{"id":2812,"date":"2025-09-30T22:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baldheadedgirls.com\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:05:20","slug":"bad-bunny-is-everything-maga-hates-his-super-bowl-performance-isnt-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baldheadedgirls.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/30\/bad-bunny-is-everything-maga-hates-his-super-bowl-performance-isnt-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny Is Everything MAGA Hates. His Super Bowl Performance Isn\u2019t For Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the NFL broke the news on Sunday night that Bad Bunny<\/a> will be the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show performer<\/a>, the MAGA-verse has been inflamed \u2014 and that\u2019s kind of the point.<\/p>\n

When Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, takes the stage on February 8 at Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, he\u2019ll be crashing the biggest old boys\u2019 club in America as everything the ultra-conservative loves to hate: a Latine who refuses to perform in English, critiques the Trump administration, defies gender roles, advocates for immigrant and queer communities, and calls for the decolonization of Puerto Rico \u2014 and he does it all with global reach, power, and support.<\/p>\n

While the Latin trap and reggaeton artist-actor recently told Apple Music that he is still \u201cfiguring out\u201d what he\u2019s going to do during his performance, the political right have already begun lashing out at the artist.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile the Latin trap and reggaeton artist-actor recently told Apple Music that he is still \u2018figuring out\u2019 what he\u2019s going to do during his performance, the political right have already begun lashing out at the artist.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Conservative podcaster Benny Johnson called Bad Bunny a \u201cmassive Trump hater<\/a>\u201d and \u201canti-ICE.\u201d Newsmax host Greg Kelly claimed the artist \u201chates America<\/a>\u201d and \u201chates the English language.\u201d And Ryan Fournier, chair of Students for Trump, suggested that executives at Roc Nation \u2014 the entertainment agency founded by Jay-Z, which has partnered with the NFL on halftime show production since 2019 \u2014 \u201cshould be fired<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the vitriolic attacks and reemerging calls to boycott the Super Bowl<\/a> come as no surprise. Since Roc Nation began collaborating with the league \u2014 part of the NFL\u2019s broader effort to repair its image and address longstanding racial and social justice concerns following the Colin Kaepernick protests<\/a> against police violence \u2014 every non-white artist who has taken the coveted halftime spot has faced backlash from conservative critics accusing the NFL of pushing a \u201cwoke\u201d agenda<\/a> or prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over talent. Nevermind that to qualify for the biggest stage in the world, artists must be among the biggest in the world \u2014 and whether critics like it or not, performers like Beyonc\u00e9, Kendrick Lamar, Usher<\/a>, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez<\/a>, Shakira, and now Bad Bunny are chart-toppers and global icons.<\/p>\n