Bad Bunny

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (born March 10, 1994), known professionally as Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, and record producer.

He is known as the "King of Latin Trap".

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was born on March 10, 1994, in the Almirante Sur barrio of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and raised there.

His father, Tito Martínez, was a truck driver, and his mother, Lysaurie Ocasio, is a retired schoolteacher.

His parents had often listened to genres such as salsa, merengue, and pop ballads.

He has two younger brothers, Bernie and Bysael.

He has said, "I wasn't the kid who got involved in the streets. I liked to be at home with my family."

As a child, he attended church weekly with his devoutly Catholic mother and sang in the church choir until age 13.

After leaving the choir, he developed an interest in the artists he heard on the radio, particularly Daddy Yankee and Héctor Lavoe.

His stage name originally came from a time in which he was forced to wear a bunny costume and was angry about it.

Speaking about the Puerto Rican music industry, he stated, "I'm from Vega Baja, a small area that's not a metropolis like San Juan where the majority of the genre's artists have come from."

He started to write and create his own interpretations at the age of 14, until, in 2013, he began to publish his songs through SoundCloud, including "Get" in 2013, "Tentación" in 2014, "Just let me know" in 2015, among others.

Born and raised in Vega Baja, his 2016 song "Diles", led to a recording contract with Hear This Music.

He went on to release songs such as "Soy Peor" and collaborate with Farruko, Karol G, Ozuna, and J Balvin.

In 2016, his song "Diles" caught the attention of DJ Luian from SoundCloud who signed him to his record label, Hear this Music.

His single "Soy Peor" reached number 19 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

Bad Bunny's May 2017 collaboration with Karol G, "Ahora Me Llama", reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.

It was listed on "Alt.Latino's Favorites: The Songs Of 2017" as one of the best Latin songs of 2017.

In the summer of 2017, Bad Bunny signed a booking deal with Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN) for several Latin American countries.

Starting in November 2017, Bad Bunny hosted Beats 1's first Spanish-language show, Trap Kingz.

The remix of "Te Boté" with Ozuna and Nicky Jam reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

His 2018 single "Mia" (featuring Drake) and appearing on Cardi B's single "I Like It" alongside J Balvin, topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Bad Bunny's debut studio album, X 100pre (2018), peaked at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200, while his collaborative album with J Balvin, Oasis (2019), reached the top-ten.

In May 2018, American rapper Cardi B released a collaboration with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, "I Like It".

On October 11, 2018, Bad Bunny released "Mia" with Drake, which reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bad Bunny released his debut album X 100pre on December 24, 2018, on Christmas Eve 2018 on Rimas Entertainment.

Bad Bunny is the first non-English language act to be Spotify's most streamed artist of the year, and led the list from 2020 to 2022.

He holds the second biggest streaming year of any artist in Spotify history, generating over 18.5 billion streams in 2022.

As of December 2023, his album Un Verano Sin Ti is the most streamed album on Spotify with over 14 billion streams.

His second solo album, YHLQMDLG (2020), became the highest-charting all-Spanish album to appear on the Billboard 200 at the time.

It was followed up with the compilation album Las que no iban a salir (2020).

El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020), Bad Bunny's third solo album, became the first all-Spanish language album to top the Billboard 200.

Its lead single, "Dákiti", reached the top-ten of the Hot 100.

His fourth solo album, Un Verano Sin Ti (2022), spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard 200 and spawned various commercially successful singles.

It is the first Spanish-language album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Throughout his career, Bad Bunny has earned three Grammy Awards, four Latin Grammy Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, and thirteen Lo Nuestro Awards.

He was crowned Artist of the Year by Apple Music in 2022.

Outside of music, Bad Bunny performs in professional wrestling.

He began making appearances on WWE programming in 2021 and made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37.

He is a one-time WWE 24/7 Champion and has wrestled at the 2022 Royal Rumble and the 2023 Backlash pay-per-view events.