The Spanish version, titled “El Pendón Estrellado," was commissioned in 1945 Singer Nezza sang the National Anthem in Spanish at the Los Angeles Dodgers game on June 14 In a now-viral TikTok video, Nezza shared that an official from the team told her not to before her performance Nezza said she ‘needed to’ perform it in Spanish amid anti-ICE and No Kings protests in Los Angeles Singer Nezza made a statement when she sang the Spanish-language version of the National Anthem at the Los Angeles Dodgers game on June 14.

Latin-R&B singer Nezza made a stand at Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, even though she said she had been warned not to, going into the performance.

“It was officially commissioned in 1945 by the U.S. State Department as a part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy to foster a better relationship with Latin America.”