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[Puerto Rican rapper] Bad Bunny [right] is an international superstar, the second most-streamed artist of all time, with 100 billion streamed songs. . . . He does millions of dollars in philanthropic work through his Good Bunny Foundation (Fundación el Buen Conejo), which he started in 2018. He is the literal embodiment of the American Dream that Republicans have spent decades waving in our faces. So, [why are they so upset that the NFL has announced that Bad Bunny will be performing at the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show?] What’s the problem?

Let’s just say it’s a pigmentation issue, with a side order of MAGA cultism and a dash of homophobia thrown in. . . . Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico, which a terrifying number of MAGAs don’t seem to know is an American territory, as they’ve fallen all over themselves to decry the supposed insult of a “non-American” artist playing the Super Bowl. . . . I fully reject the intellectually-fetal, knuckle-dragging, morally-inverted white supremacy that is fueling this MAGA Super Bowl outrage – and the violence against people of color it perpetuates every day here away from the spotlight, in our streets and schools and workplaces and government buildings.

This isn’t about Bad Bunny. This isn’t about a halftime show. It’s about who we collectively want to be, the kind of nation we dream of living in, and the future we want those who follow us to inherit. It’s about the cost of standing up to the bullies, of rejecting racism, of being intolerant of intolerance. This is about what we will demand and what we will not accept when it comes to the rights and voices of people of color.

In these days, we are in a brutal battle for an America where everyone will find opportunity, safety, and welcome.

It’s time we all got in the game.

– John Pavlovitz
Excerpted from “Bad Bunny and
MAGA’s Super Bowl of Racism”
The Beautiful Mess
September 30, 2025

Following is a 13-minute video by Clout Case on “how Bad Bunny took over the music industry in three years.”





Related Off-site Links:
NFL Announces Bad Bunny to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show – Democracy Now! (September 29, 2025).
Bad Bunny’s Gender-bending Style Isn’t Just Fashion. It’s a Protest – Daniel Villarreal (LGBTQ Nation, September 30, 2025).
Bad Bunny’s Latest Album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, Explained: The Album Fighting for Puerto Rico – Afrodizjha (via YouTube, January 20, 2025).
Bad Bunny Performs at Rally for Puerto Rico’s Center-Left, Third-Party Coalition Alianza – Democracy Now! (November 4, 2024).
Bad Bunny’s Superpower Is Mixing Latinx Bangers with Queer Political Flair – Christopher Stahl (LGBTQ Nation, October 15, 2023).
Bad Bunny Carpool Karaoke – The Late Late Show with James Corden (March 14, 2023).

UPDATES: ICE Agents to Patrol Super Bowl Over Bad Bunny Halftime Show? – Lindsey Granger (Rising, October 2, 2025).
Let’s Talk About the Bad Bunny Situation – The Hasan Abi Podcast (October 3, 2025).
Bad Bunny Really Triggered the Trump Administration – The Young Turks (October 3, 2025).
MAGA’s Bad Bunny Meltdown: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Vows to Send ICE Agents to Super Bowl – MSNBC (October 4, 2025).