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Benitto Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny has starred in the new edition of the magazine Timewhich in its 100-year history is the first time they have published a cover with a title in Spanish.
“The world of Bad Bunny,” says the title of the article, which is complemented by a phrase from the 29-year-old rapper: “I’m not going to do anything else for you to like it.”
A new achievement for the long list of the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter: three years as the most listened to musician in the world on the Spotify platform, obtaining record earnings from his tours in 2022, the first artist to sing in Spanish at the ceremony of the Grammys this year and where he won two statuettes.
In this report they claim that “Bad Bunny wants to be the biggest artist in the world, and he is”.
Even with only seven years of experience, they classify him as “legitimate heir of Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson or Beyoncé”.
“I always say that if 1,000 people listened to me and I performed once a month in a small place, I would be happy with that alone (…) But the hunger and passion that I have for this is impossible, because I always want to give more and more and more”, says the singer.
Benito also uses his themes to highlight issues of social and political problems that occur in Puerto Rico, his native country.
Benito makes music that reflects the multifaceted experience of life itself, transitioning in a few verses from lyrics about sex to Puerto Rico’s lack of infrastructure,” the report says.
“He is not interested in making reggaeton that is just perreo (to dance at parties), nor is he trying to make politically correct records for an older, more conservative and vulgarity-averse Latino demographic,” they emphasize.
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