Nicky Jam drops Trump for Harris after racist joke backlash

During the rally, stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe performed, and his racist joke about Puerto Rico caused widespread outrage. This comment could significantly impact the former U.S. president's campaign.

I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico - he said.

Numerous Puerto Rican stars, including Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, and global star Bad Bunny, have supported Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

Even Nicky Jam, a well-known Latin reggae artist who supported Trump in September, has endorsed Harris. The artist's father is Puerto Rican, so he announced in an official recording posted on Instagram that he would not tolerate such behavior. He also explained why he initially supported the Republicans.

The reason I supported Donald Trump was because I thought he was the best for the economy in the United States where a lot of Latinos live, a lot of immigrants who are suffering because of the economy - Nicky Jam said in the released recording.

In the later part of the published recording, Nicky Jam stated that he never expected Donald Trump and his supporters to joke about Puerto Ricans during a public appearance and "speak poorly of their country."

I withdraw my support of Donald Trump. Puerto Rico should be respected - the singer stressed.

Within a few hours, his recording was viewed by over 2 million users. Interestingly, as recently as September, Nicky Jam appeared in Las Vegas during Donald Trump's appearance, wearing a hat with the former president's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again. "We need you. We need you back. We need you as president," Nicky Jam said at the time. Some artists later decided to remove joint tracks with the singer.

Trump's joke also outraged other artists from Puerto Rico. Popular rapper Don Omar stated the matter.