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.

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