Kike Farro belonged to Group 5 in its golden age with Elmer Yaipén and then went out to integrate the Caribbeans of Guadeloupeorchestra with which he recorded the classic “The lonely man”. He left that group in 2011 due to a tumor on the palate, for which he was evicted and which, according to what he said in an interview on “Señora cumbia Peru”, was healed by a miracle of Christ.
In 2014, he returned to the Monsefuana orchestra, led by Christian Yaipénwhich coincided with the celebration for the 41 years of creation of the so-called ‘Peru Gold Group’. Finally, following releasing hits like “Let’s bet I get married”announced his departure from group 5 in May 2020.
In the interim, Kike Farro He married Muriel Guerrero Vilcas, in September 2019. And two years ago, in 2017, he was tempted to join the new group The Golden Fivea situation that did not occur.
What happened to Kike Farro following leaving Group 5?
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) hit the music industry hard, especially the groups that lived from their presentations to the public.
“That happened with all the colleagues of the cumbia, that they had no choice but to accept independent jobs”, Kike Farro recounted to explain how necessity pushed him to work as a soloist in ‘privaditos’.
During 2021, it remained valid with virtual concerts next to Víctor Romero, ex-vocalist of Agua Marina, Leonard Leon y Cucho Nanfuñay.
Finally, in May 2022, Kike Farro announced that he was preparing to launch himself as a solo artist with his own songs and under the title of ‘Knight of Cumbia’.
Meanwhile, he continued with presentations together with Angelo FukuyAlex Ramírez (former member of Camagüey), Pedro LoliLuis Manuel (vocalist of Grupo 5), in addition to traveling to Europe to sing in France and Italy.
Kike Farro, the ‘Knight of Cumbia’
Alejandro Humberto Farro Mendozareal name of Kike Farro, announced in “Los hités del humor” with Miguel Moreno and Emily Vargas that, for his solo project, he had turned to the composer Estanis Mogollon, author of emblematic cumbias like “You go, you go” y “The spell”.
Also, in a previous interview with July Pinedo in “Señora cumbia Peru”, he stated: “I already have a defined style in what is cumbia. I know where I’m aiming. But it might also capture a young audience margin. A more modern, urban cumbia. Work on some hits with young singers who are just starting out in cumbia.”
In that conversation, Kike Farro was also willing to share the stage once more with the Group 5. “With all my heart”said.
“I don’t go out in my solo career to compete with anyone. I go out to share my music. It would be disrespectful to compete with an orchestra with as much experience as the Group 5, sea water, Tony Rosado, Marisol, ‘The Pharaoh of Cumbia’”he expressed.
Why did Kike Farro leave Group 5?
In mid-October 2022, while passing through Barcelona (Spain), the interpreter of “La culebritica”, Kike Farro clarified the reason for his departure from the Group 5.
“I chose to venture into my solo career. I wanted to experience being solo.”he stated in a video posted on the channel YouTube by Carmen Chocano.
Kike Farro with Javier Yaipen?
Last September, Kike Farro was present at the birthday of Javier Yaipéncomposer, keyboardist and co-director of the cumbia group Yaipen brothers. there he sang “The Happy Man” from the Colombian Lisandro Meza, ‘The male of America’.
Also present at the celebration Giuliana Rengifo y Dilbert Aguilar.
Kike Farro and Lucho Paz?
The enchanting of Group 5 y sea water, fight peace shared on TikTok another excerpt from Javier Yaipén’s birthday, celebrated on September 22.
There, next to Dilbert Aguilar and Kike Farro performed “Raise your hand”, an original song by the Mexican cumbia group Los Ángeles de Charly, which became a hit with the version that the Yaipen Brotherslaunched in 2006.
Sadly, two days following that date, Lucho Paz was hospitalized in an emergency following suffering a decompensation while performing at the disco VIP bar in Cajamarca.
Did Kike Farro insult Christian Yaipén?
On TikTok, a follower of the Group 5shared a moment between Christian Yaipén y Kike Farro, when he still belonged to the orchestra. The first ended up exasperating his partner by trying to adjust the button on his shirt collar.
“A phrase used a lot by the older ones up north”, A user commented on what the ‘Caballero de la Cumbia’ said.
