80 Fun Facts About Bad Bunny

What is Bad Bunny's full birth name?

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio follows the Spanish custom of two surnames, his father's Martínez before his mother's Ocasio; friends and collaborators call him Benito.

Bad Bunny's mother was a schoolteacher of which subject?

English was the subject his mother taught, yet her son became a global star without switching to it, writing and singing his songs in Spanish.

Bad Bunny grew up in the Almirante Sur barrio of which Puerto Rican municipality?

Vega Baja sits on Puerto Rico's north coast, west of San Juan; Bad Bunny has called coming from a small town, not the capital that produced most of the genre's stars, the most surprising part of his rise.

What was the occupation of Bad Bunny's father, known as Tito?

Truck driver was his father Tito's job, while his mother Lysaurie taught school; the couple filled the house with salsa, merengue and pop ballads.

By his own account, where did Bad Bunny's stage name come from?

A childhood rabbit costume he was made to wear left a photo of him looking annoyed; seeing it years later, he picked the name, saying a bunny was something he knew would market well.

While posting his first songs online, Bad Bunny worked which job at a Puerto Rican supermarket?

Grocery bagger at an Econo supermarket was the job he held as a student; when a song he posted on SoundCloud took off, producers began calling him at work, and he recalled slipping off to the bathroom to answer.

What did Bad Bunny study at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo before leaving to make music?

Audiovisual communications was his course at the Arecibo campus from 2012; he left after about two and a half years without a degree, once his family gave their blessing to chase music full time.

Which 2016 SoundCloud song caught DJ Luian's attention and earned Bad Bunny his first record deal?

Diles had already passed a million SoundCloud plays when DJ Luian signed Bad Bunny to Hear This Music; the label then stacked a remix with Ozuna, Arcángel, Farruko and Ñengo Flow.

Bad Bunny's first US Billboard Hot 100 number one, 'I Like It' (2018), was led by which artist?

Cardi B fronts 'I Like It', with Bad Bunny as a featured artist; it topped the Hot 100 in July 2018, making her the first female rapper with two number ones.

'I Like It' is built on which musician's 1967 boogaloo hit 'I Like It Like That'?

Pete Rodriguez and his band cut 'I Like It Like That' in 1967; a 1990s all-star cover carried it to No. 25 on the Hot 100 before the 2018 rework took the tune all the way to No. 1.

Which rapper is featured on Bad Bunny's 2018 hit 'Mía'?

Drake is the guest on 'Mía', released in October 2018, and he does not rap a word of English on it: he sings his whole part in Spanish.

Bad Bunny's debut album X 100pre was released at midnight on which date in 2018?

X 100pre dropped at midnight on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2018, after a year in which he had already landed on the Hot 100 with 'I Like It' and 'Mía'.

The title of Bad Bunny's debut album X 100pre is shorthand for which Spanish phrase?

Por siempre, 'forever', is spelled out by the title: X is 'por' (as in multiplication) and 100pre reads 'cien-pre', so X 100pre sounds like 'por siempre'.

Which Puerto Rican star sings backing vocals on 'Caro' from X 100pre?

Ricky Martin sings harmonies on 'Caro', yet the track list gives him no feature credit: Bad Bunny left the name of one of Puerto Rico's biggest stars off his debut album.

Oasis (2019) is Bad Bunny's eight-song collaborative album with which Colombian singer?

J Balvin and Bad Bunny dropped Oasis without warning in June 2019: eight tracks, with guest spots for Mr Eazi and for Marciano Cantero, singer of the rock band Enanitos Verdes.

What was the release date of YHLQMDLG in 2020?

Leap Day, February 29, 2020, was the release date; he announced it two days earlier on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed 'Ignorantes' with Sech.

Bad Bunny's album title YHLQMDLG is an acronym for a Spanish phrase meaning what?

I do what I want is the sense of 'Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana'; on the closing track he promised another album in nine months and then to retire quietly, like the boxer Miguel Cotto.

Which Missy Elliott hit is sampled on 'Safaera', the beat-switching standout of Bad Bunny's album YHLQMDLG?

Get Ur Freak On lends its riff to 'Safaera', a five-minute collage with at least eight beat changes that Bad Bunny built as a tribute to the reggaeton party mixes of the 2000s.

El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020) was the first album to achieve what?

Top the Billboard 200 entirely in Spanish: no album had done it before El Último Tour Del Mundo in December 2020, nine months after his own YHLQMDLG set the old best by stalling at No. 2.

Bad Bunny's album title El Último Tour Del Mundo imagines which event?

His farewell tour: writing during the 2020 quarantine, Bad Bunny pictured himself about a decade in the future and imagined the music he would play on his final world tour.

Which artist joins Bad Bunny on the 2020 hit 'Dakiti'?

Jhayco, then billed as Jhay Cortez, shares 'Dakiti' with Bad Bunny; in the video the pair perform the song inside a box floating on the water.

Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti means what?

A Summer Without You was made for the season: Bad Bunny said he wanted a record to play in the summer, on the beach, as a playlist, and he filled it with 23 songs.

Which Un Verano Sin Ti track pairs Bad Bunny with Chencho Corleone?

Me Porto Bonito was recorded straight after the 2022 Met Gala, with Bad Bunny still in his outfit; he said he had nobody but Chencho Corleone in mind and would not have released it without him.

What is pictured on the cover of Un Verano Sin Ti?

A sad heart with one eye began as Bad Bunny's own lockdown sketch: he drew it, sent it to the designer Ugly Primo, and said it was the first thing he thought of for the whole album.

In April 2022, Bad Bunny teased Un Verano Sin Ti with a fake classified ad offering what for sale?

His Bugatti Chiron was 'listed' in a mock classified ad he posted online; callers to the number heard a preview of the album, which arrived on May 6, 2022.

In the Bad Bunny hit 'Tití Me Preguntó', who is the 'tití' asking about his girlfriends?

His aunt: 'tití' is what Puerto Ricans call an auntie, and the chorus has her asking whether he has a lot of girlfriends, the nosy-relative question he answers by listing them.

Which 2022 Bad Bunny tour was then the highest-grossing ever by a Latin act?

World's Hottest Tour grossed $232.5 million from just 21 US stadium shows before heading to Latin America, doubling the record Bad Bunny had set with his own arena tour six months earlier.

Which Hollywood veteran appears in the video for Bad Bunny's 2023 single 'Monaco'?

Al Pacino greets Bad Bunny at the end of the 'Monaco' video, a seven-minute clip of yachts, casinos and Formula 1 that came out hours after the album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana.

Bad Bunny hit the road in 2024 to promote Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana under what name?

Most Wanted Tour was announced with a Western-style clip of a masked Bad Bunny on horseback stopping to look at 'wanted' posters; the arena run opened in Salt Lake City in February 2024.

With his 2023 single 'Where She Goes', Bad Bunny ventured into which genre?

Jersey club, the fast bed-squeak-and-kick style from Newark, drives 'Where She Goes'; its video drew cameos from Frank Ocean, Lil Uzi Vert and Ronaldinho.

Debí Tirar Más Fotos came out on January 5, 2025, the day before which Puerto Rican holiday?

Three Kings Day, Día de Reyes, falls on January 6; the album landed on Sunday, January 5, 2025, debuted in second place on the Billboard 200 and rose to the top the following week.

What appears on the cover of Debí Tirar Más Fotos?

Two white plastic chairs in a field make up the cover; a week after the release, two such chairs appeared at the entrance of San Juan's main arena, the first hint that a residency was coming.

Concho, Bad Bunny's character promoting Debí Tirar Más Fotos, is what threatened animal?

A Puerto Rican crested toad, the sapo concho, is the only toad native to the island; the animated Concho stars in the album's short film and turned up again on the big screen at the Super Bowl.

Bad Bunny's salsa track 'Baile Inolvidable' features a live orchestra made up of whom?

Students from the Escuela Libre de Música, a public music school in Puerto Rico, play the salsa; the producers took to calling the young players 'los sobrinos', the nephews, and used them on several of the album's songs.

'Nuevayol' samples 'Un Verano en Nueva York' by Andy Montañez and which salsa institution?

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico recorded 'Un Verano en Nueva York' with Andy Montañez singing lead; 'Nuevayol' opens the album with that sample before a loud dembow beat crashes in over it.

Which Bad Bunny song became the first Spanish-language solo track to top the Billboard Hot 100?

DTMF hit No. 1 in February 2026, lifted by his Super Bowl halftime show a year after its release; 'La Bamba', 'Macarena' and 'Despacito' had topped the chart in Spanish, but never a solo artist alone.

Accepting Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammys, Bad Bunny dedicated the award to whom?

People who left their homeland to follow their dreams were his dedication, spoken in English after he thanked his mother in Spanish for giving birth to him in Puerto Rico; Harry Styles handed over the trophy.

Bad Bunny's 2025 residency was at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, an arena nicknamed what?

El Choli is short for Choliseo, said to blend coliseo with Don Cholito, the best-known character of José Miguel Agrelot, the Puerto Rican comedian for whom the San Juan arena is named.

The first nine shows of Bad Bunny's 2025 San Juan run were reserved exclusively for whom?

Puerto Rico residents got the first nine shows to themselves, with tickets sold in person at sites around the island before the general sale opened to visitors.

Bad Bunny's 2025 residency title, No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí, means what?

I don't want to leave here suited a 30-show stay in one San Juan arena, and fans agreed: the promoter announced every date sold out, with more than 400,000 tickets gone in four hours.

The 31st residency show, 'Una Más', streamed on September 20, 2025, the anniversary of what?

Hurricane María making landfall on September 20, 2017 devastated Puerto Rico; Bad Bunny added the 31st show with five days' notice and streamed it worldwide on the storm's eighth anniversary.

Bad Bunny cited which fear for leaving the US off his 2025–26 tour?

Immigration raids were one of the reasons he gave: he told i-D magazine that ICE agents could be outside his concerts, and stressed that none of his reasons for skipping the US came from hate.

Bad Bunny took over from which artist as Spotify's most-streamed of the year in 2020?

Post Malone had led Spotify's year-end list in 2019; Bad Bunny passed him in 2020 with 8.3 billion streams, in a year when he released three albums.

YHLQMDLG earned Bad Bunny his first Grammy in which category?

Best Latin Pop or Urban Album went to YHLQMDLG at the March 2021 ceremony, Bad Bunny's first Grammy; a year later El Último Tour Del Mundo took the inaugural Best Música Urbana Album.

At the 2022 MTV VMAs, Bad Bunny became the first non-English-language performer to win which top honor?

Artist of the Year reached him mid-concert: he was playing Yankee Stadium that night, so the NBA veteran Carmelo Anthony walked on stage there to hand him the trophy.

Which wrestler joined Bad Bunny at the 2021 Royal Rumble to perform the song named after him?

Booker T, the WWE Hall of Famer, walked out to stand beside Bad Bunny for the song that bears his name, a track from El Último Tour Del Mundo whose video, released weeks earlier, also stars him.

Bad Bunny swapped his WWE 24/7 title in 2021 for which legend's memorabilia?

Steve Austin memorabilia was the price: a month after Bad Bunny pinned Akira Tozawa for the belt, R-Truth, a serial holder of the title, offered him 'Stone Cold' collectibles for it, and he handed it over.

In his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37, Bad Bunny won a tag team match against which duo?

The Miz and John Morrison lost to Bad Bunny and his tag partner on night one of WrestleMania 37, where Bad Bunny flipped Morrison with a Canadian Destroyer outside the ring and then pinned The Miz.

Who eliminated Bad Bunny from the 2022 men's Royal Rumble match after he had lasted into the final five?

Brock Lesnar, the surprise No. 30 entrant, tossed Bad Bunny out on his way to winning the 2022 Rumble; Bad Bunny had eliminated Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler.

At Backlash 2023 in Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny won a street fight against which former tag partner?

Damian Priest, his WrestleMania 37 tag partner, turned on him; at Backlash 2023 in San Juan Bad Bunny won a street fight with help from Savio Vega, Carlito and Rey Mysterio.

What is the name of the assassin Bad Bunny plays in Bullet Train (2022)?

The Wolf is a Mexican cartel hitman whose bride died at his wedding; he blames Brad Pitt's Ladybug and, in their fight on the train, ends up dying on his own knife.

In Narcos: Mexico, Bad Bunny played a recurring character with what nickname?

The nickname "Kitty" belongs to Arturo Páez, one of the rich-kid Narco Juniors of the Arellano Félix organisation in Tijuana, played by Bad Bunny in the third season (2021).

In Cassandro (2023), Bad Bunny plays Felipe opposite which actor as the title luchador?

Gael García Bernal plays Saúl Armendáriz, the wrestler known as Cassandro, with Bad Bunny as his love interest; their scene gave Bad Bunny what he called his first kiss for a movie.

In Happy Gilmore 2 (2025), Bad Bunny plays Oscar Mejías, who serves as Happy's what?

Caddy is the job Happy gives Oscar, a busboy who dreams of his own restaurant; Travis Kelce plays his bullying boss, and Happy's final bet wins Oscar the Italian restaurant he wanted.

Bad Bunny made his first Super Bowl appearance in 2020 as a guest of which halftime headliners?

Shakira and Jennifer Lopez headlined Super Bowl LIV in Miami in February 2020; Bad Bunny joined Shakira for 'I Like It' and 'Chantaje'.

Which festival did Bad Bunny headline in April 2023 alongside Blackpink and Frank Ocean?

Coachella 2023 made Bad Bunny the first Latino solo headliner in its history, sharing the top billing with Blackpink and Frank Ocean.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show on February 8, 2026 was staged at which venue?

Levi's Stadium had part of its turf made over as a stand of sugar cane, a crop tied to Puerto Rico's colonial past; Bad Bunny opened his set by walking through it past workers cutting cane.

During the Super Bowl LX halftime show, guest Lady Gaga performed a salsa version of which of her songs?

Die with a Smile, Lady Gaga's 2024 hit with Bruno Mars, was rearranged as salsa for the show; she sang it in a light blue dress adorned with a red flor de maga, Puerto Rico's national flower.

What unusual real-life event took place on stage during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show?

A couple was legally married on stage: they had invited Bad Bunny to their wedding, and he invited them into his show instead, then signed their marriage certificate as the witness.

On SNL, Bad Bunny joked that critics of his Super Bowl booking had how long to learn Spanish?

Four months was his deadline: hosting SNL on October 4, 2025, he spoke part of his monologue in Spanish, then said anyone who had not understood had four months to learn.

Which state's governor declared February 8, 2026 'Bad Bunny Day' to mark his Super Bowl performance?

California's governor, Gavin Newsom, declared Bad Bunny Day for Super Bowl Sunday and used the announcement to mock the halftime show's critics, in a post that copied Donald Trump's writing style.

In July 2020 Bad Bunny became only the second man to appear alone on the cover of which magazine?

Playboy made him the star of its first digital cover in July 2020; until then the one man to appear alone on the magazine's cover had been its founder, Hugh Hefner.

Which DJ and producer guests on '200 MPH', a track from Bad Bunny's debut album X 100pre?

Diplo joins him on '200 MPH'; Rolling Stone, which ranked X 100pre among its 500 greatest albums, saw such English-speaking guests as part of his bid to win listeners new to Latin music.

In 2019, the foundations of Bad Bunny and Marc Anthony teamed up to rebuild what across Puerto Rico?

Baseball fields wrecked by the 2017 hurricanes were the target: his Good Bunny Foundation and Marc Anthony's Maestro Cares launched a programme called Play Ball Again to rebuild them for local children.

What special feature did Bad Bunny's 2020 Crocs collaboration have?

Glow in the dark was the twist, and fans pounced: the clogs went on sale in late September 2020 and sold out within minutes.

Since March 2021, Bad Bunny has redesigned sneakers such as the Campus and Forum for which brand?

Adidas launched the partnership in March 2021 with the Forum Buckle Low 'The First Café'; Bad Bunny said he had loved sneakers since he was a kid because they define you and bring people together.

Which snack brand partnered with Bad Bunny on a $500,000 grant campaign for Hispanic communities?

Cheetos ran the 'Deja tu Huella' campaign with Bad Bunny, awarding $500,000 in grants to Hispanic artists, students and community projects.

The young Bad Bunny sang in which kind of group?

Church choir: his devoutly Catholic mother took him to church, where he sang in the children's choir; by 13 he had quit, already idolising the reggaeton stars he heard on the radio, such as Daddy Yankee.

The first record Bad Bunny remembers receiving, as a gift at age five, was by which reggaetón pioneer?

Vico C's CD was the gift he remembers; later, when his mother let him pick records from the catalogue she ordered from, the future rapper chose the salsa singers Marc Anthony and Víctor Manuelle.

Who photographed Bad Bunny at home during lockdown for his May 2020 Rolling Stone cover?

Gabriela Berlingeri, his girlfriend, shot the cover while the couple sat out quarantine in a rented house in Puerto Rico; weeks earlier she had sung with him on his lockdown song 'En Casita'.

Which 2021 single became Bad Bunny's first Hot 100 top-10 hit with no featured artists?

Yonaguni entered the Hot 100 at No. 10 in June 2021, his fourth top-ten hit and the first with no other act; named after a Japanese island, it ends with Bad Bunny singing in Japanese.

In 2022, Sony announced Bad Bunny as the lead of which Spider-Man Universe film, later shelved?

El Muerto, about a luchador with superpowers, was announced at CinemaCon in April 2022 with a January 2024 release date; Sony pulled it from its schedule in 2023.

Which Colombian singer shared Bad Bunny's 2024 Latin Grammy for the reggaeton hit 'Perro Negro'?

Feid sings with Bad Bunny on 'Perro Negro', which won Best Reggaeton Performance in 2024, beating, among others, Bad Bunny's own solo nominee 'Un Preview'.

At a 2017 hurricane telethon, Bad Bunny's T-shirt sent Donald Trump a Spanish message meaning what?

Are You a Twitterer or President? translates the Spanish slogan on the T-shirt he wore at the Somos Live! benefit in October 2017, when the rapper known for eccentric outfits made a political statement instead.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX headlining slot was announced by the NFL, Apple Music and whose Roc Nation?

Jay-Z's Roc Nation has shaped the NFL's halftime shows since a 2019 partnership; announcing the booking in September 2025, he called what Bad Bunny has done for Puerto Rico 'truly inspiring'.

Under what name has Bad Bunny run a holiday toy giveaway for Puerto Rican children since 2018?

Bonita Tradición is the Good Bunny Foundation's holiday giveaway; musical instruments and sports gear sit among the gifts because the foundation exists to back children with talent in music, the arts and sport.

Which regional Mexican group joins Bad Bunny on the 2023 global number-one 'Un x100to'?

Grupo Frontera, from Edinburg, Texas, had been together barely a year when 'Un x100to' topped the Billboard Global 200 in May 2023; the title is the one percent of phone battery the singer has left to call an ex.

In the March 2020 video for 'Yo Perreo Sola', how does Bad Bunny appear?

In drag, in a red outfit and high boots, he pushes away the men who approach him; the video closes with the line that if she doesn't want to dance with you, respect her.

On which label was Bad Bunny's debut album X 100pre released in 2018?

Rimas Entertainment put out X 100pre; Bad Bunny then told fans on Instagram that he had left DJ Luian's Hear This Music because, he said, his old label never wanted him to release an album.

Which song, released in November 2019, was the lead single of YHLQMDLG?

Vete, whose title tells an ex to leave, arrived in November 2019 ahead of the album; in its video Bad Bunny sings the breakup song beside a sports car.