J Balvin apologizes for the video of his song 'Perra' and removes it from YouTube

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Colombian singer J Balvin apologized this Sunday after being criticized for the controversial music video for his song

, in which he appeared walking two black women on a leash.

The recording, in which the Dominican rapper Tokischa participated and which was directed by Raymi Paulus, was removed from the YouTube social network on October 17

, reported Billboard.

In it Tokischa also appeared posing inside a doghouse, crouched like the animal.

In a series of posts on the social network Instagram, the musician, whose full name is José Álvaro Osorio Balvin, said: "I want to apologize to anyone who has been offended, especially the community of black women."

J Balvin, during a musical performance.Jason Koerner / Getty Images

The Colombian star added: "I am not like that. I have always expressed tolerance, love and inclusion.

, a woman who supports her people, her community and also empowers women".

Balvin said he withdrew the video "out of respect" and apologized for the criticism.

Balvin, Tokischa and Paulus did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Monday.

In an interview published this Sunday, Tokischa told the music magazine Rolling Stone that

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"If you, as a creative, have a song that talks about dogs, you are going to create that world," he said, "I understand the interpretation that people had and I am really sorry that someone was offended.

. "

Paulus also told Rolling Stone that the video "was never intended to promote racism or misogyny."

"The Dominican Republic is a country in which most of the population is black and our blackness is predominant in the clandestine scenes where the filming took place, and that was the inspiration for the video," he said, "

was a video filmed in the neighborhood, with people from the neighborhood, and

. "

[J Balvin bought a millionaire watch and El Alfa did not keep his reaction to himself] 

In an open letter published on October 11,

."

Perra

premiered on September 10 and was featured on Balvin

album

, which earned him his fourth No. 1 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart.