"Chants of "Benito! Benito! Benito!" erupted Thursday night as, one by one, 28 Bad Bunnies paraded through Tacolicious on Valencia Street. It was Mission Lotería's "Bad Bunny Lookalike Contest," held on the cusp of the reggaeton legend's Super Bowl LX halftime performance at Levi's Stadium, during times so politically trying that it is difficult to even keep track of each successive outrage. Arguably no crowd had ever been more ready for an excess of bunnies and badness."
"Well before the pageant's 6:30 p.m. kickoff, a line of about 500 people stretched down Valencia as live DJs spun hits like "El Apagón" and the crowd yelled its refrain, "Puerto Rico esta bien cabron." About 300 of the hopefuls made it inside before the venue reached capacity. Inside, contestants prepared to compete for a $100 cash prize, a Tacolicious gift card and the lifelong bragging rights of being crowned San Francisco's Bad Bunny look-alike."
A Bad Bunny lookalike contest drew hundreds to Tacolicious on Valencia Street as 28 contestants paraded through the venue. Live DJs played Bad Bunny hits and about 500 people queued outside while roughly 300 entered before capacity. Contestants vied for a $100 prize, a Tacolicious gift card and bragging rights as San Francisco's Bad Bunny look-alike. The event coincided with Bad Bunny's recent Grammy win for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and his scheduled Super Bowl halftime headline. Bad Bunny's music often confronts U.S. colonialism and Puerto Rico's displacement and political repression, reflected by song choices and crowd chants.
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