Cuban musician El Taiger dies at 37 after Miami shooting

Havana: Cuban musician Jose Manuel Carbajal Zaldivar, known as El Taiger, died Thursday in the US city of Miami at 37, his family said, a week after...

Havana: Cuban musician Jose Manuel Carbajal Zaldivar, known as "El Taiger," died Thursday in the US city of Miami at 37, his family said, a week after he was shot in the head and hospitalized.

A popular "urbano" singer who mixed reggaeton with traditional Cuban music, he was known for songs such as "La Historia," "Papelito" and "Habla Matador."

"We bid farewell to one of the most recognized figures of the urban genre, who did not renounce his Cuban identity and always expressed love for his country," the Cuban Institute of Music said in a statement on Facebook.

Based in the United States for several years, Carbajal Zaldivar had been hospitalized in Miami since October 3 after local authorities found him unconscious inside a car. Miami police were investigating the shooting.

The musician's family thanked his medical team and those "who offered prayers and tributes during his hospitalization," in a statement released on social media.