On September 29, the Puerto Rican singer Residente published a harsh video on his Instagram account where he criticized J Balvin for promoting a boycott against the Grammy Awards and question whether the Colombian did this when this year he is going to pay tribute to Rubén Blades.

“I’m lost, José. If the Grammys don’t value us then why do I have 31 grammys, I’m not urban, I don’t rap or what genre are we talking about. Because from what I saw yesterday they nominated a lot of colleagues who gave him a bastard “.

It seems to him that it is not correct to tell reggaeton artists like Myke Towers, who received three nominations for the Latin Grammy 2021 for the first time, not to attend, “Because all this comes out of your balls without counting the other nominated artists”.

The rapper reminds J Balvin that this year Rubén Blades will also be named the person of the year. “You are telling people of the urban genre to boycott the awards and not to celebrate the artistic life of Rubén Blades, a guy who marked the history of Latin American music, because unlike you he writes his songs”said the Puerto Rican artist.

These words generated a harsh debate on social networks and divided the fans among those who supported the Puerto Rican and the “boy from Medellín” as J Balvin now calls himself. One of those who responded in support of the Colombian was Miguel Polo Polo, a Uribista “influencer” known for hunting fights with members of the opposition and the constant ridicule he receives on social media.

Polo Polo published a trill where he attacks Residente, calling him a “resentful communist” and accused the singer of receiving money from “bloodshed socialist dictatorships.”

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This reaction did not go unnoticed among Internet users, who made fun of the “influencer” of politics and made him a victim of memes and ridicule for attacking one of the most important artists in Latin America.

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On the controversy, the Colombian artist commented: “I respect your opinion” and later he published a photo next to a hot dog cart, referring to what was said by Resident who compared it to this fast food.

It is key to mention that something similar happened in 2019, when Daddy Yankee created a movement in social networks under the label # SinReggaetónNoHayGrammyLatino, because he also complained at that time of the same situation.

One of the most disappointed by the Latin Grammy nominations of that edition was also a Colombian: Maluma, who through Instagram stories shared with his more than 40 million followers on the network a message to express his feelings, as he was not considered in any of the categories with his album 11:11.

J Balvin’s ex-girlfriend, comes to his defense and attacks Residente: “It incites hatred and denigrates too much”

María Osorio, popularly recognized as ‘La mona Osorio’, came out in defense of her best friend and ex-boyfriend, J Balvin. According to her, René would be needing a lot of visibility, so he would have taken advantage of Balvin’s comment to become a trend.

Yes, my opinion may be biased for many, but I give you some context: René follows the work of J Balvin, they follow each other, and he has said that he admires him, so (…) Converting a tweet of a personal opinion of few characters into taking advantage and creating a great controversy with a video of several minutes, in which a lot of bad vibes are sent, inciting hatred, and denigrating the work of the other too much , instead of sending a DM (direct message) (…) I do not know whether to say that he is a work genius for taking advantage of the moment and making himself visible that, by the way, he needs it a lot (…) or he is the most Machiavellian person in the world ”, The presenter wrote on her Instagram account.

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