Farruko is taking a creative stand against Donald Trump…
The 25-year-old Puerto Rican singer and songwriter is releasing the music video for his new single “Don’t Let Go.”
In a teaser for the clip, a girl is seen walking home, groceries in hand, when immigration agents descend, arrest her and detain her, earmarking her for deportation.
The video, which premieres on Univision today, is Farruko’s way of artistically bashing the president’s recent immigration policies.
Despite not being particularly socially minded in the past, Trump’s recent immigration policies and their impact on many Latinos have made Farruko examine what’s happening around him.
“There was a definite connection, because Latins and immigrants are being hurt,” the singer tells Billboard. “And it’s linked, in a way, with what’s happening with trap, a genre that’s also discriminated against. I decided to put them together: a marginalized genre and the stigmatization of immigrants.”
The two come together in “Don’t Let Go,” the first single from Farruko’s upcoming studio album TrapXficante, his first all-trap album.
This week, Farruko cleared out all postings on his popular social media accounts to launch his “Unamonos” campaign, which will feature multiple fellow artists and influencers with their hands linked a symbol of unity.