.maluma breaks his silence on being snubbed from this year’s LatinGRAMMY nominations.
"I know there’s a lot being said about reggaeton and the phrase 'without reggaeton there is no Latin GRAMMYs,'" Balvin said in a video message."It is a very strong statement. I’m taking the time to explain what it means because if I don’t, it will come across as if we think other genres or artists aren’t important. That’s not at all what we are trying to say."
"What we want to say is, they [the Latin Recording Academy] utilize our media power because we drive the masses. But, that doesn’t mean that because we have such a strong following that our music is the best, or the best produced, or the best written. But, there is a history that dates back many years, where our genre has been denigrated."
Balvin spoke out about the confusion over categories at the awards show, and advocated for rap, reggaeton and trap categories to be separate, rather than included under"Urban." "I don’t agree with using us for ratings," Balvin said in reference to reggaeton singers being asked to perform during the awards show."And then not going home with what we deserve in our own categories. I understand these are not the awards for ‘who sells the most,’ or the awards for ‘most streams,’ or the awards for ‘fan favorite,’ but there is a reality that we need to change.
Maluma says his message for the Latin Recording Academy is simple."I love them, I respect them, but I feel kind of sad that we're not there, because we're giving a good message to the world, and I'll say it again, changing lives," he tells ET."We're inspiring, and it's incredible they don't see it.
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