Shakira and Wyclef Jean celebrated the 20 years of ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ in the Jimmy Fallon program (Video)
The song Hips Don’t Lie came out in 2005 and it was a great success of Shakira accompanied by Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean. This year has fulfilled its 20th anniversary and to celebrate it, it was presented in the program The Tonight Showconducted by Jimmy Fallon.
The presence of the artist is right in the previous tour of North America with her tour Women no longer cry (It begins on May 13) and what surprised the attendees was the presence of Wyclef. With a red attire and dancing on sand, the duo received the applause from its fans and the clip has received more than 200 thousand views on YouTube.
It should be noted that Hips Don’t Lie marked a before and after in Shakira’s career since the subject has the Sample of Loves like ours by Jerry Rivera and it is a new version of Dance Like This (2004) of it Wyclef Jean.
Apart from this presentation, Shakira also performed Anthologyof your debut album Barefootwhich turned 30. Surrounded by the public, he sat in front of them to sing their best known ballad.
“I was impressed to see Wyclef Jean, 55, to make that stop stop. Blessings to both”, “Shakira is a legend that never ages”, “Shakira is really the best female artist of our time”, “No one can overcome Shakira in dance and song”, “Jimmy’s reaction is exactly the one who felt any man to see this iconic performance” It looks good 20 years later and you can still move your hips! “There were some comments.
Shakira and Wyclef Jean in the staging of Hips Don’t Lie in the Jimmy Fallon program.Source: @fallontonight
The success of Hips Don’t Lie
Launched in 2005, Hips Don’t Lie It became a global phenomenon. It was the first single from Shakira in reaching the number 1 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and dominated the lists in more than 17 countries. He also sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.
His contagious rhythm mixes Colombian cumbia with hip-hop, in fact, he was part of the closing show of the 2006 German World Cup.
Shakira’s appearance in The Tonight Show He arrived just before the start of his tour Women no longer cry In the United States, which began on May 13, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
¿Hips Don’t Lie Was Shakira’s plagiarism?
World success Hips Don’t Lie It is still one of the most reproduced songs of the singer in Spotify. However, behind the theme that consolidated the Colombian’s career internationally, there is a controversy related to its introduction evoking the salsa hit Loves like oursof Jerry Rivera.
In an interview for Pódcast Mollusk In May of this year, the Puerto Rican spoke about the use of the characteristic only of trumpets at the beginning of the theme of the Barranquilla. Although many associate the responsibility of the matter with Shakira, the salsa revealed that it was Wyclef who made the creative decisions related to the use of the musical fragment.
“Regardless of what happened, the reality of the case is that Wyclef and Shakira used that introduction to create a topic of mainstreaming In the history of both, “Rivera said, explaining that the idea was to create a commercial success. Jerry Rivera recalled that he had the opportunity to talk directly with Wyclef in a private event, which allowed him to better understand the creative process behind the song.
“Wyclef is a very intelligent, very wise guy and a superimpressive musician. Shakira has nothing to do with this; she participated in the song, but the creator of that concept is Wyclef,” he said. Beyond revealing if there was a legal problem, the nicknamed ‘Baby de la Salsa’ considers that the use of the introduction of Loves like ours in Hips Don’t Lie It is a kind of recognition to the arrangement of its musical success of the nineties.
