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Rapper Residente from Calle 13 slams US racism, Trump

Rene Perez, aka Residente, co-founderΒ and lead singer of Puerto Rican band Calle 13, has slammed the United States for being one of the most β€œracist” countries on the planet.Β 

β€œ[US president Donald] Trump helped identifying the racists, you can see them with the little cap,” Residente said this month, alluding to the red β€œMake America Great Again” headwear that is popular with Trump supporters.

Five responses by Latin American musicians to the US elections

As an openly racist president was elected in the US, artist-activists reacted to Donald Trump across Latin America and the Caribbean. Below is a selection, abridged from .

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1. Mexico's old-school rock-rap band Molotov did not miss the opportunity to take a jab at both US president-elect Donald Trump and current Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.