Tirone José González Orama (March 11, 1988 – January 19, 2015), known by his stage name Canserbero,[4] was a Venezuelan rapper, considered one of the most significant exponents of independent rap in his country and in the rest of Latin America.[5][6]
Since he was young, he showed interest in music, mainly influenced by reggaeton but, after the murder of his half brother, his musical references changed to more critical genres such as hip hop and hard rock, appreciable in songs like "Es épico".[7]
Canserbero, throughout his career, released two studio albums as a soloist, Vida (2010) and Muerte (2012) respectively,[8] and had several notorious songs such as "Pensando en ti", "Es épico", "C'est la mort", "Maquiavélico", among others.[7] He also participated as a vocalist in several songs of artists from Latin America and Spain as Mala Rodríguez, with whom he recorded a song entitled "Ella" (2013).[9] In January 2015, Canserbero was found dead after having fallen from an apartment in Maracay. There are several hypotheses about his death.[4][6]
Career
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At the age of eleven, he began performing rap performances under the stage name of Canserbero[10][11][12][13] a jargon of Latinism cerbero dog (in Latin, canis cerberus) meaning "guardian",[12] an allusion to Cerberus of Greek mythology.[14]
Personal life
He was born on March 11, 1988, in the General Hospital of Lídice Dr. Jesús Yerena of the city of Caracas, as Tirone José González Orama. He was the son of José Rafael González Ollarves and Leticia Coromoto Oramas.[12] Later, his parents moved with him to Maracay. In 1997, his mother died and he was left under the care of his father.[10]
Death
Discovery and first investigation
On 20 January 2015, Canserbero was found dead in front of his apartment. 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.[15]
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.[16] 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, led by Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab.[17]
Second investigation and confession
On 26 December 2023, the case was confirmed by the Public Ministry to be a double homicide committed by Canserbero's former manager Natalia Améstica and her brother Guillermo Améstica, following a filmed confession by both suspects.[18] According to Natalia, the murder reportedly stemmed from Canserbero'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 20 January 2015, both Canserbero and Molnar were to be at Natalia Améstica's house to record videos for a concert in Panamá. Natalia then intentionally drugged both Canserbero 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, a worried Canserbero witnessed the stabbing of Molnar, but was heavily sedated from the effects of the Alpram and could only manage to fall asleep on their sofa.
By then unaware, Canserbero 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 Canserbero 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 Canserbero thrown out of the window to simulate a suicide. Natalia fled to Chile shortly after committing the murders.[19]
