Singer Nezza has revealed that the Los Angeles Dodgers attempted to prevent her from performing a Spanish version of the national anthem before Saturday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants.
The R&B artist, whose real name is Vanessa Hernandez, defied the team’s directive in what she described as an act of solidarity with immigration protestors across Los Angeles during a week of significant unrest in the city.
Nezza had originally planned to perform the Spanish rendition on a day when “No Kings” protests took place nationwide in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement policies that have sparked demonstrations across multiple cities.
The 30-year-old performer documented the entire incident in a TikTok video that captured a Dodgers official instructing her to sing the anthem in English instead of her planned Spanish version.
The video footage shows the moment when team representatives approached Nezza with their directive, creating a confrontation that would ultimately play out in front of thousands of baseball fans.
“We are going to do the song in English today,” the woman can be heard saying in the footage, while Nezza appears visibly surprised by the request.
Despite the team’s directive, Nezza proceeded with her original plan and