The world is Bad Bunny's; El Mundo es Suyo

April 19, 2021 9:01 PM

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka "Bad Bunny" the Puerto Rican singer, has been taking the world by storm. Featured on Cardi B's I like it (Like that), Bad Bunny has been grinding and climbing sin parar..

Bad Bunny went from working in a super market to super star in a decade, releasing THREE ALBUMS in the year of the pandemic: YHLQMDLG, Las que no iban a salir and most recently El Último Tour Del Mundo,

But why is he important?

CNN says he's championing a New Masculinity for Latino men

He performed an entire Live Concert atop a flatbed truck in New York, playing for Frontline Workers and first responders for Hispanic Heritage Month and on the anniversary of Hurricane Maria

He's used his platform to unabashedly speak on behalf of Alexa, a transgender woman murdered in Puerto Rico

In his video Yo Perrero Sola he cosplays as a woman and sings about Independence and autonomy, dedicated to those who want to dance alone and safely at a club, without harassment
More on the Video/Song here

Bad Bunny has been ticking off his life-dreams.... heating up SNL with a super-sexy performance with Rosalia

He also has been featured going all-in on WWE participating without irony, and with full gusto

Tickets for his 2022 El Último Tour Del Mundo sold out in hours, but Bunny shows no sign of stopping or slowing down...

posted by Dressed to Kill (6 comments total)

I knew almost nothing about him, and as the featured “celebrity guest” for Wrestlemania, I just assumed he’d do what they also do, come in, be blasé, and half heartedly do some basic wrestling moves that make the guys there day in and day out look like shit.

I was utterly wrong, and the match he did was amazing. He went all out, took some opposing moves in convincing ways, and was easily the best celebrity guest wrestler that’s even been on the show. If he wanted a career in wrestling, he could have it pretty easily. Definitely worth watching the match.
posted by Ghidorah at 9:31 PM on April 19 [2 favorites]

Definitely worth watching the match

I hadn't watched wrestling since I was a kid, and seeing him in WWE TOTALLY took me back to being a kid again. <3 I simply could not stop smiling.
posted by Dressed to Kill at 9:35 PM on April 19

I love him, and his joy at the WWE was awesome!
posted by ellieBOA at 11:06 PM on April 19

The album he did with J Balvin in 2019 was an absolute banger. It was a great summer vibe that seems like forever ago now.
posted by HumanComplex at 6:41 AM on April 20 [3 favorites]

Bad Bunny as a plant coming to life and singing about mental illness in a woman's COVID shutdown-induced hallucination is one of my favorite SNL sketches of the past few years.
posted by rogerroger at 10:16 AM on April 20 [1 favorite]

The album he did with J Balvin in 2019 was an absolute banger. It was a great summer vibe that seems like forever ago now.
posted by HumanComplex at 6:41 AM on April 20


Bad Bunny as a plant coming to life and singing about mental illness yt in a woman's COVID shutdown-induced hallucination is one of my favorite SNL sketches of the past few years.
posted by rogerroger at 10:16 AM on April 20

J Balvin is also an AMAZING advocate for Mental Health and has been really open with his struggles with anxiety. I just love these young musicians - they're getting it.
posted by Dressed to Kill at 2:54 PM on April 20 [1 favorite]