Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, artistically Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican singer of the rap, reggaeton and Latin trap genres. He was born in Vega Baja, San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 10, 1994.
Famous for songs such as Amorfoda, Callaíta or Yo perreo sola, which accumulate billions of views on YouTube, Bunny is popularly known for his multiple collaborations with other important exponents of the urban genre such as J. Balvin with whom he released the album Oasis (2019) or Becky G, with whom in 2017 she reached the top of the international charts thanks to the success Mayores that catapulted the young American, of Mexican descent, to fame.
Among his most important collaborations are: You like it, with Jennifer Lopez (2018), Mine (2018) with Drake, which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, is Rico alongside Marc Anthony y Will Smith, their second studio album (February 2020) YHLQMDLG (I do what I want) with special appearances by Daddy Yankee, Sech, Anuel AA, Yaviah, Kendo Kaponi, Jowell & Randy, Mind Flow, among others. YHLQMDLG ranked number two on the United States Billboard 200, becoming the Spanish-language album that reached the highest position in the entire history of that list.
In July 2017 he was recognized with the Composer of the Year award at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Latin Music Awards.
In 2019, Rolling Stones magazine once again modified its prestigious list of 'The 500 Best Albums of All Time', to update it and include artists who have burst onto the music scene in recent times, including find Bad Bunny who entered this new version at number 447 with X100PRE (singer's debut studio album 2018).
He has been nominated several times for the Latin Grammys, the BET Hip Hop Awards, the Latin American Music Awards, where he won in two categories, and in 2017 for the Grammy Awards with I Like It alongsideCardi B and J Balvin as Song of the Year.
In February 2020, he was a guest at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show, headlined by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira where the Colombian J. Balvin also participated.
In May 2020, he released Las que no were going to come out, a compilation album where they appear Zion & Lennox, Yandel, Don Omar, Nicky Jam, Jay Cortez and the singer's current girlfriend, Gabriela Berlingeri.
In September 2020, he toured the Big Apple in a truck, converted into a stage, for hours while singing some of his hits. The performance was broadcast live on YouTube and was followed by millions of people.
In August 2020 he joined his voice with that of the popular Mexican singer Alejandro Fernandez to boost the campaign for the presidency of the United States of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden. "Before I loved you, but not anymore. I liked you, but not anymore," says the song he performs, while images of the current president and Republican candidate are interspersed, Donald Trump, in a 30-second video approved by Biden.
In September 2020, Bunny, in collaboration with Crocs, the renowned shoe brand of which the reggaeton player is a fan, launched a model customized by him that sold out in a matter of minutes.
