“The fact that two people who don’t agree on everything can find each other again feels meaningful,” the musicians wrote
The hot dog beef of reggaeton is officially over. On New Year’s Eve, Residente and J Balvin shared a smiling photo, confirming that they’ve finally put their years-long feud behind them.
“In the face of everything happening in the world, this is probably one of the smallest things,” the pair of reggaeton icons wrote in a joint caption. “But in such a complex world, the fact that two people who don’t agree on everything can find each other again feels meaningful.”
They continued: “Months ago, we met up. We listened to each other. We understood each other. In the end, time always reveals the truth.”
Balvin and Residente’s feud started in 2021 after J Balvin suggested that reggaeton artists boycott the Latin Grammys for not including many stars of the genre that year. In a sarcastic video at the time, Residente responded and compared Balvin’s music to a hot dog cart. Balvin poked fun at the feud, sharing a photo of himself behind a cart and even selling hot dog-themed merch.
Things escalated, however, in March 2022 when he teamed up with Bizarrap for one of his “BZRP Music Sessions,” which dragged the reggaeton star even more personally, poking fun at his ticket prices and his and Tokischa’s “Perra” controversy. “$500 for a ticket, guys, jump around like an idiot dressed in colors?” he rapped, later adding, “He’s an imbecile with dyed hair who put Black women with leashes on their necks” and “The worst and most grave thing is: This asshole is a racist and he doesn’t know it.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone en Español around that time, Residente said that he came for Balvin after the musician allegedly mocked him for not having bigger hits on Spotify.
The Residente-Balvin post comes just over a week after Bad Bunny and Balvin also put their rift behind with Bad Bunny apologizing to the La Familia singer. “I apologized a long time ago — people don’t know, but we had a conversation a few weeks ago,” Bad Bunny said onstage at the time. “But we were waiting for the perfect moment to share the stage, and it’s good that it was here in Mexico.”
