Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 480

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
MRBSTYLES
-AKA MOISES BAEZ-
Releases All-Gay Salsa Video “Ay! Que Bueno”
New York
based, Puerto
Rican, LGBTQ
salsa artist Moises
Baez--known by
his stage name
Mrbstyles--has
recently released
the very first allgay
salsa single
and video titled
“Ay! Que Bueno.”
Moises became
recognized for his
unique style as a
Latin salsa singer,
choreographer
and professional
salsa dancer.
Born and raised
in Boston, Moises was introduced
to the cultural expression of salsa
at age 11 and began performing
professionally
with a team
dance group at
age 14. When he
was 21, Moises
launched his own
dance program
called “Out Salsa
Boston,” offering
salsa dance to the
gay community of
that famed city.
Moises will be
performing at
Yonkers Pride
and then he’ll
be leaving for
Spain for a dream
singing adventure.
He’s pursuing his
dream to become
what he calls a gay Ricky Ricardo.
He’s high spirited and a blast to
talk to.
INTERVIEW
Hello, Moises. So tell me a little about
yourself.
I am a gay, Puerto Rican male raised in
Boston. I was a professional salsa dancer
and now I’m singing songs. I am the first
openly gay male salsa singer, so it’s kind
of a big deal.
What about your career makes you
stand out, aside from singing salsa?
I just released a video called “Ay! Que
Bueno,” which is a song about fast love.
In the music video, we spoke about gay
culture. It’s a Wizard of Oz type video
where it goes from black-and-white to
color. Everybody in the video is gay, and it
was shot in Puerto Rico. At the moment,
I’m working on my album, just finishing it
up. So after Ricky Martin, the next one to
come out that does gay Latino music is
me. Because I sing salsa, I’m like the first
of my kind. Not to brag or anything, but
when Madonna came out with “Vogue”....
It’s kind of like that, but it’s salsa.