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Vanessa Hernández, known under her stage name Nezza, sang a Spanish reproduction of The National Hymns of the United States At Dodger Stadium on Saturday night and she claimed the team wanted her not.
Now the singer says she has since received death threats for her performance.
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.”
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.
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Nezza said she has received death threats since her Spanish reproduction of National Anthem. (Getty Images/Imag)
She said the setback she received has been harmful.
“It’s just the Internet. It comes with something similar. All that involves politics will include a death threat here and there,” Nezza told TMZ Sports.
“The most important thing I’ve seen to see is that it’s disrespectful. I don’t think it’s disrespectful because the lyrics are still the same exact lyrics as the English version. If both songs were made into a music video, it would be the exact music video.
“I am a proud American. I was born here, raised here, my dreams came true here in LA, I think that being a proud American and still wanting better for your country can still be the same truth and I think people forget it.”
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)
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Nezza said she has also received support from celebrities in the Latin community that “outweighs” the hatred.
“It’s been really sweet to see people you idolize, be on the right side of the story …” she said. “I already knew in my heart what I did was right, but this just confirms it.”
In the aforementioned Tiktok, Nezza said she “just felt I needed to” sing the Spanish version – but now she feels “not welcome back” at Dodger Stadium.
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.
A general overview of the Outfield Plaza before the MLB game between Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta is broke at Dodger Stadium on May 5, 2024. (Kiyoshi Mio-usa Today Sports)
Nezza’s Spanish rendering of the hymn came on the day of several “no kings” protests who were against the military parade of 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.
