Tyga has apologized to Mexican Americans after receiving much backlash for his music video “Ay Caramba.” The “Rack City” rapper sat down with Los Angeles radio station Power 106 and Gil from the American Cholo podcast.
“I had no intentions of offending anybody…want to apologize to the Mexican community and my fans that are Mexican,” Tyga said. “I have a lot of Latin fans that are Puerto Rican, Dominican, that probably weren’t offended by this video, but my Mexican fans in L.A., there definitely was some that were offended.”
When the “Ay Caramba” controversy sparked, Tyga claimed to be confused about the hate. “I wasn’t making this video to be offensive, I was really making this video to be creative,” the artist explained.
Tyga later said that he drew his music video inspiration from the film “The Nutty Professor,” particularly from the character in a fat suit. “The character is just me in a fat suit…not even Mexican. This character was literally a reference…There’s a scene from [“The Nutty Professor” with a character in] the same kind of sweat suit on.”
Gil Responds To Tyga
Gil then added to the conversation, saying that the video did offend him. “I grew up my whole life in Mexican culture, being in L.A., so it’s kind of hard for me to separate the two.” He then asked Tyga if he would consider taking the video down. “If I feel like that’s right, then I don’t have a problem with that,” he said. He has since taken down the video. This is not the first time Tyga has dressed as a different “character” in his music videos.
Last month, he and YG released the music video for their song “Run.” Both rappers dressed up as white chicks, so many fans believed the two were poking fun at Kim and Khloe Kardashian.
