Eddy Herrera chatted with Billboard’s Griselda Flores and Jessica Roiz ahead of Billboard Latin Women in Music 2025.
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00:00Eddie, welcome to Bill Burlatt and Women in Music. Tell us, what are you going to do this night?
00:05Well, I've been invited to present, to give a valuable recognition, important to the Dominicans,
00:15to me that I'm Dominican, and to that artist that also is Dominicana.
00:19In fact, I wanted to ask you, obviously, Nati Natasha is the Dominicana homenageada this night.
00:26What means a artist like Nati, who has been so global, with his music,
00:32with bachata, with reggaeton, of all kinds of genres, what means this artist for the country?
00:39Look, for a Dominican, with sede in the Dominican Republic, of Dominicana, and especially of a genre like reggaeton,
00:50that has been the world most great of her, that has been a huge success.
00:58And the pride that brotas by our hearts is great, it's grandioso.
01:04And to give her that award to Nati Natasha, that recognition is double-enacted,
01:10because Nati, aparte that is Dominicana, nació in Santiago of the Caballeros, my city.
01:15In fact, we are the two of Santiago, we have two hours of the capital, and it's like the second capital of my country.
01:22And imagine how I feel, proud of you, Nati, proud of your team, of all your people, of all your people.
01:29Tina, I give you a hug, really, and I'm happy.
01:32Well, speaking of the Dominican Republic, obviously, we saw the tragedy that happened in the Jet Set,
01:38and, well, that is, Ruby Perez, and we are all connected with you in that pain.
01:45What do you think is that the legacy that has your compatriot and your colleague, Ruby?
01:50One of the grandiosos, my dear ex-companyer of the orchestra of Wilfrido Vargas,
01:56when we were the two singers and chorists of Wilfrido,
01:59I was with Ruby in 85, when I started with Wilfrido Vargas in 87.
02:04My first two years, and Ruby was like a kind of guide, a kind of conseiller,
02:11because ya Ruby had 6, 7 years in the Ruedo del Merengue,
02:16and I was 20 years old, I was very young, and imagine you the relationship that we had Ruby and I,
02:23his family, his team, but not only he stayed there,
02:27but not only he stayed there, but not only he stayed there, but he stayed there,
02:31but he stayed there, but he stayed there, but he stayed there,
02:35in the hearts of each other, of the human beings, of the Latinos,
02:40that he likes the Merengue, that he likes the good music, like Ruby.
02:44Even though we are in the Luto, the Dominican Republic, and many countries also,
02:48I feel better, but this has been difficult, this was devastating for all of us, for the Merengue also.
02:58I imagine, well, before we leave you, we are with a new sencillo,
03:03and How Te Olvido, and How Te Olvido, it's my new single, it's six weeks, number one in the Dominican Republic,
03:14they say that they could be another new success of Eddie Herrera in the last few months, years,
03:21and Laura Catefe, tell me How Te Olvido, if I learned to do love with you,
03:28Te adueñaste hasta de mis sentidos, como Te Olvido, y como Te Olvido, bebé.
03:36Nosotras somos inolvidables, pero gracias por intentar.
03:39Sí, disfruta mucho esta noche, gracias por estar acá con nosotros.
03:44Gracias, Eddie.
03:46No, el placer es mío, y quiero que sepan, yo soy un loco defensor de la mujer, yo amo la mujer,
03:56por el ser que es, el ser divino, y esta noche Mujeres Latinas en la Música se llena de cosas bonitas,
04:06y qué placer para mí, como dominicano, como artista merenguero, dar este reconocimiento a mi querida Nati Natasha.
04:15Bueno, muchísimas gracias.
04:16Gracias, Eddie.
04:17Gracias.
04:18Gracias.
04:19Gracias.
04:20Gracias.