Bad Bunny

At 30 years old, Bad Bunny has this physical status:

Benito Antonio Martez Ocasio (born March 10, 1994), also known as Bad Bunny onstage, is a Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton rapper and singer.

His music is often characterized as Latin trap and reggaeton, but he has also included other genres into his songs, including rock, bachata, and soul.

He is known for his deep, slurred vocal style and his eclectic fashion sense.

He has worked with artists such as J Balvin, Ozuna, Farruko, Residente, and Daddy Yankee, among other things. Bad Bunny gained notoriety on SoundCloud while working as a bagger and attending the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo, and was eventually signed to a record label.

"Diles" was his 2016 breakthrough hit, was followed by a string of hits, notable appearances, and a partnership with Cardi B and J Balvin on the Billboard Hot 100 number one single "I Like It" and "Mia" with Drake.

In December 2018, his debut album X 100pre was announced and was named with a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Music Album.

Bad Bunny unveiled Oasis, a joint album with J Balvin, on June 28, 2019.

The album includes singles "Qué Pretendes" and "La Canción."

Early life

Benito Antonio Martnez Ocasio was born on March 10, 1994 in the barrio of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico's Almirante Sur barrio. Tito Martnez, a Puerto Rican descent, was a truck driver, and Lysaurie Ocasio, his mother, is a retired schoolteacher. His mother used to listen to salsa, merengue, and ballads. Bernie and Bysael are two of his younger brothers. "I wasn't the kid that was active in the streets," he explained. I like to be at home with my family."

As an infant, he attended weekly with his devoutly Catholic mother and sang in the church choir until age 13. Since leaving the choir, he began to be interested in the artists he heard on the radio, particularly Daddy Yankee and Héctor Lavoe. His stage name came from a time when the rapper was compelled to wear a bunny costume to school and was photographed with an angry face.

"I'm from Vega Baja, a little area that is not a metropolis like San Juan, where the bulk of the country's musicians come from," he said.

Personal life

Gabriela Berlingeri, a jewelry designer, and the rapper and his family were dining together at a restaurant in 2017 and they began dating shortly after. When she photographed the rapper for the magazine's May 2020 cover, Berlingeri became the first Latina to shoot the cover of Rolling Stone. Bad Bunny said in a Los Angeles Times interview in 2020 that sexuality is fluid. "I don't know if I will be a guy in 20 years, I don't know if I will like a man at the end of the day." One never knows in life. I am heterosexual and I like women, but at the moment.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico's island of Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny was openly critical of the absence of humanitarian assistance. He founded the Good Bunny Foundation, which gives toys to children in Puerto Rico's extreme poverty.

In 2019, he was nominated for Telemundo's inaugural Premios Tu Msica Urbano in the category "Humanitarian Award of the Year."

Bad Bunny joined artists such as Residente, Ricky Martin, and more than half a million Puerto Ricans in taking the streets and shutting down the Las Américas Expressway, a major highway that also known as the Luis A. Ferré Highway, in protests against government corruption and demanding that Ricardo Rosselló resign from Governor of Puerto Rico's postponement of his resignation from the office of Governor Jose Rico on July 22, 2019. He hasn't taken a stand on Puerto Rico's statehood issue, and has stated that he'd like to respond later rather than elaborate.

Bad Bunny slammed a tweet by reggaeton artist Don Omar condemned as homophobic. During a performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in Puerto Rico in February 2020, he brought attention to the murder of transgender woman Alexa Negrón Luciano by wearing a shirt that read "They Killed Alexa." Not a Man in a Skirt. "Dreferring to news reports that had misgendered the perpetrator," the victim. Bad Bunny has "become a symbol for the Latin queer community" as a result of his outspoken promotion of gay and transgender Latinos, as well as his embrace of drag culture, Ricky Martin has said.

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Career

He began to write and create his own interpretations at the age of 14, but he began to perform his songs on SoundCloud, including "Just let me know" in 2014, among other things. DJ Luian from SoundCloud, who tagged him to his record label, Hear This Music, caught his attention in 2016. On the Hot Latin Songs chart, his single "Soy Peor" debuted at number 19. "Ahora Me Llama," Bad Bunny's May 2017 collaboration with Karol G, reached number ten on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. It was listed on "Alt.Latino's Favorites: The Songs Of 2017" as one of the best Latin songs of 2017.

Bad Bunny signed a booking agreement with Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN) for several Latin American countries in the summer of 2017. Trap Kingz, Bad Bunny's first Spanish-language show, premiered in November 2017. The remix of "Te Boté" with Ozuna and Nicky Jam reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

"I Like It" was an American rapper Cardi B's collaboration with Bad Bunny and J Balvin in May 2018. Bad Bunny released "Mia" with Drake on October 11, 2018, a number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

On Christmas Eve 2018, Bad Bunny unveiled his debut album X 100pre, which was released on Rimas Entertainment. Based on five reviews, X 100pre received an average score of 84. Bad Bunny's "off-kilter ingenuity," Alexis Petridis of The Guardian applauded.

X 100pre's Best Albums of All Time polled 447th in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Bad Bunny launched Oasis, an eight-song collaborative album with J Balvin on June 28, 2019. It ranked ninth on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Latin Albums chart. He took part in demonstrations against governor Ricardo Rosselló in July 2019. During the marches, Bad Bunny and Residente released "Afilando los cuchillos" ("Sharpening the knives" ("Sharpening the knives").

Bad Bunny appeared as a guest performer at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in February 2020, headlined by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Bad Bunny revealed the album YHLQMDLG on February 27, 2020 and announced that it would be released on Leap Day 2020. It was announced on February 29, 2020. Among other artists, the album's name stands for "Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da Gana" (Spanish for "I Do What I Want) and it includes collaborations with Daddy Yankee, Yaviah, Jowell & Randy. Bad Bunny grew up attending the marquesinas (garage parties) and there are several nods to the early/mid-2000s reggaeton. On the album's final song, "3," the singer announced that he would retire after releasing one more album with the lyric "I'll release another." The annoyance of fame, he said, has had a negative effect on his mental stability.

YHLQMDLG debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, becoming the country's highest-charting all-Spanish album ever on the chart at the time. Critical acclaim was given to the album's musical diversity, which was lauded. On November 22, 2019, "Vete" was the album's lead single. The album name was first revealed in a sequence of the accompanying music video. On February 14, 2020, Panamanian singer Sech's second single, "Ignorantes," came out. Bad Bunny released "Yo Perpeto Sola" in March 2020, in which the artist performs in drag. "If she doesn't want to dance with you, she respect her," the video's concluding frame says. Bad Bunny wrote it from the perspective of a woman on the album and video. I wanted a woman's voice to perform it, 'yo perfo sola,' because if a man sings it, it doesn't mean the same thing.' However, I do feel like that woman on occasion. Bad Bunny's ninth No. 1 on the Billboard Latin Airplay chart in less than two years, with "Yo Perez" ranked number one on the Billboard Latin Airplay chart.

Gabriela Berlingeri, his mother, released "En Casita" on SoundCloud on April 4, 2020, showing love to others in quarantine due to COVID-19 and featured vocals from his girlfriend. Bad Bunny's third solo studio album (fourth overall) came out on May 10, 2020. Until recent announcements, Las que no iban a salir. The album's name translates to "The Ones That Were Not Going to Come Out" and is primarily a collection of previously unreleased or unfinished songs. Bad Bunny's album songs were streamed live on Instagram. Don Omar, Yandel, Zion & Lennox, Nicky Jam, and Jhay Cortez were among the album's collaborations on the album. Bad Bunny wrote about the album's surprise launch: "There was no genuine meaning behind it." 'Damn,' I just thought.' People need entertainment, so we have a problem.' Before filming was postponed due to the pandemic, Bad Bunny had been filming his support role in Narcos: Mexico. In November 2021, it debuted in November 2021.

He appeared on Playboy magazine's first digital cover in July 2020 as the first man to be featured on the front other than the magazine's founder, Hugh Hefner. The cover was shot by photographer Stillz in Miami, Florida, and the magazine includes a feature article titled "Bad Bunny is Not Playing God" on the front page. He also received the ASCAP Latin award for Songwriter of the Year. "Pero Ya No" appeared in an advertisement for politician Joe Biden's 2020 Democratic presidential election campaign the following month. Bad Bunny held a surprise, live (via his YouTube channel and Uforia), a free concert from atop a flatbed truck that looked like a subway car, making it to Harlem Hospital on September 20, 2020. The subway car with Bad Bunny on the top rode through Manhattan's Bronx and Washington Heights, with police and cars flashing their lights. Bad Bunny launched "Dakiti," a Jhay Cortez-backed billboard Global 200 and ranked fifth on the US Hot 100 in October 2020. The song appeared on El ltimo Tour Del Mundo, his third studio album, and was described as a personal and exciting achievement on November 27, 2020. It was the first all-Spanish language album to debut on the Billboard 200.

Bad Bunny and YHLQMDLG respectively became Spotify's most-streamed artist and album of 2020. It was the first time a non-English language music artist made it to the top of the year-end list, with a Guardian article naming him "the world's biggest pop celebrity" for his streaming figures. At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, the album was named Best Latin Pop or Urban Album. Bad Bunny performed "La Noche de Anoche" with Rosala and "Te Deseo Lo Mejor" on Saturday Night Live, hosted by Regé-Jean Page, as well as appearing in the pre-recorded musical sketches "Loco" and "Sea Shanty" on February 20, 2021. Bad Bunny's upcoming single "Yonaguni" became his fourth top ten entry and first without accompanying acts on the US Billboard Hot 100. Bad Bunny appeared in a forthcoming David Leitch-directed film starring Brad Pitt.

Bad Bunny co-wrote and co-produced the fifth album of Puerto Rican Latin pop artist Tommy Torres called El Playlist de Anoche in July 2021. Bad Bunny received ten awards at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards, including the category Artist of the Year. He appeared on Aventura's single "Volv" and the debut of "Lo Siento BB:/" with Tainy and Julieta Venegas in the upcoming months. In September 2021, he appeared on Time 100, Time's annual list of the world's 100 most influential individuals. Bad Bunny's 2022 concert tour, El ltimo Tour del Mundo, is expected to tour the United States and Canada. At the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, he received Best Urban Music Album and Best Rap/Hip Hop Song. At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, El ltimo Tour Del Mundo received Best Msica Urbana Album. Bad Bunny was named Spotify's most-streamed artist of the year in December 2021, marking his second year in a row.

Bad Bunny was featured in Vogue Magazine for the second time in January 2022, a second attempt at predicting the current season's best bags. Sony Pictures announced Bad Bunny as the lead in El Muerto, a film set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe, in April 2022. El Muerto is expected to be released on January 12, 2024. Bad Bunny's fourth (fifth overall) studio album Un Verano Sin Ti, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in May 6, 2022, where it remains at number one for the thirteenth non-consecutive weeks.

Bad Bunny's fourth concert tour on the American continent began on August 5, 2022, and he will visit fourteen countries on the continent. The tour became the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist in history on October 4, 2022, and it cost US$232.5 million at the time. Bad Bunny received the most votes (eight) for the 2022 American Music Awards, including his first for artist of the year.

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