Ortelli was a jury of FMS Argentina, Culture Rap, the fifth step and BDLG. The native of Mendoza was 43 years old.
This Monday the sad news of the death of Juan Ortellirecognized for his role as a music journalist and former director of the magazine Rolling Stone (between 2013 and 2018). In turn, Ortelli was a key figure in the dissemination and analysis of rap battles in Argentina. The native of Mendoza was 43 years old.
Ortelli was a jury FMS Argentina, Cultura Rap, the fifth step and BDLGand considered as “the most respected journalist of the battles, without a doubt,” by the Urban Rooster site.
Juan Ortelli’s family message after confirming his death
“With deep regret and unease, I inform the journalistic, artistic, rap and relative community, which for natural causes my great and beloved brother Juan has died. We rogen in his memory a prayer in honor of his journalistic, personal and emotional legacy ”, was the text that a relative shared on the Instagram profile of the communicator.
For years he had been working in replica, a book in which he analyzed and explained the sociocultural phenomenon of Freestyle. Unfortunately, he could not publish it in life.
The Rolling Stone portal dedicated a message message on its social networks. “At 43, Juan Ortelli, former director of Rolling Stone Argentina, died. From a very young age, Ortelli took the helm of one of the most influential magazines of cultural journalism, and did so with the irreverence of who understood that music and their narratives do not belong to a few, but all. His work brought him closer to rap, freestyle, to urban subcultures and the energy of a generation that found in him an editorial ally. He always defended the authenticity and rawness of the real. Therefore, more than an editor, he was a storyteller who knew how to look at the margins and give them voice. His departure leaves a huge vacuumbut also the certainty that journalism can be as passionate and alive as a song. “
Source: Ambito
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