In the past week, Bad Bunny has been making headlines for two major reasons: a big legal win in a long-running reggaeton copyright case and a wave of award-season attention for his Super Bowl halftime performance. According to Reuters and USA Today coverage, a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling in the Steely & Clevie lawsuit, finding that the plaintiff ... Show More
Sep 16
Bad Bunny Makes Emmy History With 7 Awards for Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, Dominates Global Streaming Without New Music
Bad Bunny has spent the past week turning a Super Bowl performance into a full‑blown awards and business milestone, while still dominating global streaming and social media. According to Yahoo Entertainment, his Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show just made Emmy history, winn ... Show More
5m 17s
Sep 6
Bad Bunny Wins Historic Reggaeton Copyright Case, Dominates Charts, and Launches Film Career in Record-Breaking Week
Bad Bunny has had a huge week, and listeners have a lot to catch up on. The biggest headline is legal: multiple outlets including USA Today and Rolling Stone report that a U.S. federal judge has reversed a previous ruling in the massive reggaeton copyright case over the dembow rh ... Show More
5m 26s
Jan 2025
Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico
The first great release of 2025 is already here: Bad Bunny's newest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. Over the course of its 17 tracks, the Puerto Rican reggaetonero crafts an intertextual, anti-colonial tome of a record, incorporating sounds from across his island and the boricua dia ... Show More
46m 58s
Aug 2023
Bad Bunny, Reggaeton, and Resistance
Bad Bunny, the genre- and gender norm-defying Puerto Rican rapper, is one of the biggest music stars on the planet. He has also provided a global megaphone for Puerto Rican discontent. In this episode, we take a look at how Bad Bunny became the unlikely voice of resistance in Pue ... Show More
38m 29s
Nov 2023
Bad Bunny’s New Album and the Future of Puerto Rican Rap and Reggaeton
Ryan Dombal, Isabelia Herrera, and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd talk about Bad Bunny’s remarkable rise to superstardom and how his latest record, nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mañana, doesn’t quite live up to his own high bar. Also, we highlight a few new queer femme artists from Pu ... Show More
32m 16s
Aug 2022
Bad Bunny's dream for Puerto Rico; plus, 'Koshersoul'
Bad Bunny is the biggest pop star in the world, so what does he believe in? Guest host Tracie Hunte and political anthropologist Yarimar Bonilla look at the politics of Bad Bunny, and his vision of a Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans.Plus, Tracie talks to James Beard award-winning au ... Show More
40m 13s