Singer Nezza, who claimed she was banned from the Dodgers Stadium last month for singing the Spanish rendition of the national anthem, has now released a studio version of that same song.
The 30-year-old singer, whose real name is Vanessa Hernandez, made headlines as she was set to perform the National Anthem at a Dodgers game on June 14.
Amid the immigration raids, Nezza sang the anthem in Spanish to express her solidarity with the Latino community. Shortly after that, she took to TikTok to share that a Dodgers employee had told her and her team that she was not welcome again at the stadium.
Since then, the Dodgers have released a statement claiming they have “no consequences or hard feelings regarding her performance.”
On Wednesday, the artist announced that “El Pendón Estrellado” was now available online.
One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the song will be donated to various organizations.
Fifty percent will go toward several immigrant rights organizations, while the other half will be donated to A Place Called Home, a nonprofit youth and community center in South Central LA that provides free programs in education, arts, mental health and career development for underserved youth and families.
On Instagram, Nezza dedicated her performance “to Clotilde Arias, who gave it life, y para mi gente Latina who’ve always had songs worth singing.”
“El Pendón Estrellado” is a rendition that dates back to the 1940s, when the U.S. government sought a translation that reflected the values of The Star-Spangled Banner.
Peruvian-American composer and lyricist Clotilde Arias was commissioned by the Roosevelt administration in 1945 to create a song that adhered to the original’s messages whilst being vocally appealing
The rendition is now available on Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube for the first time in history.
The cover for the song features Clotilde Arias as an homage to the woman behind the only official Spanish-language version of the U.S. national anthem.