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Earlier this year, Bad Bunny wowed a Grammy audience of millions when he opened the show with a vibrant, turbo-charged performance entirely in Spanish, paying tribute to his native Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic — both of which have seen more than their fair share of natural disaster-induced tragedies.
Later that night, the singer and rapper, whose given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, won the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album for the Spanish-language album “Un Verano Sin Ti.”
The album, which was also nominated in the Big Four category of Album of the Year, featured the song “El Apagón,” in which he protests the injustice committed against Puerto Ricans who have suffered through frequent power blackouts, sometimes with deadly consequences.
Bad Bunny has taken to the stage to criticize LUMA Energy, the private company that manages the territory’s power system, for the repeated grid failures — as well as the public officials who awarded their contract. And the music in the nearly 23-minute video for “El Apagón” stops at the 53-second mark to highlight news footage of an explosion that caused a massive blackout across Puerto Rico. Later, at the 4:35 mark, Bad Bunny stops the music once again to highlight a documentary about gentrification in the territory, including interviews with displaced Puerto Ricans.
The singer and rapper, who somehow managed to carve out time from his busy schedule for a small, but hilarious role in the 2022 film “Bullet Train,” is also an outspoken supporter of LGBTQ rights, drawing attention to crimes committed against members of the community, including Alexa Negrón Luciano, a trans woman murdered in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )
