Latin superstar Bad Bunny is supporting Harris for president

Bad Bunny is throwing his support down Vice President Kamala Harris by sharing a video of nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee to his much than 45 cardinal followers connected Instagram.

Bad Bunny, whose charismatic sanction is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is 1 of nan astir celebrated artists of nan moment. His support could beryllium a boost for nan Harris run arsenic it tries to bolster its support pinch Latino and Puerto Rican voters, among whom Trump has been moving to summation ground.

The 30-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton artist, who has celebrated songs specified arsenic “Dakiti” and “Titi Me Preguntó,” has won 3 Grammy Awards. He was nan astir streamed creator connected Spotify successful 2020, 2021 and 2022, and was only surpassed by Taylor Swift successful 2023. He was named Artist of nan Year by Apple Music successful 2022.

The video shared by Bad Bunny connected Instagram shows Harris saying “there’s truthful overmuch astatine liking successful this predetermination for Puerto Rican voters and for Puerto Rico.” A typical of nan creator confirmed that Bad Bunny is supporting Harris.

The creator past shared respective times different portion of nan clip wherever Harris says, “I will ne'er hide what Donald Trump did and what he did not do erstwhile Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader,” she says.

His endorsement came soon aft a comedian who said astatine nan opening of Trump’s rally astatine Madison Square Garden connected Sunday called Puerto Rico a “floating land of garbage.” The remarks by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe were instantly criticized by nan Harris’ campaign.

The Puerto Rican ballot is sizable successful Pennsylvania, which is arguably nan hardest fought of nan plaything states successful nan 2024 election.

Bad Bunny has been vocal astir criticizing Puerto Rico’s electrical system, which was razed by Hurricane Maria. In a 2022 euphony video for his opus “El Apagon,” nan creator called retired nan institution Luma Energy, which handles transmission and distribution, for nan changeless powerfulness outages that plague nan island.

One of his astir caller songs, “Una Velita,” is besides a protestation against nan authorities consequence pursuing Hurricane Maria successful Puerto Rico successful 2017.

A twelvemonth aft nan storm, nationalist wellness experts estimated that astir 3,000 perished because of nan effects of Hurricane Maria. But Trump, whose efforts to thief nan land territory retrieve person been persistently criticized, many times questioned that number saying it roseate “like magic.”

His sojourn to nan land aft nan hurricane elicited contention specified arsenic erstwhile he tossed insubstantial towels. His management released $13 cardinal successful assistance years later, conscionable weeks earlier nan 2020 statesmanlike election. And a national authorities watchdog recovered that officials hampered an investigation into delays successful assistance delivery.

Bad Bunny besides shared a portion of nan clip showing Harris saying that Trump “abandoned nan island, tried to artifact assistance aft back-to-back devastating hurricanes and offered thing much than insubstantial towels and insults.”

In 2020, Bad Bunny allowed nan Biden run to usage 1 of his hits “Pero Ya No” successful a TV ad.