ICYMI: Maná & Los Tigres Del Norte to Latino Voters at Latin Grammy Awards: ‘Don’t Vote for the Racists’

*It’s worth mentioning again. This happened over the weekend at the Latin Grammy awards. Maná and Los Tigres del Norte sang “Somos Mas Americanos,” then they held up the sign. When politics crosses over to pop culture like this, you know folks are paying attention. It’s a sign that this presidential election year more Latinos are engaged at some level. I like that the sign mentioned the power of the vote. VL

By Angie Romero, Billboard

At the Latin Grammy Awards, it’s all about the music. And on the show’s 16th edition on Nov. 19, Maná and Los Tigres del Norte used music as a means to convey an important political message at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

The two iconic Mexican acts — Maná, the most beloved pop/rock band in the Spanish speaking world, and Los Tigres del Norte, the voice of the immigrant community — joined forces on Thursday night to make a statement about the unprecedented power of the Latino vote in the upcoming 2016 election. Performing Los Tigres’ norteño anthem “Somos Más Americanos,” Maná and the band from San Jose, Calif. reaffirmed the fact that the Latino vote matters.

Beyond that, the message seemed to be one about using one’s vote wisely and the audience, standing throughout the entire performance, seemed to agree.

{This isn’t the LatinGrammy performance, but this is the song they played.]

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