WATCH: Camila Cabello teams up with Pitbull, J Balvin for ‘Hey Ma’

By: Gianna Francesca Catolico - 7 years ago

Ex-“Fifth Harmony” member Camila Cabello teamed up with rappers Pitbull and J Balvin for the English and Spanish versions of the dance song “Hey Ma,” which is one of the soundtracks for “The Fate of the Furious.”

The song’s music video, which was shot in the pastel-hued and Cuban-inspired Española Way in Miami, Florida, was released online on Thursday and Friday. On the other hand, the Spanish hit debuted last month at the fifth spot on the Hot Latin Songs.

The collaboration highlights some of the movie’s drag-racing scenes, which were filmed in the streets of Cuba. It can be marked as memorable for the Latin trio—J Balvin is an established Colombian singer, while Cabello and Pitbull are children of Cuban immigrants.

In an interview with Glamour, Cabello, 19, looked back at her blustery voyage to Mexico before crossing the US border. She was 6 years old when she and her mother abandoned their impoverished life in Cuba to live in the more affluent and upscale Miami.

Now anchoring a solo career after leaving the girl band, Cabello wishes to share her experiences as a Spanish-speaking immigrant and inspire fellow Cuban-Americans through an endearing song.

“Right now, I’m in the process of writing about our whole journey. I want to make a love song for immigrants,” she told the fashion magazine.

“That word ‘immigrant’ has such a negative connotation—I can just imagine all the little girls who have dreams of coming here and feel unwanted. It inspires me in my music to do my best to give [them] the light that I have,” Cabello expounded.

“Fate of the Furious,” the eighth film of the Vin Diesel-led franchise, is slated to premiere in the Philippines on April 15. Gianna Francesca Catolico /ra

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