The artist returned to pronounce on the situation in the country and responded to those people who have treated him as “lukewarm.” It also calls for peace and an end to the violence, which has caused so much pain.
J Balvin turns 36 this Friday, a birthday that occurs in the midst of protests in Colombia, due to the dissatisfaction of citizens with the tax reform, health reform, education and in the midst of a social crisis expanded by the pandemic of the coronavirus. However, the artist presents his documentary “El Niño de Medellín” on Amazon Prime Video.
In this audiovisual work, recorded in 2019, the reasons why the singer does not like to refer to political issues would be explained. At the same time, the documentary explores the singer’s mental health problems and his reputation as a public figure.
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One of the reasons why the artist has fought from music has been given by the motivation to give a better image of Colombia to the world, away from drug trafficking, violence, guerrillas or paramilitarism. Undoubtedly, J Balvin has managed to position music and reggaeton outside of Colombia, with several of the Latin Grammy Awards or Guinness Records that he has obtained, as well as many others throughout his career.
However, in the documentary, he assures that he was born in Medellín, one of the cities considered by many to be the most “uribista” and that when he started in the industry, the least he wanted was to divide or alienate his fans because of his political stance. However, with the passing of time, he has realized that as an artist he feels that what he says or does not say can have a lot of relevance.
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For that reason, in the midst of the protests he raised his voice to ask for peace, despite this, the artist was treated as “lukewarm”, to which through stories on Instagram he replied:
“ Innocent people who are fighting for their dreams are dying in the streets by public force. It is clear that not all those who go out to march are vandals and not all policemen are murderers, as there are good people there are bad people, it cannot be generalized. We cannot continue to polarize, I understand that there is a problem, that the least favored are suffering ”, said the artist.
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“The government please listen to the youth. Listen to the people who are screaming and let’s fix this once and for all, so much pain for mothers who were left without their children ”.
Follow the news of El Espectador on Google NewsLast Wednesday, Balvin had given through a pronouncement. “To all colleagues and superstars, please help me and help us spread the message, we must stop this senseless civil war.”
He also told citizens that he cares about his country and respects those who fight for the country and hopes that hope will soon come.
