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7 Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show Moments. What Did They Mean?
Bad Bunny honored his late uncle Cutito by wearing a jersey with number 64 during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, dedicating his performance to him and Puerto Rican culture.
- On Feb. 8, Bad Bunny opened the Super Bowl Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium in a Zara outfit with his surname Ocasio and the number 64.
- Bad Bunny said in a statement to The Cut on Feb. 9 that he dedicated the show to his late uncle Cutito, who left Puerto Rico at 17 and influenced his NFL interest.
- The 13-minute performance featured Puerto Rican cultural elements like sugar canes, village homes and domino players, an onstage wedding, and surprise guests Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, with cameos from Cardi B, Karol G, Pedro Pascal and Jessica Alba.
- Some outlets noted polarized reactions, with some viewers described as 'MAGA heads' objecting, while Bad Bunny said he dedicated the show to his uncle and felt proud.
- Embedding family memory into a stadium spectacle turned private homage into a widely seen cultural statement, expanding Puerto Rican culture globally, according to Bad Bunny in a statement to The Cut.
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DNyuzBad Bunny brought a tiny Brooklyn Latino bar to the Super Bowl stage, and it meant the world to me
Barbara Corbellini Duarte interviewed Toñita in the summer of 2020.Business InsiderToñita owns the legendary Caribbean Social Club, one of the last remaining Latino social clubs in New York.I first met her after moving to the city in 2018 and her bar immediately felt like home.She made a cameo appearance during Bad Bunny's halftime show, and I couldn't have felt more proud.I screamed when I saw the owner of one of the last Latino social clubs in…
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