What parents & grandparents may not know about Bad Bunny

[citizen blues]

I used to teach ESL at a blended learning high school with my classes being set up online. 3 years ago, I decided to introduce "Famous Bilinguals" to my classes: Leonardo DiCaprio, Author Sandra Cisneros, and Senator Tammy Duckworth. The next quarter, I asked my students who they wanted to talk about. Immediately and unanimously, they said Bad Bunny! So I learned about him for my students.

His father was a truck driver and his mother an English teacher. He has two younger brothers. The name comes from a childhood picture when he was in a bunny costume being grumpy. Later, when he started a social media account with that name, it stuck.

He's an LGBTQA+ ally, and appeared in drag in the music video for his hit, "Yo Perreo Sola" (I Twerk Alone). The song's theme is about respecting women's independence. A few days before he made his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (2020), a trans-woman was murdered in Puerto Rico. During that appearance, Bad Bunny wore a t-shirt that said: "Mataron a Alexa, no a un hombre con falda" (They murdered Alexa, not a man in a skirt.)

Bad Bunny's music is a blend of Latin Trap and reggaeton. That's what gives him such a unique sound with hip hop, rap from the American south, reggaeton which uses both electronic and traditional reggae instruments. Bad Bunny is not only an internationally-recognized artist, he's also a decent human being.

I'll definitely be watching the 2026 half-time show - the first one in years. It should be really good!