Tyga has come forward and apologized to the Mexican-American for his “Ay Caramba” music video, but what does the phrase mean, and what really happened?
The rapper released the song on July 8 and quickly received backlash for himself. People were calling Tyga for his disrespect for Mexican culture.
The rapper decided to remain silent for now. Breaking his silence, Tyga apologized to everyone.
Explore the meaning of “i karamba”
Ay Caramba is a phrase used to denote surprise. Although there was nothing wrong with the word or the song’s name, fans weren’t too happy seeing how the video played.
This isn’t the first time Tyga has written a song about Mexican culture. In the past, rappers wrote songs like go loco. However, he decided to add more “creation” elements to Ay Caramba’s song.
Unfortunately, he failed to impress people and they were quick to criticize the rapper.
Tyga opens up about the backlash
show on American Cholo On the podcast, Tyga admitted that the backlash came as a shock to him because he didn’t expect people to get angry at him, as reported by TMZ.
However, instead of breaking his silence and commenting on it, Tyga decided to learn and ask his Mexican friends where he went wrong.
He said, “I’ve always done Latin recordings. When I did something that was a Mexican record like ‘Go Loko’, I wrote that song and said, ‘This song is literally for the Mexicans I grew up with…I want to pay tribute to them.’ I think with Ay Caramba, I wasn’t thinking, like This is for the Mexicans I grew up with.
The rapper apologizes for his video
After realizing his mistake, Tyga was quick to note that he would be removing the music video entirely. At the same time he came forward and apologized.
He said, “At the end of the day, I’m not Mexican, so I can’t say what Mexicans offend or not. But I know I had no intention of offending anyone. First, I’d like to apologize to the Mexican community and to the Mexican fans. I have a lot of Puerto Rican and Dominican Latin fans, who may not have been offended by this video. But Mexican fans in Los Angeles, there were definitely some who were offended.”
In other news, the meaning of “Ay Caramba” has been explored as Tyga apologizes for the music video