Bobby Pulido accepted the Latin Grammy for best Tejano album in Las Vegas one week after winning the race to represent Texas’ 15th Congressional District.
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Bobby Pulido took the stage at the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas to accept the award for best Tejano album.
Pulido’s win marked his third time receiving the award in the category, and it was his first as a member-elect in the U.S. House of Representatives.
One week earlier, the Democrat won a competitive race to flip Texas’ Republican-held 15th Congressional District.
Onstage during the Thursday ceremony, Pulido confirmed his retirement from a music career and thanked the audience for representing both the politics and music of Texas.
He told the audience: “I have so much pride to be from Texas, to be Tejano, and to represent this music.”
Pulido also said, “We have to represent. We have to get to work, to use our voice for something different.”
The ceremony included other politically themed moments, including Daddy Yankee being recognized as Person of the Year and saying in his acceptance speech that “Puerto Rico isn’t small. The map is small.”
Silvana Estrada, whose “Dime” won best singer-songwriter song, described the role of a musician as “super important,” adding that artists should speak without fear: “Artists should step forward without fear and say what we think, because that's how we encourage the people who follow us to find that confidence in themselves.”
Brazilian artist Anitta’s win for best pop contemporary Portuguese album included comments about Black culture in Brazil, where she said: “For many years Black culture was erased in Brazil. This album comes to help with that, so that Black culture in Brazil is strong forever.”
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