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Bad Bunny: the Puerto Rican phenom on top of the music world

A musical deep dive into colonial legacy, an epic concert residency, an oeuvre of smash albums with remarkable range: no one is doing it quite like Bad Bunny. That set foreshadowed the history lesson ...

Who is Bad Bunny? Why the biggest music star in the world sings in Puerto Rican Spanish

Bad Bunny was the first Spanish-language record to win Album of the Year at the Grammys. On Sunday, he will headline the ...
The New York Times

6 Things to Do in Puerto Rico That Bring Bad Bunny’s Music to Life

His sold-out residency highlights elements of Puerto Rican culture that many visitors miss, but a little digging can give travelers a richer experience. A dancer wearing a Bad Bunny mask at La Placita ...
PBS

Puerto Rican music and politics are tightly linked. A new Yale course on Bad Bunny explores why

Today on The Wheelhouse, how politics and music intersect on the island next door. This fall, students at Yale University will take a course called “Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics.” Bad ...
Rolling Stone

Bad Bunny Is Kicking Off a Historic Residency in Puerto Rico. Is the Island Ready?

Bad Bunny made a statement when he decided to host a three-month residency at José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, right in the heart of his homeland’s capital of San Juan. Starting this weekend, and for the ...
The New York Times

Rafael Ithier, Ambassador of Puerto Rican Music, Dies at 99

Leading the acclaimed salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, he brought the music of his native island to a worldwide audience for more than 60 years. Credit: Niveles Productions-Lexter L./EGC ...