J Balvin is apologizing. Last week, the music video for his collaboration with Tokischa, “Perra,” was removed from YouTube amid backlash for it’s portrayal of Black women.
The Raymi Paulus-directed video features the 36-year-old Colombian rapper walking two Black women on leashes, and their faces are made to look like dogs.
On Sunday (October 24), J Balvin took to social media to respond to the controversy surrounding the video. Click inside to read J Balvin’s response… “I want to say sorry to whomever felt offended, especially to the Black community.
That’s not who I am,” he said in a clip on his Instagram Story, according to Pitchfork. He also apologized directly to his mother and went on to say he has “always been about tolerance,
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