"MAGA influencers are furious with the National Football League - again - after the sports league announced Sunday that Bad Bunny, the superstar Puerto Rican recording artist, would headline its Super Bowl LX halftime show. The NFL, which has a bipartisan fan base, has been leery of entering the culture wars since President Donald Trump's first term, when the league largely capitulated to his demand that it prevent players from kneeling on the sidelines during the national anthem to protest racial inequality and police brutality."
"Bad Bunny's critics have zeroed in on his criticism of Trump's agenda, his exclusively Spanish-language lyrics, his gender-fluid fashion choices and his comments in a recent interview sharing that part of the reason he was not touring his latest album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," in the U.S. mainland was out of concern his concerts would become a target for Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids."
"Bad Bunny, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is a three-time Grammy winner and one of the most streamed artists in the world. His latest album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," became the first of 2025 to surpass 7 billion Spotify streams on Sunday. He is known for proudly representing his home island of Puerto Rico in his music and his public platforms, where he shares the U.S. territory's culture and the challenges that it faces. (Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.)"
Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show in Santa Clara, California, and his selection has prompted a conservative backlash. The backlash focuses on his opposition to Donald Trump's agenda, his exclusively Spanish-language lyrics, and his gender-fluid fashion. He opted not to tour the U.S. mainland partly out of concern that concerts could become targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. Bad Bunny is a three-time Grammy winner and one of the most streamed artists globally. His album "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" surpassed 7 billion Spotify streams. He emphasizes Puerto Rican culture and highlights the island's challenges.
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