Maluma Criticizes Fan for Bringing Baby to Show Without Ear Protection

Maluma is not here for fans who don’t take proper care of their kids. The Colombian musician paused his concert at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes to scold a mother who brought her young child to the show without any ear protection.

“With all due respect… how old are they?” Maluma asked the mother, as seen in a video shared online. “A year old? Less? A year. Do you think it’s a good idea to bring a one-year-old baby to a concert where the decibels are this fucking high? Where is the sound this loud? That baby doesn’t even know what it’s doing here. Next time, protect their ears or something. For real. It’s heavy. It’s your responsibility. You’re waving them around like they’re a toy. That baby doesn’t want to be there, for real. I’m telling you with all love and respect, now that I’m a father [I] would never bring them to a concert. For the next time, be a bit more aware.”

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Maluma is currently out on his +Pretty +Dirty World Tour, which kicked off in Spain in March. The current leg of shows in Mexico launched in Mexico City on Aug. 6 and will wrap in Guadalajara on Aug. 16. The tour concludes with a show in El Salvador on Aug. 23.

Earlier this year, Colombia’s high court rebuked Maluma, Karol G, J Balvin, Feid, and others involved in the controversial song “+57,” ruling that it violated the rights of children because the lyrics “sexualized” minors. Released last November, “+57” featured a plethora of major Colombian artists and quickly garnered fierce criticism for a lyric Maluma and Feid repeat in the first verse, which translates to: “A hottie since she was 14/When she walks into the club, you can feel her energy.” Following the uproar over the original version of the song, the controversial line on “+57” was altered to “a hottie since she was 18.”

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