Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, artistically known as Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican singer of the genres rap, reggaeton, and Latin trap. He was born in Vega Baja, San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 10, 1994.
Famous for songs like Amorfoda, Callaíta, or Yo perreo sola, which have amassed billions of views on YouTube, Bunny is popularly known for his numerous collaborations with other prominent figures in the urban genre such as J. Balvin, with whom he released the album Oasis (2019), and Becky G, with whom he topped international charts in 2017 thanks to the hit Mayores that catapulted the young American of Mexican descent to fame.
Among his most important collaborations are: Te gusté, with Jennifer López (2018), Mía (2018) with Drake, which reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, Está Rico alongside Marc Anthony and Will Smith, his second studio album (February 2020) YHLQMDLG (I do what I want) featuring special appearances from Daddy Yankee, Sech, Anuel AA, Yaviah, Kendo Kaponi, Jowell & Randy, Ñengo Flow, among others. YHLQMDLG reached number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States, becoming the highest-charting Spanish album in the history of that list.
In July 2017, he was awarded Composer of the Year at the Latin Music Awards by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
In 2019, Rolling Stone magazine once again revised its prestigious list of 'The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time' to update it and include artists who have made a significant impact on the music scene in recent times, among them Bad Bunny, who entered this new version at position 447 with X100PRE (the singer's debut studio album from 2018).
He has been nominated several times for the Latin Grammy Awards, the BET Hip Hop Awards, and the Latin American Music Awards, where he won in two categories. In 2017, he was nominated for the Grammy Awards with "I Like It" alongside Cardi B and J Balvin for Song of the Year.
In February 2020, he was invited to perform at the halftime show of Super Bowl LIV, headlined by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, with participation from Colombian artist J. Balvin.
In May 2020, he released Las que no iban a salir, a compilation album featuring Zion & Lennox, Yandel, Don Omar, Nicky Jam, Jhay 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 Fernández to promote the presidential campaign of Democratic candidate Joe Biden. "I used to love you, but not anymore. I used to like you, but not anymore," goes the song he performs, while images of the current president and Republican candidate Donald Trump are interspersed in a 30-second video approved by Biden.
En septiembre de 2020 Bunny en colaboración con Crocs, la reconocida firma de zapatos de la que el reguetonero es fans, lanzó un modelo personalizado por él que se agotó en cuestión de minutos.
