Latest Bad Bunny News

Rauw Alejandro on Puerto Rico, salsa and working with Pharrell on his new album

Nov. 15, 2024 11:56 AM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Last year, Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro was in outer space. “Playa Saturno,” the 2023 surprise spinoff to his 2022 record “Saturno,” brought his R&B-informed reggaeton to new heights on an extraterrestrial concept album. A year later, and he's...

Arbitrator upholds 5-year bans of Bad Bunny baseball agency leaders, cuts agent penalty to 3 years

Nov. 13, 2024 17:55 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator upheld five-year suspensions of the chief executives of Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm for making improper inducements to players and cut the ban of the company's only certified baseball agent to three years. Ruth M. Moscovitch issued the...

The Latin Grammys return to Miami for their 25th anniversary. Here's what to know

Nov. 11, 2024 08:55 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Latin music has taken the world by storm, sparking industry conversations for the past few years. Across platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, numbers have skyrocketed, making it the fastest growing streaming genre in the United States. The Latin Grammy Awards,...

Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian's 'garbage' comment about Puerto Rico

Oct. 31, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election a month after appearing at a rally for the candidate. Tony Hinchcliffe, a comic who called Puerto Rico “garbage” before a packed Trump rally...

Latin superstar Bad Bunny backs Harris for president after comedian's racist jokes at Trump event

Oct. 27, 2024 23:01 PM EDT

Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday by sharing a video of the Democratic presidential nominee shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage," angering...

Hit the lights: Mets outfit Citi Field for electric light shows

Oct. 17, 2024 12:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Mets are lighting up Citi Field, even before their batters step up to the plate. About 70 front-office staffers scattered around the ballpark for over five hours to install 3,500 strips of LED lights on each railing ahead of New York's first home postseason...

Édgar Barrera, Bad Bunny and Karol G lead the 2024 Latin Grammy nominations

Sep. 17, 2024 09:41 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Édgar Barrera — the producer and songwriter known for his work with such artists as Madonna, Karol G, Peso Pluma, Shakira, Grupo Frontera and beyond — leads the Latin Grammy nominations for a second year in a row. This year, he's up for nine awards; last year he received 13...

Bad Bunny firm held in contempt by federal judge in dispute with MLB players' association

Sep. 04, 2024 15:09 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm was held in contempt Wednesday by a federal judge, who ordered it to withdraw from a new arbitration proceeding it filed against the Major League Baseball Players Association. U.S. District Judge Camille L....