Maná removes music with Nicky Jam in protest of his help for Trump
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican pop-rock band Maná has eliminated its 2016 music with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his help for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“Maná doesn’t work with racists,” the group mentioned in an Instagram put up explaining the choice to take away “De pies a cabeza” from on-line platforms. The music is a remix of the 1992 unique included on Maná’s basic album ”¿Dónde jugarán los niños?”
“For the final 30 years Maná has supported and defended the rights of Latinos on the earth. There isn’t any enterprise or promotion that’s value greater than the dignity of our individuals,” the band wrote on Instagram.
Jam, identified for songs comparable to “Travesuras,” “Voy a Beber” and the J Balvin collaboration “X” expressed his help for Trump final Friday at a rally in Las Vegas. When introducing the singer, Trump appeared to mistake him for a girl: “Latin Music celebrity Nicky Jam! Have you learnt Nicky, she’s scorching. The place’s Nicky?” he mentioned.
Regardless of the confusion, Jam expressed pleasure at assembly Trump, who since his first presidential marketing campaign has promised to shut the border and espoused harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Maná has supported the reason for migrants in the USA for greater than twenty years. In 2018, upon receiving the Latin Recording Academy’s Individual of the 12 months award, their vocalist Fher Olvera promised: “We’ll proceed to battle for the rights of migrants who’ve made this nation nice; within the final century, they have been the distinction for this nation to be as nice as it’s.”
A consultant for Jam didn’t instantly reply to The Related Press’ request for remark. A consultant for Maná confirmed the band’s assertion, however didn’t supply additional particulars.
Based in Jalisco, Mexico, Maná has been awarded six Latin Grammys and 4 Grammys and is without doubt one of the most influential bands in Latin America. It additionally has a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
Along with Maná, a protracted checklist of artists have requested that their music not be related to or utilized by Trump, together with ABBA, The White Stripes, Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Phil Collins, Pharrell, R.E.M. and Weapons N’ Roses.
