Latin stars to record anti-Trump song 'We're All Mexicans', They aren't all Mexicans but they will be in spirit for the anti-Donald Trump song a accumulation of Latin stars are planning to absolution afterwards this month.
Billboard annual appear Thursday that Grammy-winning producer/musician Emilio Estefan has active up a accumulation of stars and acclaimed accompany — including his Grammy-winning wife Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Carlos Santana, Thalia, Pepe Aguilar and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean — to almanac a song aimed at active a beachcomber of anti-Mexican address sparked beforehand this summer by Trump, the real-estate mogul-turned-Republican presidential frontrunner.
Estefan, 62, told Billboard he accomplished his fed-up point afterwards alert to a TV pundit/talking arch say "false and avenging anti-Latin statements on TV."
Thus was built-in the abstraction for recording We’re All Mexican, which Estefan describes as a agreeable “celebration of Hispanics and our accomplishments.” The track, to be appear afterwards in September, will aswell cover reggaeton accompanist Wisin, radio personality Enrique Santos, and the Spanish-American chef José Andrés, a lot of of whom will be rapping on the record.
The abstraction echoes the Je Suis Charlie (We are all Charlie) byword chanted by free-press advocates about the apple afterwards the January 2015 annihilation of 12 humans in the Paris offices of abusive account Charlie Hebdo. That in about-face adopted from the "Tonight, we are all Americans" acclaim announced on French media the night of the September 11, 2001, agitator attacks in the USA.
A continued band of Latin and Latino-American celebrities accept criticized Trump's articulate jabs at Mexicans. Even if they're not themselves Mexican, they apperceive the abhorrence Trump inspires as directed at anyone with Spanish names.
The Estefans and Santos are Cuban Americans, built-in in Cuba. Santos is Cuban American built-in in Chicago. Shakira was built-in in Colombia and is allotment Lebanese. Wisin is Puerto Rican American built-in on the island. Santana and Thalia were built-in in Mexico, and Aguilar is Mexican American built-in in Texas. Jean was built-in in Haiti. Andrés was built-in in Spain.
At his attack alpha advertisement in June, Trump accurately railed adjoin Mexico and Mexicans, able to body a behemothic bank at the bound and accomplish Mexico pay for it because, he claimed, Mexico is "sending" criminals, rapists and biologic dealers, additional "some" acceptable people, to the USA.
Since then, the address from him and his growing abject of supporters has developed hotter; at one point endure month, Trump angrily threw Fusion ballast Jorge Ramos out of a columnist appointment as a Trump adherent sneered at him, "Get out of my country!" Ramos is an American aborigine built-in in Mexico.
"There’s a bulletin getting beatific out to the apple area humans are giving opinions that are apparent wrong," says Estefan, who has won 19 Grammy awards. "We charge to lift up our pride and appearance the apple what we’re doing."
Although it is accurate that Cuban-Americans accept tended to vote Republican, abnormally the exiles who still anchorage abhorrence of Fidel Castro and the antipathetic takeover of Cuba about six decades ago, adolescent American-born Cubans accept been aptitude added to Democrats. The Florida avenue poll showed President Obama won the Cuban-American vote in 2012.
In any case, Trump agency annihilation to him, Estefan said. "Everyone has their opinion, and he can accept whatever assessment he wants, as continued as he doesn't abase my people."
He says the song is not so abundant a absolute abolishment of Trump as it is an affirmation of pride.
"We’ve progressed (as Hispanics) and we charge to let humans apperceive that," he says. With this song, "I wish to forward a bulletin that represents unity.”
So far, Trump, a Twitter fiend, has not responded, although Thursday was a active day for the frontrunner, who responded to the latest controversies in his attack by actualization on CNN's morning appearance and calling in to The View.
Billboard annual appear Thursday that Grammy-winning producer/musician Emilio Estefan has active up a accumulation of stars and acclaimed accompany — including his Grammy-winning wife Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Carlos Santana, Thalia, Pepe Aguilar and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean — to almanac a song aimed at active a beachcomber of anti-Mexican address sparked beforehand this summer by Trump, the real-estate mogul-turned-Republican presidential frontrunner.
Estefan, 62, told Billboard he accomplished his fed-up point afterwards alert to a TV pundit/talking arch say "false and avenging anti-Latin statements on TV."
Thus was built-in the abstraction for recording We’re All Mexican, which Estefan describes as a agreeable “celebration of Hispanics and our accomplishments.” The track, to be appear afterwards in September, will aswell cover reggaeton accompanist Wisin, radio personality Enrique Santos, and the Spanish-American chef José Andrés, a lot of of whom will be rapping on the record.
The abstraction echoes the Je Suis Charlie (We are all Charlie) byword chanted by free-press advocates about the apple afterwards the January 2015 annihilation of 12 humans in the Paris offices of abusive account Charlie Hebdo. That in about-face adopted from the "Tonight, we are all Americans" acclaim announced on French media the night of the September 11, 2001, agitator attacks in the USA.
A continued band of Latin and Latino-American celebrities accept criticized Trump's articulate jabs at Mexicans. Even if they're not themselves Mexican, they apperceive the abhorrence Trump inspires as directed at anyone with Spanish names.
The Estefans and Santos are Cuban Americans, built-in in Cuba. Santos is Cuban American built-in in Chicago. Shakira was built-in in Colombia and is allotment Lebanese. Wisin is Puerto Rican American built-in on the island. Santana and Thalia were built-in in Mexico, and Aguilar is Mexican American built-in in Texas. Jean was built-in in Haiti. Andrés was built-in in Spain.
At his attack alpha advertisement in June, Trump accurately railed adjoin Mexico and Mexicans, able to body a behemothic bank at the bound and accomplish Mexico pay for it because, he claimed, Mexico is "sending" criminals, rapists and biologic dealers, additional "some" acceptable people, to the USA.
Since then, the address from him and his growing abject of supporters has developed hotter; at one point endure month, Trump angrily threw Fusion ballast Jorge Ramos out of a columnist appointment as a Trump adherent sneered at him, "Get out of my country!" Ramos is an American aborigine built-in in Mexico.
"There’s a bulletin getting beatific out to the apple area humans are giving opinions that are apparent wrong," says Estefan, who has won 19 Grammy awards. "We charge to lift up our pride and appearance the apple what we’re doing."
Although it is accurate that Cuban-Americans accept tended to vote Republican, abnormally the exiles who still anchorage abhorrence of Fidel Castro and the antipathetic takeover of Cuba about six decades ago, adolescent American-born Cubans accept been aptitude added to Democrats. The Florida avenue poll showed President Obama won the Cuban-American vote in 2012.
In any case, Trump agency annihilation to him, Estefan said. "Everyone has their opinion, and he can accept whatever assessment he wants, as continued as he doesn't abase my people."
He says the song is not so abundant a absolute abolishment of Trump as it is an affirmation of pride.
"We’ve progressed (as Hispanics) and we charge to let humans apperceive that," he says. With this song, "I wish to forward a bulletin that represents unity.”
So far, Trump, a Twitter fiend, has not responded, although Thursday was a active day for the frontrunner, who responded to the latest controversies in his attack by actualization on CNN's morning appearance and calling in to The View.
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