It’s time to take your Duolingo Spanish course severely.
On Sunday, Unhealthy Bunny, whose actual identify is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, introduced on social media that he’ll headline the Tremendous Bowl LX halftime present at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 8.
The Puerto Rican famous person — who has been lengthy credited with serving to to popularize Spanish-language rap music — swiftly made it clear on his social media accounts that he intends to do his whole set en español.
Contemplating that the best loves to make use of phrases like “We speak English in America” and “Go back to your country” in the direction of non-English audio system, one would assume that MAGA followers could be livid on the NFL for its halftime present choice, which is chosen in partnership with Jay-Z’s leisure firm, Roc Nation.
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They usually actually are for these eyeroll-inducing causes, however their outrage goes a tad deeper than that.
Notable MAGA mouthpieces — like Benny Johnson, a right-wing Day by day Wire commentator, Joe Concha of Fox Information, Jack Posobiec, a far-right activist and conspiracy theorist — and others rapidly expressed their outrage on Elon Musk’s platform, X.
There’s a number of explanation why conservatives are upset that Unhealthy Bunny will probably be acting on the nation’s greatest stage throughout a sporting occasion so synonymous with America that it rivals apple pie.
The Grammy winner is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, and made his opposition clear as early as Trump’s first time period. Throughout a live performance in 2017, he wore a T-shirt that learn: “Are you tweeter or president?” in Spanish.
When Billboard requested him on the time what his shirt mentioned, Unhealthy Bunny responded: “It doesn’t need an explanation, but he [Trump] will need a Puerto Rican or Mexican to understand the meaning.”
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The “Dákiti” musician can be an unapologetic LGBTQ+ ally, and even scored GLAAD’s Vanguard Award in 2023 for his advocacy.
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Not solely does Unhealthy Bunny’s type usually bend gender norms, he additionally publicly condemned the brutal homicide of Alexa Negrón Luciano, a trans lady murdered within the metropolis of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, in 2020 after she tried to make use of the ladies’s lavatory at a quick meals restaurant.
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After preliminary stories of Luciano’s homicide described her as “a man dressed in a black skirt,” Unhealthy Bunny determined to talk out for Luciano throughout a 2020 efficiency on the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” by carrying a black skirt and a T-shirt that learn, “They killed Alexa, not a man in a skirt,” in Spanish.
But, the factor MAGA appears probably the most upset about are his remarks to i-D journal earlier this month about how his upcoming “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” tour will partially be skipping the U.S. due to Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdowns with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“There was the issue that … ICE could be outside (my concert venue),” he instructed the journal, per CNN. “And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”
Unhealthy Bunny clarified on Sunday that because of the NFL and Roc Nation, he was keen to make one exception on his tour, which begins in November.
“I’ve been thinking about it these days, and after discussing it with my team, I think I’ll do just one date in the United States,” he mentioned.
There are additionally loads of folks — a few of whom aren’t even Unhealthy Bunny followers — who’re amped about his 2026 Tremendous Bowl efficiency, nonetheless. Loads of left-leaning people on X expressed their pleasure about the potential for a halftime present that might doubtlessly be much more politically satisfying than Kendrick Lamar’s efficiency earlier this 12 months.
