In an interview for Tropicana, vallenato singer Karen Lizarazo revealed that for a time, when the artist was not yet recognized, her father paid for the shows and made her believe that they were the mayors of the towns who were paying her group. to appear at parties.
According to the artist, her father told her that if she did well in college and got good grades, for every midterm she won he would help her get a performance, so Karen worked hard to get good results so she could sing and perform. to know
“I graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Pontifica Bolivariana, cum laude, with an average of 4.8, very high. And do you know why? Because my dad told me: ‘If you do well at university and you bring me good grades, I promise that for every midterm and every quiz that you bring me with good grades, I will get you a dance’. “We made the deal.”Lizarazo revealed.
Karen said that she would come home and show her report cards to her father and ask him to look for the presentations. “My father would run to San Martín, San Alberto, he would go to the other side of the river, Simití, Santa Rosa del Sur de Bolívar, El Dique. For all the towns that you have to pass by boat, he would go and knock on the door: ‘Hello, I am the father of a girl who sings vallenato. Could it be that you let me present her here at the town festivals?’ said the artist.
When the father commented that it was a 17-year-old girl who sang vallenato, people refused, but he continued to insist. “My father paid for many shows for me and made me believe that the mayor paid for them, but my father paid for them.”
According to Karen, her father did that so that she would feel that her presentation was worth it and would be sure of herself. “What the mayor gave my dad was the opportunity to let me get up on stage, for 40 minutes, half an hour, and for me to feel like they were paying me for the dance. My dad would go to the cashier and pay the musicians, obviously he didn’t pay me because I was happy, after they let me sing. “My dad paid all the musicians and he paid them well, at that time, and that’s why I owe everything to my dad,” he assured.