As his music grew in popularity, Urango continued his work as an activist, infusing his songs with his politics. “There's a kind of extra song at the end of 'Buggy Tip' with piano and strings. This part is about my girlfriend and I say, even though we're in love, we have to stay committed to our organization,” he revealed. “The love we have must extend and be part of what fuels us to keep fighting in a revolutionary sense.”
The “organization” Urango referred to included his work with Todo Poder al Pueblo, a leftist collective that, in its own words, fights “for self-defense and the empowerment of our community in response to the escalation of repressive measures that they target immigrants, families and workers.”
Urango's politics were also informed by the conditions he was born with: spina bifida, kyphosis and scoliosis. “Not many artists are visibly disabled,” he once said in an interview. “Society wants us to stay inside and be shy and docile and not feel confident or cool or sexy. They just don't want us to feel any of it, you know? So in my life this has often weighed on me but never stopped me, I've always been a very outgoing person but still not the most confident, I'm still very critical of myself.”
Urango also lived with a prosthetic leg and referenced the experience in the title of his debut album Cola Boyy, 2021 Prosthetic Boombox. The album was followed by a notable appearance alongside The Clash's Mick Jones on the Avalanches' 'We Go On'. It also featured many notable artists including the Avalanches, Air's Nicolas Godin, John Carroll Kirby and MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden.
Artists have shared tributes in honor of the late artist, including; Chromeo, Cloud Nothings, Fastest OrtizWebbed Wing's Taylor Madisonand Dead Heat. “One memory that makes me smile was playing with cola boyy in 2014.” Agios Pantheras wrote X. “I was nervous being so young playing my music among legends, but his kindness and participation made me feel right at home. I tear into the one and only.”
