Obsesión, a prominent Cuban rap trio, was formed on June 25, 1996. It is currently made up of Alexey Rodríguez Mola, who serves as Director, MC, and Music Producer; Magia López Cabrera; and Isnay Rodríguez Agramonte. A year after its founding, this group joined the Hermanos Saíz Association.

In 1998, they participated in several albums released by the EGREM label, such as the CD “Tiene que ver” (It’s Gotta See) by jazz musician Roberto Alain Fonseca and “Cuando yo sea grande” (When I Grow Up) by Augusto Enrique.

Obsesión’s debut album, Un montón de cosas, was released in 2000 and conceived by the Cuban label EGREM. Producer Roberto Fonseca, a renowned Cuban pianist, collaborated on the album, lending a jazzy rhythm to the final result, separating it from the coldness of the background and the litany of electronic tumbao. This album was nominated for Best CD at the Cubadisco Fair (2001).

In 2001, he traveled to the United States at the invitation of the International Hip Hop Exchange and Veralist University as part of a delegation of Cuban rappers. There, they performed several times in New York City.

A year later, Obsesión traveled to Europe, performing in countries such as Great Britain and Scotland. Around this time, in the show “La rumba del siglo,” they shared the stage with significant Cuban groups and artists such as Clave y Guaguancó, Tata Güines, and Teresa Caturla. Also starting this year, they joined the Cuban Rap Agency; the editorial board of the hip-hop magazine Movimiento; and the organizing committee of the Havana Hip Hop Festival.

Also in 2002, he left his mark on the compilation CDs Habana Hip Hop All Star and Cuban Rap Ligas. They established the independent artistic creation project La Fábri_K. This, among others, contributes to the professional development of the groups that comprise it.

In 2003, Obsesión participated in the production of La Fábri_K’s first CD. In April 2003, he founded CDR, a project resulting from the alliance between Hermanazo and Obsesión. They gave several performances in four cities across the United States, as a guest group of the International Hip Hop Exchange and Miami Light Project; at the Guzmán Center, alongside Dead Prez and África, of the Jungle Brothers, in Miami; in Oakland, they performed two concerts at the La Peña Community Cultural Center; they held a meeting with high school students and a concert with local rappers in Washington; and in New York, they met with renowned artist África Bambata, performing at the Apollo Theater alongside Harry Belafonte, The Roots, Common, Tomorrowz Weapons, and Tony Touch.

Then, in June, they made their mark at the Río Locco Festival, held in Toulouse, France. The following year, they embarked on a national tour, alongside the La Fábri_K project, sponsored by the Cuban Institute of Music. Obsesión, along with other groups, participated in and organized the concert titled “Por una cultura sana” (For a Healthy Culture).

In March, they traveled to Canada, invited by artist Lou Piensa, to participate in the Montreal Symposium. There, they spent three months working with the group Nomadic Massive. They also visited Toronto and Ottawa.

In November 2005, as a member of the La Fábri_K project, he participated in the organization of the first Cuban Hip Hop Symposium, which took place in Havana.

In January 2006, they offered concerts and lectures on hip hop in Cuba in Venezuela, invited to the World Social Forum. Starting in March, they worked in Canada for a three-month period to participate in a meeting with local communities. In that country, they performed and began production of their independent CD, Grandes cortoletrajes (Great Short Films). Back in Havana, they participated in the second Cuban Hip Hop Symposium.

Together with Los Paisanos, they traveled to England in 2007, where they visited several universities with the goal of giving talks, conferences, and presentations.

In the lyrics of their songs, Obsesión uses everything from street language to Guillén’s texts, incorporating quotes from Cuban popular culture, all with the aim of expressing a way of seeing reality from the perspective of a Black man. They reference prejudice, love, and social violence, among other themes.

Throughout its history, this Cuban rap group has participated in every national festival and event organized by the Hermanos Saíz Association.

Among the awards Obsesión has won, we can mention the Abril Prize, for the high aesthetic value of a work aimed primarily at young people, awarded by the Hermanos Saíz Association.

Obsesión is one of the first Cuban rap groups to cultivate the genre within Cuban music. They have performed concerts and shows in the most important Cuban plazas and theaters.