Colombia's vice-president Marta Lucia Ramirez was indignant at the latest clip from reggaeton superstar J Balvin, which features black women dressed as four-legged animals.
In this video released on September 7, the Colombian star
"holds on a leash two women of African origin crawling on the ground like animals or slaves"
, denounced Mrs. Ramirez, also Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a published statement. Tuesday.
For the conservative vice-president, this new title from the reggaeton singer, l, violates the dignity of women.
“The lyrics of the song are sexist, racist, sexist and misogynistic, directly and overtly. They violate the rights of women by comparing them to an animal to be dominated and mistreated, ”
said Ms. Ramirez.
The five-time Latin Grammy Award winner, a fair-skinned mixed race, is the main protagonist of the clip in which he walks and dances among dozens of blacks in a poor neighborhood. We see him leaving for this
"underground world"
, according to his expression, where he declaims his words alongside the Dominican rapper Tokischa and two black women disguised as dogs, in tight lingerie and crawling at his feet, all in the middle of a naked crowd, with suggestive and hypersexualized gestures.
"You are a bitch in heat and you are looking for a dog to stick to
,
"
explains the 36-year-old musician in a chorus. "
I am a street slut with a purebred popola (vagina)"
, replies Tokischa in chorus, between two swaying hips and tongue games, coming out, like a canine, from a niche to eat in his bowl , in bodysuit and string string.
The song has so far achieved nearly ten million views on YouTube in just over a month.
J Balvin, whose real name is José Osorio, has not reacted publicly, as has Tokischa.
For her part, the conservative vice-president, first woman vice-president of Colombia, invited the artist
"and the music and recording industry to sign a pact that includes various commitments for the promotion of women's rights in music ”
.