Jay-Z Defends Bad Bunny Amid MAGA Super Bowl Backlash

In September, it was formally revealed that Dangerous Bunny will headline the 2026 Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present in February. Nearly instantly, the information sparked a significant debate. Whereas some cannot wait to see the Puerto Rican performer grace the stage, others are lower than impressed with the choice. This consists of a number of conservative commentators and politicians, and even President Donald Trump himself.

“I’ve by no means heard of him,” he claimed throughout a Newsmax interview earlier this month. “I don’t know who he’s. I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s, like, loopy. […] I believe it’s completely ridiculous.”

A Change.org petition has even been began to interchange Dangerous Bunny with George Strait on the Tremendous Bowl, and it is garnered a whopping 95K signatures. The petition factors out the hitmaker’s “drag performances and magnificence,” calling it “the alternative of what households anticipate on soccer’s greatest stage.”

Happily, it seems to be like Jay-Z has zero regrets in regards to the determination. TMZ just lately caught up with the Roc Nation founder in New York Metropolis, the place they inquired about all the outrage surrounding the upcoming halftime present. The mogul made it clear that he could not care much less. “They love him, don’t allow them to idiot you,” he acknowledged merely.

Jay-Z’s response to the backlash comes only a few weeks after Dangerous Bunny addressed it himself throughout his monologue on Saturday Night time Dwell. “You may not know this, however I’m doing the Tremendous Bowl halftime present and I’m very completely happy. I believe everyone seems to be completely happy about it, even Fox Information,” he joked. “I’m actually excited to be doing the Tremendous Bowl. I do know that individuals all around the globe who love my music are additionally completely happy.”

Dangerous Bunny proceeded to change to Spanish, chatting with his group straight.

“Particularly all the Latinos and Latinas on the earth right here in america who’ve labored to open doorways,” he continued. “It’s greater than a win for myself, it’s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution on this nation, nobody will ever have the ability to take that away or erase it.”