“It’s one thing to be an artist, another thing is to be famous,” says Residente in his hot tiradera to J Balvin

Resident being a Resident: this is how the Puerto Rican artist shows himself in his last musical session, in which for more than eight minutes he makes strong remarks to the Colombian singer J Balvin, with whom he has had clashes since 2019.

In the BZRP Music Sessions #49a project of DJ Bizarrap in which they have collaborated Nicky Jam, Nicki Nicole and Nathy Peluso, Rene Perez criticizes the urban genre, fame and how success goes to those who work less. “Lying rappers… They are fifth class artists who write less than a pen without ink (…). It is one thing to be an artist, another thing is to be famous”sings in its first minutes.

It is a journey through three chapters that bear the following titles: In place of the spot…, My weapons are my lyrics and the knight of mirrors.

“On the subject I talk about many things that are important to me in music”previously told on Instagram.

The last chapter is especially directed at J Balvin, whom he calls “foolish, racist, imbecile and failed.” He further refers to his problem with depression as a coping strategy. marketing. “Use mental health to sell a documentary”Resident raps.

Among the strongest phrases to the Colombian interpreter are: “What do you expect from this failure, raised by his dad, a influencer frustrated?”. “You are more false than a hot dog no ketchup or bread.” “He is an imbecile, with hair dye, that he put on black women with dog chains around their necks”, underlines Resident.

This last sentence was on topic Female dogby J Balvin together with the Dominican rapper Tokischawhich was censored by the Colombian government as racist and sexist, and which was removed from the YouTube platform.

In this last chapter, he justifies that his creation is in the name of all those who have had to battle twice within reggaeton, such as Myke Towers, Sech, Chocquibtown, Rafa Pabön, Don Omar, Ozuna, Arcángel, Tego Calderón. “There are a lot that you put under the drawer without thinking”, sings.

At the beginning and at the end of his lyrics, he implies that he is leaving the musical stage with the following words: “Since I’m leaving, I’m going to take a couple before I leave”.

Since its publication thirteen hours ago, Residente has been a trend. His video, recorded in a production studio accompanied by a beer, remains number one on YouTube, and at the moment it already has 18,063,896 views and more than 3 million views. likes.

threats

But this session had its complications to come to light. In a video published last Tuesday, Residente says that J Balvin found out that he was going to release this song and, as a result, he would have received a series of threats against him and his team. “It turns out that the asshole found out that I’m screwing him, and since he found out he hasn’t stopped calling everyone to call me so he doesn’t bring up the subject”Resident said.

“They threatened to sue my label if I brought it up. They asked for a call to the president of my label to stop me, so that I don’t bring up the subject. For a simple dump, which is not even completely for him”, the rapper continues in his video.

throwing time

Similar “tiraeras” have occurred since the beginning of the Latino urban genre, between Héctor The Father and Don Omar, Polaco y Tempo, Residente y Tempo, Cosculluela and Ñengo Flow, among others, although most of them have already made peace.

Last December, Puerto Rican urban artist Rauw Alejandro presented his single Hunterwho was a “tyrant” against his compatriot Jhay Cortez, whom he said was not filling his concerts and that he was not well known. (I)