Documents and publications with the aim grow in the business of music and become your own contractor His own label is signed a distribution agreement with a company DEP reputation wholesale distribution in Canada Also growing in the world of audiovisual production has already produced more than 8 video clips will soon be a wave of Musique Plus, Musimax, MTV Latino Mun2, HTV, Mas Musica, etc. Cup Records is proud to present the new album Qbanito From zero to 25 degrees!