Lightweight boxer became the first Mexican artist to reach number one on Spotify’s Top Global Songs list in mid-April, a feat that would have been dwarfed by Pepe Aguilar.
Although the 54-year-old singer said he likes “two or three songs” by Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija, the young artist’s real name, he also made a statement that was seen as undermining his work.
“The secret I will tell you is that if in Mexico Spotify is consumed by 60 percentglobally, (then) all the (country’s) artists will be number 1 in the world (…) it’s that simple,” he told the press on April 25.
Three years ago, he also spoke out against couch potatoes, the musical subgenre already represented by Featherweight. Nathanael Cano.
What does Featherweight think about what Pepe Aguilar said?
Given the controversy caused by Pepe Aguilar’s words, media such as TVNotas, Milenio and Publimetro continued an interview in which Featherweight reacted to the situation when the program’s reporter Sit who can! asked the interpreter of Dancing Alone.
“Pepe Aguilar made some comments a while back that he didn’t agree with or support this genre, now that you’re with everything, what do you think of all that was said before?” asked.
The 22-year-old singer-songwriter did not want to enter into confrontations and only limited himself to answering: “Without words, I I have nothing to do there“.
Instead, he gave an opinion for all those people who did not believe that this new aspect of the Mexican regional, which led him to fame, would succeed.
“They have already seen that there is something to grab, this yes there is talent and above all a lot of desire from young Mexicans to be able to catch up (and with that I have)”, externally.
“At the end of the day, it’s music and there’s going to be people who like it and (others) who don’t like it,” he commented on the fact that the lyrics to his songs are in “plain” language. .
Featherweight defends himself and his fans from attacks
Two weeks ago, “La doble P,” as the artist is also known, responded to a Twitter user who classified those who listen to his “hits” as “nacos,” according to Aristegui Noticias.
“You are not a nako, you are a classist, which is worse,” the star said in a tweet that is no longer available on her “feed” on the social network.
After the debate that started, he presented his arguments to defend his point of view: “If you don’t like a genre of music, that’s normal and nothing happens,” he wrote on Twitter.
“But if you use such a derogatory word just because you don’t like a certain artist, you’re automatically classist and bigoted,” he added.
Source: univision
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