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Bad Bunny accepts the award for best m\u00fasica urbana album for “Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles.<\/span>Chris Pizzello\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bad Bunny, the <\/span>\u201cKing of Latin Trap,\u201d will perform the halftime show at the Super Bowl, promising a \u201chuge party.\u201d But his opposition to the Trump administration\u2019s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown has led MAGA politicos and media stars to spread rumors in an effort to stoke a backlash against the artist.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at some of them:\u00a0<\/p>\n Actually, Bad Bunny is a Puerto Rican native and therefore he\u2019s legally a US citizen. When Lahren was called out for missing this fact, she clarified<\/a> that she believes he is un-American due to his remarks against ICE and due to his refusal to tour in the US. (The artist has cited his concerns<\/a> over ICE agents gathering outside his concerts to target his fans.)<\/p>\n Wake up, Mike. Bad Bunny is in fact immensely popular. He was the top artist<\/a> on Spotify\u2019s global charts from 2020-2022 and 2025. In 2025, he had about 19.8 billion streams on the platform.\u00a0And he just made history<\/a> to become the first artist to win the Grammy for Best Album for a record sung entirely in Spanish.<\/p>\n NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell backed Bad Bunny the day after his success at the Grammys, noting<\/a> his popularity. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the reasons we chose him,\u201d Goodell said last Monday. \u201cThe other reason is he understood the platform he was on. This platform is used to unite people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cI think artists in the past have done that. Bad Bunny understands that and I think he\u2019ll have a great show.\u201d<\/p>\n This \u201chatred\u201d is Bad Bunny\u2019s criticism of Trump and his administration\u2019s violence against immigrants, communities of color, and protesters. And this criticism has often been far from hateful. During the artist\u2019s Grammy acceptance speech, he said, \u201cIf we fight, we have to do it with love. We don\u2019t hate them. We love our people. We love our family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Criticism of ICE is popular<\/a>\u201465 percent of Americans said<\/a> the federal agency has \u201cgone too far\u201d in its brutal enforcement of immigration laws in polls<\/a> conducted late last month.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t hate them. We love our people. We love our family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n And in fact, as my colleague Isabela Dias wrote<\/a> last month, the push to \u201csow hatred\u201d could better describe Trump\u2019s campaign of terror to redefine<\/a> who belongs in the US.<\/p>\n Last October, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said<\/a> ICE agents would be at the Super Bowl. \u201cThere is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally,\u201d Corey Lewandowski, senior adviser to the Department of Homeland Security and Trump\u2019s first campaign manager in his 2016 presidential campaign, said<\/a> that same week. \u201cNot the Super Bowl and nowhere else.\u201d The NFL insisted<\/a> on Tuesday that ICE officers would not be present at the game. The right has put together an alternative Super Bowl performance featuring Kid Rock. On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said<\/a> that Donald Trump would \u201cmuch prefer to watch\u201d Kid Rock over Bad Bunny.\u00a0<\/p>\n But this attempt to replace Bad Bunny with who they consider a more \u201cAmerican\u201d artist is clearly not working. Kid Rock\u2019s televised performance of \u201cThe All-American Halftime Show<\/a>,\u201d which is sponsored by the late Charlie Kirk\u2019s conservative group Turning Point USA, has lost multiple performers<\/a> in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. The rock band Shinedown announced<\/a> on Friday that it would drop out as taking part would \u201ccreate further division.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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\u201cThere are no planned ICE enforcement activities. We are confident of that,\u201d Lanier, the league\u2019s chief security officer said at a security briefing. As of Sunday early afternoon, there have been no reports of ICE presence at the stadium.<\/p>\n