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Bad Bunny Says He Didn’t Include U.S. in Tour Dates Due to Fear of ICE Raids

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13h ago

Bad Bunny Says He Didn't Include U.S. Tour Dates for Fear of ICE Raids

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I thought he held the US shows all in Puerto Rico so people would visit there? I just heard a story about it on npr
I've never heard of him, but I don't blame him. It makes sense
- Every time I hear his name, I get mixed up with Bhad Bhabie and wonder WTF is wrong with people for still paying her any attention. Then realize, apparently it's just me. I'm the problem.
- In addition to being an insanely popular musician he's also been in several WWE matches (and actually did great,) has been on SNL, and played the waiter-turned-caddy in Happy Gilmore 2 in a guest spot. So he's pretty well known. Not to be aggro or suggest that's the creme de la creme of celebrity, just to let you know the level he operates on. He's pretty well recognized at a glance to a lot of people.
  
  My sister in law last year accused me of being a misogynist because I don't like Taylor Swift's music. She argued that since Swift is the most-downloaded artist ever on Spotify, that means she is objectively the greatest singer-songwriter in history and the only reason I could possibly dislike her music is that I don't like women. I suggested that she must be racist because she doesn't like Kanye West and Bad Bunny (who are the second- and third-most downloaded or thereabouts artists on Spotify) and she was like "who is Bad Bunny?"
  
  Don’t forget he was also in the movie Bullet Train with Brad Pitt!
- He's a Mexican club music musician, his stuff is actually pretty good but rather raunchy if you speak the language.
  If you're a honky like me you may take a liking to his recent work with the Gorillaz
  
  He's Puerto Rican
Honestly, depending on your ethnicity or where you live, touring as a musician in the U.S. these days seems difficult because of that for you and your fans. I don’t get why anyone overseas would want to tour in the U.S. right now.
- I don't get why anyone from overseas would come to the US right now. They can just randomly decide today's your day and throw you in prison in Louisiana for no reason at all.
  
  It's based on entitlement. "That would never happen to me because I'm a good person"
- Just minor clarification: being born in Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny is a US citizen and (theoretically) wouldn't need to fear being deported, but some of his fans might.
  But given that ICE is just straight up targeting brown people and holding them indefinitely regardless of legal status or citizenship, it's still too great a risk to do anything in the US.
  
  US citizen and (theoretically) wouldn’t need to fear being deported
  I've literally seen border control agents in the airport not know that PR means US Citizen right in front of me. And ICE actively boasts about deporting people to random countries completely unrelated to the person being deported. Reality isn't going to stop them.
  
  Lots and lots of citizens have been "deported."
  
  Okay, thank you for mentioning that. I was unaware he was from Puerto Rico.
Someone cares about their fans
Completely reasonable
I imagine he doesn't want to see a news headline that says "ICE snatches x amount of people from Bad Bunny concert" I wouldn't want that either.
Tf is bad bunny?
- It takes two seconds to Google it and not sound like an idiot. C'mon man.
  
  Or just type it Apple Music or Spotify since it’s about music tours.
  
  C’mon man… It would have taken seconds to just say who they were, and no time at all for you to just not respond. But you had to sound edgy.
- an absurdly popular puerto rican musician come tf on
  
  Apologies for not keeping up with the current flavor of the week.
- He's possibly the most globally popular musician.
  
  I’m a 54 white dude and even I knew who this was. I mean mainly because he was in that Brad Pitt movie Bullet Train but still…
  
  I can safely say I have never heard the name before today.
- He is a successful musician that mostly sings in Spanish, from Puerto Rico.
  
  Thank you. Apparently the hive will rip you to shreds if you don’t know who their favorite celebrities are?
  I appreciate you for responding without insults. I thought this place was different than Reddit. Seems it’s the same arrogance, but surprisingly more smug.
- Look him up if you don't want to be publicly ignorant, agian.
  
  What’s hilarious is the amount of smug arrogance it takes to spend your time typing up a witty response just so you can be a part of the public flogging of someone that simply asked a honest question-
  Where you could have just answered the question. Or better yet, said nothing at all.

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