J Balvin apologizes after music video depicted him walking Black women on leashes
J Balvin apologizes after music video depicted him walking Black women on leashes
J Balvin apologized earlier this week for a music video that featured Black people whose facial features were altered to make them look like dogs, including two Black women who were depicted as being walked on a leash by the reggaeton star.
Critics of the “Perra” video include the vice president of Balvin’s native Colombia — who co-signed an open letter that the song’s lyrics, and video feature “misogynistic expressions that violate the rights of women” — and the singer’s own mother, who told a Colombian news program that the video prompted her to call her son to ask “Where is the Josésito that I know?”
J Balvin has been criticized for his “Perra” music video. Even the reggaeton star's mother asks: “Where is the Josésito that I know?”
The music video is the latest controversy for the “Mi Gente” singer, who has been criticized throughout his career for culturally appropriating from Black artists and making tone-deaf statements about race. Amid widespread protests over racial justice last year, Balvin was slammed for posting a video of him dancing with a Black woman alongside the Black Lives Matter hashtag. (He later pledged to “do better”.) But the outcry over “Perra” — which features rising Afro-Dominican rapper Tokischa — also highlights long-standing issues in the genre that made Balvin a pop star.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/j-balvin-apologizes-after-music-video-depicted-him-walking-black-women-on-leashes/ar-AAQ4eaI?ocid=msedgntp
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He didn't create that in a vacuum. Lots of people participated in that and thought it was okay.
The more we devalue women - the worse it gets. And it's getting worse all over.
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