Rubén Albarrán from Café Tacvba at the “Amar, Querer y Rockear” festival. (Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images)
It was 2006 when the singer Rubén Albarrán released his first album as a soloist. But it wasn’t just any production, “Welcome to the Dream” was special because it was inspired by the Café Tacvba singer’s first child, who was about to be born.
Rubén, then known as Sisu Yantra, worked with Psikiny, his wife at the time, on a tribute to his first-born son. For him, becoming a father had been “intense” and magical, and he wanted his son to know that. So he worked to turn all that joy into music.
17 years later, something changed.
From 2006 to the present, Rubén has recorded 10 albums with Café Tacvba and two more EPs as a solo artist, founded another band (Whoops!), promoted campaigns in favor of ecology, changed the lyrics of the song “Ingrata” and cut the throat of a Dr . Simi in one of his concerts, was included in the list of the 50 greatest rock singers of all time and is now accused of not fulfilling his duties as a father.
When you have a child, you have to take responsibility
Twelve days after it was revealed that Luis Miguel was up to date with the maintenance payments for his children, it is now Rubén Albarrán who has been proven by the actress Ofelia Medina that he has not taken responsibility for his daughter Cosma.
According to the actress, the Café Tacvba singer married his niece Andrea Medina Riancho in the USA and they had the girl.
Andrea was born in Yucatán but is a US citizen. She has a doctorate in anthropology and is a biologist from the University of California, has worked at the United Nations and, according to Medina, has “a gifted intelligence.” He is also an activist for the rights of immigrant communities in California.
The couple met because they are both environmentalists. One of the causes they have fought for is being carried out in the Comcáac Nation in Sonora, where they are advocating for water harvesting.
The screenwriter, producer and social activist also confirmed that Albarrán had forbidden her niece Andrea from saying that they were married, “but I don’t know why.” He suspected that it could be because the singer is a rock star, ” and Andrea is a woman who has absolutely no interest in showing herself, let alone making it public.”
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He mentioned that the couple “has been separated for a long time, and I have difficulty understanding that.”
When asked if the singer helped Andrea financially, Ofelia Medina replied: “I mean, it’s not like he helps her child with a person, well, you have to be responsible for it. And with this person too.
During the complaint, he asked Rubén Albarrán to treat Andrea as she deserves: “as a worthy human being that she is.” And he expressed that Andrea is suffering “because it is a painful situation that he neither his girl nor she recognizes.”
Finally, he showed his confidence that Albarrán will reconsider because “he is a conscious man. I know about his struggle. I have known him for many years. You have contributed to our cause. I know that Rubén Albarrán is a good person.”
Rumors of infidelity
The lawsuit against Rubén Albarrán was due to arrive a few weeks after Álex Kaffie disclosed through his Instagram account that he had come across a publication in which Rubén Albarrán was romantically “linked to a woman who is not his wife”.
At that time he explained that the marriage between Andrea Medina and Rubén Albarrán had always remained in the background. He confessed that he initially assumed the relationship was over; However, after asking a few acquaintances, he learned that things were still going on.
At that time he said that there were only two options: either you defame the singer, “or the man cheats on his wife”.
Rubén Albarrán and his fatherhood
The singer has rarely spoken about his fatherhood. He once pointed out that his children were one of the motivations for him to participate in movements to defend “Mother Earth” and in his commitment to protecting nature.
Another time he was asked what he was like as a father. Although he initially said that only his children could answer this question, he eventually reflected, “The only thing I can tell you is that I am loving. Yes, that’s all. I try to be a loving father.”
Albarrán has also spoken about how his children had the opportunity to “be wild” during their childhood. He said he wanted “them to walk barefoot so that the soles of their feet may become strong.” He noted that he did this to help them develop their imagination and not be distracted by “so many gadgets.”