Since last March 30, on the streaming platform Netflix, fans of Diomedes Díaz can watch a new documentary about the life of the most renowned artist of the vallenato genre in the country. The documentary is directed by Jaime Barbosa and Jorge Durán, and tells details about the beginning of the artistic life of the Cacique de la Junta, but also about his personal life and, in particular, the scandals he starred in.
In this production, several people who met the singer while alive and revealed some of the peculiarities that made Diomedes Díaz known, among them, the amount of daily money that the Cacique was able to spend. Diomedes's success with songs such as 'El condor injurio', 'You are the queen', 'Mi primera canciones', 'Tres canciones', among others, made him the first Colombian artist to charge a million dollars for a single performance.
These details were revealed to the documentary by his friend Rubén Araújo and added that despite the amount of money the artist managed to manage, “money was nothing to him... he gave it away”, he even added that, on a daily basis, Diomedes Díaz managed to spend up to one million pesos.
And the fact is that the Chief himself spoke of money as something insignificant, despite his own luxuries and his family that he held. Several times the singer expressed that “if I have money stored in the bank, what is it for me. I better have it in my mouth, that's what I earned it. I feel happy.”
One of the first reactions, among the closest relatives of the singer vallenato, was that of Martín Elias Jr., one of the grandchildren of the 'Cacique' son of the also deceased Martin Elias, who through a message showed his admiration for his grandfather.
“More than the best singer of vallenato music was my grandfather and those of us who were close to him know that he was an example of a person. He was someone who united families, gave joy and took Colombia and its culture throughout the Universe. That they only focus on one mistake, really, is very disappointing,” initially said the grandson of the interpreter of 'The Wounded Condor'.
Finally, the eldest son of the late Martín Elias concluded his message in defense of his grandfather with what he considers to be a vague study of the artist's life, a mistake for which he paid several years in prison and a misperception of his life.
Diomedes Díaz Maestre, known as Diomedes Díaz 'El Cacique de la Junta', was a Colombian singer and composer of the Vallenato music genre. His pseudonym was given by a colleague from the music industry in honor of the birthplace of the performer of 'Mi primera cana', who was born in San Juan del Cesar on May 26, 1957.
Considered one of the artists of the music industry in Colombia in the vallenato, he is also the most successful of his generation with more than 200 songs that reached the top of the charts, several gold, silver, platinum and diamond records for sales of his records, both nationally and internationally.
Throughout his 40 years of artistic life, he received multiple awards including a Latin Grammy in the Cumbia/Vallenato category in 2010. His life was also framed by one of the biggest scandals in the entertainment world, when he was accused of the death of one of his followers, in addition to messes with alcohol, drugs, legal problems, among others.
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