Bad Bunny (1994-…) is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, and music producer. He is a Latin trap and reggaetón singer. Trap music is a genre (category) of rap music known for its heavy beats. Reggaetón is a genre of dance music that originated in Puerto Rico. It draws inspiration from American hip-hop and Latin American and Caribbean music.
In 2021, Bad Bunny won a Grammy Award for best Latin pop or urban album for his second album, YHLQMDLG—Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana (I Do Whatever I Want) (2020). His third album, El Último Tour del Mundo (The Last Tour of the World) (2020), became the first album recorded entirely in Spanish to reach the top of Billboard magazine’s “Billboard 200” chart. In 2022, Bad Bunny won a Grammy Award for best música urbana (urban music) album for El Último Tour del Mundo. In 2023, he won a Grammy Award for best música urbana album for his fourth studio album, Un Verano Sin Ti (A Summer Without You) (2022). In 2023, Bad Bunny released his fifth studio album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana (Nobody Knows What Is Going to Happen Tomorrow). It debuted at number one on the “Billboard 200” and “Billboard Top Latin Albums” charts.
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was born on March 10, 1994, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. His stage name came from a childhood photograph in which he appeared dressed in a rabbit costume with an angry look on his face. He was interested in music from a young age. He started making music while at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. He began releasing songs on the music-sharing website SoundCloud.
Bad Bunny signed a recording contract with the label Hear This Music in 2016. In 2017, he released “Soy Peor” (“I’m Worse”). The song reached number 22 on Billboard’s “Hot Latin Songs” chart. In 2018, Bad Bunny released X 100pre (Forever), his first full-length album. The album reached the top spot on the “Billboard Top Latin Albums” chart within one week of its release. In 2021, Bad Bunny released the hit single “Yonaguni,” which he recorded partly in Japanese. Yonaguni is the name of a Japanese island.
Bad Bunny is also known for his collaborations with such artists as Cardi B, Drake, and the Colombian singer J Balvin.