Patti LaBelle - Quimbara

This is a performance which was part of a Tribute for Celia Cruz...

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[hellokittycutie2003]

Ya'll seriously are going to argue over race, when they easily could pass for sisters (I always thought they looked like relatives lol). Obviously both women are black from different countries/cultures. Patti's ancestors went from Africa to America, Celia's went from Africa to Cuba. Live wit it!

[LaBelleOfTheBall]

I don't care how "out of place" some of you think Patti is here, she couldn't have been more suitable for the very reason that she loved and respected Celia very much. Even co-wrote a song in Celia's memory after her death with La India, Andy Vargas and Carlos Santana on the track. Celia was love, and it crossed borders of genre, race, religion, and language. Which was why she and Patti were good friends. La amistad nunca fallo.

[Henry65Z]

El mundo esta como esta por toda esta partida de IMBECILES FASCISTAS que tienen en la PUTA punta de la lengua la palabra RAZA. CELIA al igual que PATTI no tienen RAZA. Son seres especiales, UNICOS. Me dio pesar escuchar a Tito Nieves ( otro maravilloso talento ) cantar LA Guantanamera, pero al final de cuentas, fue Puerto Rico quien le dio albergue indefinido a la musica CUBANA que el HIJO DE LA GRAN PUTA DE FIDEL CASTRO, su revolucion y los CERDOS que lo siguieron, se encargaron de destruir.

[BXGUY73]

Respond to this video... Puerto Rican and Cuban are "ethnic cultures" and different from "Americans" in this aspect. First of all, Cubans/Puerto Ricans are mixed and even if they "appear to be white" they are NOT because their parents or great grand-parents are different shades and colors so that KNOCKS "being white" right OUT the box even if they or ANYONE else wrongfully thinks it. #2 P.R's & Cubans no matter what color, all cook the same and share same music, unlike Americans.

[BXGUY73]

@streetnewz LOL! Fool! Patti "HAPPENS TO BE Black" and Gloria Estefan "happens to be white" SOUNDS LIKE IT"S FREAKIN' accident using that "GUILTY WHITE LIBERAL phrase" They each had parents of the same race, who had sex and produced a child of the same race. So where does the surprise part come in? If Patti or Gloria would've happened to be Asian then it would be a surprise that their parents were Black or White but for some odd reason they were not. They happen to be something else

[BXGUY73]

@labellefan What garbage!!! Patti Labelle TOTALLY SUCKED & BOMBED. Patti LaBelle is good singing R&B but not where the rhythm is more COMPLEX as in MAMBO/Afro-Cuban music. She was completely WACK, and looked like a fool, like a White person who never danced in their life trying to dance for the first time at a MAMBO club. GLORIA Estefan also STUNK-UP the stage. POOR CELIA CRUZ for having to sit through that total BUTCHERY of some of her HIT songs. If I was her I would've WALKED OUT.

[BXGUY73]

QUE PORQUERIA!!!!  = What GARBAGE!!!

Patti Labelle GO BACK TO English music, YOU SUCK in MAMBO/SON AFRO-CUBAN music where you NEED REAL AFRICAN rhythm like CELIA CRUZ.

[labellefan]

I like that Ms. Labelle did this. It is obviously not her thing but she is a performer and a friend who isn't afraid to step outside her box. Go Girl.....

[JacksonObamafan4life]

Seriously people, we will never be able to move forward about race as a country or world if we keeping bringing up non-sense like this. Enjoy the video & let's change the subject....So wasn't Patti working that dress? LOL

[streetnewz]

@vmm027 because she is obviously of white spanish ancestry, unlike Celia who is obviously of Black african ancestry...get it? ok..

[streetnewz]

@vmm027 blacks, so some of the people mixed, thats the mix race, some stayed white, some stay black, and some stayed indian. Just because they live in PR or Cuba there isn't a race called Puerto rican and cuban, that is a NATIONALITY meaning these people are from/born on the island of PR or cuban, however like i said, their race may be black, white, native american/asian or asian...Celia Cruz happens to be black like Patti la belle, a black American. and Gloria Estefan happens to be white

[streetnewz]

@vmm027 Puerto rican and cuban is not a race hahahaha, WOW, are you like 10 years old, or have you never been to a school ever in your life? Puerto Rican and Cuban are NATIONALITIES. just like AMERICAN, ect.... for instance, you can be American, and be black, white, asian, whatever! same as puerto rican and cuban, you can be puerto rican and be black, white, mixed or asian, same as cubans. Puerto Rico used to be an island that only had indians, then spanish (whites) came, and brought