Reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny is the halftime show headliner at the February 2026 Super Bowl in California.

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, 31, was the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2022, beating out Taylor Swift who came in second. He put his Puerto Rican heritage at the center of his sixth studio album "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS," which spent weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart earlier this year.

"What I'm feeling goes beyond myself," Bad Bunny said in a statement shared by the NFL. "This is for my people, my culture, and our history."

Bad Bunny has also not shied away from politics in the past. Here is what we know about his stances:

Is Bad Bunny a Trump supporter? His political views

Bad Bunny backed former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

Bad Bunny's Puerto Rican pride is a big part of his work. In President Donald Trump's first presidency, Hurricane Maria ravaged the U.S. territory, and the president went viral for tossing paper towel rolls into crowds when he visited following the devastation.

Bad Bunny's endorsement for Trump's Democratic opponent came shortly after a comedian at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally made disparaging comments about the island.

"There's a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now," Tony Hinchcliffe, whose stage name is Kill Tony, said. "I think it's called Puerto Rico."

In endorsing Harris, Bad Bunny shared a video of her pledging to boost Puerto Rico's economy to his 45 million Instagram followers.

"I will never forget what Donald Trump did and what he did not do when Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader," Harris said in the video shared. "He abandoned the island, tried to block aid after back-to-back devastating hurricanes and offered nothing more than paper towel and insults."

He talked about the incident in a Popcast interview with the New York Times in January, explaining that due to the context of the political rally, some people may not have understood Hinchcliffe was making a joke.

In 2020, Bad Bunny allowed Biden to use his song in TV ads, CNN reported. In 2023, he received GLAAD’s Vanguard Award for his outspoken allyship of the LGBTQ community and for using his popularity to support transgender rights.

Bad Bunny skipped US on world tour due to immigration policies

Bad Bunny released his chart-topping sixth studio album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," earlier this year.

In the music video for one song on the album, "NUEVAYoL," he seemed to address Trump's anti-immigration policies directly. After showing a Puerto Rican flag hanging over the forehead of the Statue of Liberty, a voice that sounds like Trump's plays from a radio and says:

"I made a mistake. I want to apologize to the immigrants in America," the voice says. "I want to say that this country is nothing without the immigrants. This country is nothing without Mexicans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Cubans …"

One of the people by the radio cuts it off as they all walk away.

Bad Bunny held a residency in Puerto Rico from July 11 to Sept. 14, but surprised fans when his following world tour schedule did not include any U.S. appearances. In an interview published Sept.10, he said Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns were part of the reason he opted not to bring his tour here.

"There were many reasons why I didn't show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate," he told I-D magazine. "Specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an unincorporated territory of the U.S. … people from the U.S. could come here to see the show. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world."

"But there was the issue of—like, (expletive) ICE could be outside (my concert). And it's something that we were talking about and very concerned about."

What did Trump say about Bad Bunny performing at Super Bowl LX?

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the announcement.

Trump could very well see the performance in person. In February 2025, he became the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans. He has made appearances at high-profile sporting events a regular occurrence in this presidency.

The Trump administration has deployed a range of anti-immigration tactics, including attempting to limit birthright citizenship, ramping up ICE arrests and trying to expedite removals. Several of his measures have faced legal challenges.

Contributing: Pamela Avila, Taijuan Moorman, Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY

Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at kcrowley@gannett.com. Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @kinseycrowley.bsky.social.

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