The Puerto Rican Bad Bunny He made history this Sunday at the Grammys by winning the award for best album of the year with his album ‘DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’, the first entirely in Spanish.
The artist attacked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) during his speech: “We are not savages, we are not animals, we are humans and we are Americans”he said after collecting the award for best urban music album.
“Before saying thank God, I’m going to say ICE out,” the Puerto Rican artist began after taking the stage. And he received a loud applause from those in attendance.
Bad Bunny added during his powerful speech that hate “only creates more hate.”
The Puerto Rican’s words come amid outrage in the United States after immigration agents shot dead two protesters against immigration raids in Minneapolis.
“The only thing more powerful than hate is loveSo please, we need to be different. “If we fight we have to do it with love, we don’t hate them, we love our people and our family, don’t forget it,” he concluded.
And he also dedicated the recognition to his mother and his country.
“Thank you, mom, for giving birth to me in Puerto Rico,” said Benito Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, noticeably moved from the stage after receiving the award from the hands of Harry Styles.
The album, his sixth studio album consisting of 17 songs, is a love letter to his native Puerto Rico, in which he addresses social issues such as the gentrification that affects the island.
“Puerto Rico, believe me when I tell you that we are bigger than 100×35 and there is nothing that we cannot achieve,” the singer commented in Spanish, referring to the popular Puerto Rican expression “100 by 35”, due to the approximate measurements of the island: 100 miles long by 35 miles wide.
Bad Bunny also spoke in English to dedicate his historic award to “all the people who had to leave their homeland.”his country, to follow his dreams”, another of the themes that are part of his album.
The singer had already taken the stage of these awards to receive the award for best urban music album, where he condemned the actions of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE).
“Before thanking God, I’m going to say: ICE out,” commented the artist, in statements collected by Efe. In addition, the singer is a week away from starring in the Super Bowl halftime show, the most important sporting event in the United States, which has been criticized on multiple occasions by the president. Donald Trump.
His words come in the midst of tense political moments as a result of the immigration operations implemented by the Trump Administration, and the death of two protesters in Minneapolis due to shots fired by federal agents.
Kendrick Lamar, the most awarded
The Californian rapper Kendrick Lamar triumphed again at the Grammys by being crowned for the second consecutive year as the most awarded artist of the edition with five awards, followed by Bad Bunny, who won two gramophones.
From the powerful speech of the Puerto Rican Bad Bunny, to the attack of Billie Eilish or the constant bitter darts of the presenter of the gala, the comedian Trevor Noahthe 68th edition of the Grammys will be remembered as one of the most combative against the Government of US President Donald Trump.
The first signs of this unrest against the Administration began on the red carpet, with artists like Billie Eilish and his brother Testimony, Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Bieberor the American star Lady Gaga posing for the cameras wearing a black and white pin that read ‘ICE Out’.
Eilishone of the industry’s fiercest voices against Trump, took advantage of the moment in which he was crowned with the Grammy for best song to send a strong message in defense of migrants in the US: “No one is illegal on stolen land… Screw ICE,” he snapped in front of the public.
‘I SHOULD SHOOT MORE PHOTOS’, by Bad Bunnyalso won this Sunday with the Grammy for best urban music albuma category in which he competed alongside ‘Mixteip’, by J Balvin; ‘FERXXO VOL X: Sacred’, by Feid; ‘NAIKI’, by Nicki Nicole; ‘EUB DELUXE’, by Trueno and ‘SINFÓNICO (Live)’, by Yandel.