J Balvin’s music video for “Perra” in collaboration with Tokischa was removed from YouTube over the weekend, Billboard has learned.

The track that fuses Balvin’s edgy reggaeton beats with Tokischa’s witty dembow premiered on Sept. 10 and forms part of Balvin’s José album, which earned him his fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart. “Perra” debuted at No. 48 on Hot Latin Songs. With a chorus that says: “I am a female dog in heat/ I’m looking for a dog to hit it/ Hey, you’re a hot dog in heat/ And you are looking for a dog to hit it,” the raunchy street-slang lyrics describe two people who desire each other.

The music video, directed by Raymi Paulus, Tokischa’s manager, shows the Colombian artist entering “el bajo mundo,” where he meets up with the Dominican newcomer. The visual shows Balvin tugging at two Black women on leashes, a group of Black people that were made up to look like dogs, and Tokischa posing on all fours inside a doghouse.

On Sunday, the music video was removed from Balvin’s YouTube channel. Neither Balvin nor Tokischa have released an official statement.

The removal of the music video also came less than a week after Colombia’s vice president and chancellor Marta Lucía Ramírez said the visual was “sexist, racist, machista, and misogynistic.”

“In his video, the artist uses images of women and people of Afro-descendants — population groups with special constitutional protection — whom he presents with dog ears,” she wrote in an open letter published on Oct. 11. “In addition, while walking, the singer carries two Afro-descendant women tied with neck chains and crawling on the floor like animals or slaves. As if this were not enough, the lyrics of the song have direct and openly sexist, racist, machista, and misogynistic expressions that violate the rights of women, comparing them to an animal that must be dominated and mistreated.”

In the letter, she publicly encouraged Balvin and the music industry to sign a petition that “includes various commitments for the promotion of women’s rights in music and prevention of violence against them.”

Although the audio track for “Perra” is still live on YouTube, Billboard cannot confirm if the official music video was taken down by the artist or the video-sharing platform.

Billboard reached out to YouTube for comment but did not hear back at press time.

It was two against one when The Cunningham Sisters went into Battle with Parker McKay on Tuesday night’s (Oct. 19) episode of The Voice.

The sibling gospel act of Macie (14 ) and Marie Cunningham (15) from Hamilton, Ohio, was in perfect sync as they went toe-to-toe with McKay for a reimagined rendition of Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party.”

There would be no crying tonight, though coach Kelly Clarkson gave all her understudies an enthusiastic standing ovation.

“This is tricky,” Blake Shelton remarked. All four coaches praised Parker and her talents, but the sisters were tough to beat.

“I think what the Cunningham Sisters are doing is so special,” Ariana Grande enthused.

The tricky decision was all Kelly Clarkson’s to make. And she went with the Cunningham duo.

After making her call, Clarkson was full of admiration for the sisters, and the “confidence and precision” they impress with at such a young age.

The knockouts begin next week.

Watch below.

BTS, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers and more than 70 other artists took to social media to spotlight the teams behind some of their biggest hits as part of the Recording Academy’s Behind the Record Advocacy campaign, which launched on Oct. 15.

In a move to give credit to the creators behind some of our favorite music, the Academy aims to recognize the “many producers, engineers, songwriters, composers, mixers, instrumentalists, and other creators who contribute to the music recording process,” according to a release.  This year’s initiative includes an artist-driven social media activation, as well as virtual congressional meetings with Academy members to discuss fair compensation for music creators. 

The Academy shared an animated short narrated by Om’Mas Keith (secretary/treasurer of the board of trustees) to illustrate the campaign.  

On Twitter, BTS shared a graphic featuring the key players behind their smash “Butter,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 nonconsecutive weeks, longer than any other song this year. Some of the names credited include Rob Grimaldi, Ron Perry and Stephen Kirk as producers on the track, as well as Jenna Andrews, Alex Bilowitz and Sebastian Garcia as songwriters.  

Jennifer Hudson shared the credits to “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, in which she starred.

Jonas Brothers showed their appreciation for the team behind “Leave Before You Love Me,” their collab with Marshmello which became a top 20 hit on the Hot 100. 

Other artists who participated in the campaign include Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Billie Eilish, Brandi Carlile, DJ Khaled, Common, Chris Stapleton, Conan Gray, Alan Jackson, H.E.R. & Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Mickey Guyton, Carrie Underwood and Carly Pearce.

Beyond the social media activations, the Academy’s advocacy department also introduced its broader plan to reach changemakers in Congress. As part of the Behind the Record campaign, the Academy “invited hundreds of Recording Academy members from across the country to virtually meet with nearly 200 congressional offices to educate U.S. Senators and Representatives on the creators behind their favorite records and discuss the key issues impacting the music community,” according to the Academy.   

With these Congressional meetings, the Academy’s advocacy department hopes to “focus on ensuring that the individuals behind the record are able to earn fair compensation for their work,” the release adds.

“It takes a village to create a recording, and as an organization that serves to support all music creators, we invite our peers to join us in spotlighting the many music professionals behind our favorite songs,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO at the Recording Academy. 

For more information, visit behindtherecord.grammy.com.