MADRID.- The BECKY G. artistwho is granddaughter of migrants Mexicans in the United States, said that whoever wants to celebrate Latin culture must “protect it”, and then wish that people educate and take a position to help a community in which there is “much pain” currently, thread the situation of the Latin population in the American country.
“If people want to celebrate my successes, hopefully they can educate themselves and also put themselves in the position of helping the community. I feel more than ever the responsibility of sharing the light, because we deserve to feel happiness too, not only sadness. Obviously there is a lot of pain right now and I thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about these issues, although we are here in Spain,” said the artist in an interview with Europa Press.
Despite having been born in Los Angeles (United States), Becky G has recognized that discrimination towards Latinos is something that has “touched” and that is affected at home.
“They are things that are affecting me in my house, in my family, with my fans and really around the world. It is a global problem and discrimination, although I am born in the United States, it has touched me, also to my parents who are born there. Then yes, it is very important for me,” he added.
“We were Mexico”
Although the artist returns to its beginnings of urban pop with a collaboration with the Colombian Manuel Turizo, What are you doing, The singer of Without pajamas He has dedicated his last two albums to celebrate and claim his Mexican roots.
In that sense, Becky G has expressed an “identity crisis” by feeling that it does not belong to Mexico or the United States, if not to the two countries. “It is something very important for us, that identity crisis is very complex. When I was a child I had many insecurities for that reason. When my cousins visited us from Mexico, they told me: ‘You are not Mexican, you were born in the United States.
Already in 2015, the artist signed a song on her YouTube channel called We are Mexico, A protest issue that directed directly to the one who would be president of the country, Donald Trump. “This is for you Donald Trump (this is for you, Donald Trump)”, you can still read in the video.
“Oh, My God! What pride does it know that after so many years we are still here! Showing that pride and representing, also defending. If one wants to participate in the celebration of Latin culture, I should also protect it. Although many want to say that I am only Latin when it suits me, I know in my heart-there is on my YouTube a song that is more than 10 years old- that I am representing my career. Pride, “he recalled.
Although the artist accumulates on the Spotify platform more than 25 million monthly listeners, it was in 2019 when she received great visibility when signing Older Together with Bad Bunny-more than 2.5 billion views on YouTube and almost 800 million views. However, it cost him many criticisms for the lyrics of the song, openly sexual.
“The criticisms that some had about the songs had more to do with machismo and less with Becky G or another female artist. I am very proud that I could be part of that movement of Girl Power“He explained.
In that sense, it has wondered what “bothers so much” of the letters in the urban genre, specifically that of Older, And he has rejected that women are put only on women.
“Why does it bother you so much? Because I know you like it too. Why are you lying? Or better question, why are you putting my responsibility? (…) Because there is a difference in how they prepare for interviews for a man than a woman. And why? What is the difference? And why do they put us all the responsibility? I felt in my soul that it had nothing to do with me, but more with the way others thought, “he settled.
