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Vanessa Hernández, known by her stage name Nezza, sang a Spanish reproduction of the American national anthem at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night, and she claimed the team wished she didn’t.
“El Pendón Estrellado,” the official Spanish reproduction of National Anthem, ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, was sung by Nezza during Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game against San Francisco Giants.
Nezza, wearing a Dominican Republic shirt while appearing, sent a video about Tiktok by a team employee who said to her, “We have to make the song in English today.”
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Nezza participates in a creator screening to support “IF” in London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills on May 9, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images to Paramount Pictures)
“I’m not sure if it wasn’t forwarded,” the employee said in the video.
Nezza still decided to sing the Spanish version and said in a later Tiktok video that it was in response to American immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) presence in Los Angeles, which has led to protests and turmoil in the city.
“I didn’t think I’d be greeted with any kind of no,” Nezza said in his video. “Especially because we are in LA and with everything that happens. I have sang the national anthem many times in my life, but today, out of all day I couldn’t.
“I just felt I had to do it. Para Mi Ghent (for my people).”
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Pakinomist Digital reached out to Dodgers to comment.
The team has also not made any public statements about the protests that have been going on this past week in Los Angeles.
Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts was asked about the protests and he maintained a neutral attitude.
“Honestly, I don’t know enough to be completely honest with you,” he said via the athletic. “I know that when you have to bring people in and deport people, all the turmoil, it’s definitely disturbing for everyone. But I haven’t dug enough and can’t talk intelligently about it.”
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Meanwhile, one of Roberts’ players, veteran toolmaker Kiké Hernández, made a social media post on Saturday night before the game about the protests.
“I may not have been born and raised, but this city adopted me as one of their own,” Hernández wrote on Instagram. “I am sad and annoyed at what is happening in our country and our city. Los Angeles and Dodger Fans have welcomed me, supported me and shown me nothing but kindness and love. This is my second home. And I can’t stand to see our community being violated, profiled, abused and torn apart.
“All people deserve to be treated with respect, dignity and human rights. #Cityofimmigrants.”
Other Los Angeles-based professional sports teams have taken an attitude, including NWSLS Angely City FC, which gave fans “immigrant City Football Club” T-shirts on their game on Saturday. Players were also seen warming with T-shirts on before their fight to show support to those who protested.
Nezza made a claim for Los Angeles Dodgers. (Getty Images/Imag)
Nezza’s Spanish reproduction of the hymn came on the day of several “no kings” protests against the military parade in Washington, DC, who coincided with President Donald Trump’s birthday across the country.
Trump’s birthday was also a 250 -year birthday celebration of the US Army.
