Anderson Leonardo said that he did not want to use Elza Soares’ name to succeed in his career: “Of course, I only said that I was her nephew when I was already known as Molejo.” The Molejo singer died last week, aged 51, from a rare cancer
Many people didn’t know this, butAndersonLeonardo He was the grandson of one of Brazil’s greatest voices: Elza Soares. Days later the death of the singer of the group Molejovictim of complications from groin cancerinformation that he was closely related to the singer made its way back to social media.
Anderson Leonardo was the son of the music producer Ubirajara de Souza, known as Bira Haway and who became a major name in the pagode and samba genres. Furthermore, he was the brother of Elza Soares. The relationship was only revealed by Anderson when he was already successful with Molejo.
“My aunt always asked my father: ‘Leave him, Bira. He likes music, leave him’. And she always told me: ‘You have to be responsible, try a lot, train a lot, listen a lot’. I listened to all possible advice.” , Anderson said in 2020, during an interview on the program”General balance“. Elza died in January 2022 due to natural causes, at home, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Did you know that talent is in the blood? Anderson Leonardo, nephew of singer Elza Soares. See above #LiveDasVenenosaspic.twitter.com/cadWec9XkN
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Anderson said at the time that he did not want to use Elza’s name to succeed in his career: “Of course, I only said that I was his nephew when I was already known as Molejo. I always really liked being there in my fight, slowly , with great simplicity and humility.
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