The halftime show at the Super Bowl is an American cultural institution and this year it will be performed by perhaps its most controversial star yet.
Bad Bunny has been labelled by those on the American right as “un-American” and “shameful” – criticised for everything from his outspoken stance against ICE to his insistence on singing in Spanish.
Yet as Jen Ortiz, the deputy editor of the Cut, explains, for the millions watching – and particularly for Puerto Ricans – Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance will be a landmark cultural moment.
Who is Bad Bunny exactly, asks Nosheen Iqbal, and how did he become the biggest male artist in the world?







