The musician who was successful without knowing and was recognized by the Oscar

Legend of Folk Rock, Sixto Rodriguez died in 2023, consecrated by the impact of his music on one of the most striking episodes in 20th century history. This month, he would turn 83. The American singer had a career marked by oblivion, but ended up having the history recognized by the Oscar, the biggest cinema awards on the planet. Read also documentary television exposes controversy backstage of weight loss reality television after 9 years, Chaves has a date of return to the Netflix television catalog actor leaves a shocked mouse by exposing what happened with Globo television star Who was the presenter of SBT who died when suffering live infarction?

Start to unsuccessful

It all starts in the early 1970s. Son of Mexican immigrants and resident of Detroit (USA), Sixto had a dream of building a career in music. He release two albums: Cold Fact in 1970 and Coming from Reality in 1971. Without giving up the American music industry, Sixto abandoned the dream and was looking for other occupations to survive. From the stage and studios, he went to the construction area. He graduated in philosophy from Wayne University and unsuccessfully tried to be elected in political positions such as councilor, mayor and even his home senator, Michigan. Almost three decades after the failure of the two albums released, his trajectory would once again change direction with the advent of the internet.

Successless success

What he did not know is that the label had sent copies of albums to foreign markets such as Australia and New Zealand. But it was in South Africa that his music transcended the boundaries of entertainment. Sugarman, part of the Cold Fact, which spoke of the oppression suffered by the American workers, eventually fell like a glove for South Africans opposed to the apartheid regime-a system of institutionalized racial segregation in the country. Since there was no internet at that time and Sixto had never appeared to the lovers of his work, many even believed that the singer and songwriter had died. There were even rumors that he had committed suicide.

The search for the mysterious Sixto

According to the website dedicated to the life and career of Sixto in August 1997, Stephen “Sugar” Segerman created a website, called The Great Rodriguez Hunt (the great hunt for Rodriguez), with the intention of finding any information about the mysterious American musician famous for the album Cold Fact.
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Stardom

After the rediscovery, Sixto returned to the stage with tour that filled gyms across the African country in 1998. From then on, the again singer returned to the road as tours throughout the planet. The erratic trajectory impressed Swedish documentary filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul, who released the movie looking for Sugar Man, where he presents more details about Rodriguez's impressive story. The feature featured great recognition, winning Bafta and Oscar for best documentary in 2013.