Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”

This is why we need to be telling our stories.

I wrote this article last week and, luckily, it still holds after the Benito Bowl:

“I believe Bad Bunny’s performance will invite people to understand the beauty and complexity of our people’s history, even if it makes outsiders uncomfortable.”

Bad Bunny’s Spotify streams in the U.S. increased by more than 470%, following his #SuperBowl  Halftime Show.

ONLY 364 MORE DAYS UNTIL THE DALLAS COWBOYS AREN’T IN THE SUPER BOWL AGAIN

One of the things that makes rap such a great genre of music is that you learn and experience so much of the diaspora through it. For example, before I even came to understand New York, I learned so much about Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rican history and culture because they were part of rap culture.

Did you catch these nods to Puerto Rican culture and history during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? 👀🇵🇷

Vox’s deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis: www.vox.com/culture/4784...

now this is cookin with peanut oil. and it's hot enough to fry fish.

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