Miami, Florida. – Natty Natasha She has no clear memory of the moment she stopped seeing producer Raphy Pina as her manager and viewed him more as the man she began to attract in a different way. She is sure that she has taken the first step towards a loving relationship.
The same thing didn't happen to her when she heard federal Judge Francisco Besosa hand down the sentence that would physically separate her from her partner and father of her daughter for 41 months after a jury found him guilty of illegal firearm possession.
He remembers this moment every day. “I remember it every day because I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it at all and I had to look around and understand that this had happened, and I had to stay focused to move forward, to give him strength,” the artist explained seconds after pausing to dry her tears. “It wasn’t about me, it was about him, about the family, and he could never break me in my life.”
A movie played in his head while time didn't stop. At 3:00 p.m. this Tuesday, May 24, 2022, his partner had to surrender to federal authorities to be taken to prison. She was still in disbelief. Two days earlier, they celebrated their daughter Vida Isabelle's first birthday with their loved ones.
“It's something that feels very strange and very different. Even when we celebrated Vida's birthday, who turned one, I didn't expect it, and when the day came, I remember they announced the verdict, they gave her until 3:00 p.m. to be heard. delivery. I still watch how everything happens, we go out, we go home, we eat, we share it with the family; He has the girl in his arms the whole time and little by little he said goodbye to everyone.“he announced from the living room of one of his family residences in the City of the Sun. “He definitely prepared me and I didn’t realize it.”.
The 37-year-old actress describes the emptiness she experienced, especially in the first weeks of Pina's captivity, as a mourning process. “The person is alive, well, healthy, but not there.” They don't argue, it wasn't like I told him “delete my number, don't call me”, the person just isn't there because it was decided they wouldn't be there and I could say it's one of the worst moments of my life, but I'll never complain about absolutely anything because we Yes, we have true lovehe explained.
Rethinking the relationship wasn't an issue for her. On the contrary, this experience strengthened her. “The moment you show your romantic partner what the relationship is made of, then they are deep moments and a person can generally be a friend, you don't leave them alone.”, because that's what loyalty, respect and friendship are all about, and before I became Raphy's partner, I was Raphy's friend and no one can take that away from me,” she emphasized. “That would be an incredible lack of respect, not only for him, but also for me, our family and everything we have built together.” So many years are not wasted in a person's worst moment. It is impossible.”
Natti Natasha is still processing what she experienced. Working on his music has been a relief, but his strength lies in his daughter – who turns three this May – and in Pina herself, who gave him the engagement ring in February 2021. “We don’t lack anything, we just need to be together at home.” But every day you must thank God for everything He has made possible for you, for everything He has enabled you to achieve. I left the Dominican Republic, I had nothing, I was healthy and I always return to those days. I always go to the root and say, “It could be worse,” and we have, thank God, a person who will come back because he has life and health, which is something to complain about.â€.
17 PhotosShe is honest and talks about the difficult moments in her life and what she plans to do when Raphy Pina gets out of prison.She misses the hustle and bustle of everyday life with her partner, the constant activity at home. “There was always noise in the house (laughs), there was always coffee brewing, there was always something cooking and I (said), 'I'm not going to scrub';” “He speaks and has a very deep voice Voice, you could hear it everywhere, he always relaxed everyone,” she said, without cutting off her daughter’s ear, who was in an adjacent room.
The singer travels to North Carolina every two weeks to visit Pina, whose release is expected sometime next summer. She visits him with her daughter and his three eldest children and they can see him for several hours at a time, Friday through Sunday. “You come in – he has a bit of long hair – and it's like a room, there are the chairs, there's the table, and when we enter we always have an area, and the girl and the boys are there every time, when they're there.” See him “Daddy!” And then she comes and moves her hair because she likes her hair to move,” she said. “It's happiness to find each other, to see that everyone is doing well, and in reality, which was a dynamic we had in the house too, Raphy and I can sit together without having to talk, that is, we sit down, we watch the girl play, share it with everyone and he and I just enjoy it.”
It was a long process in which I learned or saw nothing other than strength. I have never experienced a moment of weakness.”
-Natti Natasha, singer
Pina maintains the phrases and games that she used to share with her daughter on social networks. He continues to tell her, “Tell me, tell me, tell me,” and she laughs inside, even though Vida is a happy, loving girl. Before this interview began, he stopped to watch his mother through a camera screen and blew her kisses from there. “He grabs her, kisses her, the snack I bring her because she eats when they are together; Anything she doesn't eat outside, that I don't allow her to eat, she eats there, the sweets… It's very sweet.
The couple has no plan for the day he regains his freedom. “The plan is just for him to get to the house… I know we're all going to be a lot calmer and the house is going to be full, the house is going to be full.”said the reggaeton singer.
What they have talked about is a shared desire to expand the family. “If God allows it, because having Vida was a process, but we would love to have another one.”