Bad Bunny paid tribute to the pioneers of the genre at Coachella 2023

As before his presentation at Coachella 2023, Benito Martínez, known as Bad Bunny, paid tribute to the pioneers of what is now known as the urban genre and included Panama on his list.

In a video clip shown at one of the most important festivals in the United States, Bad Bunny acknowledged that reggae in Spanish was born in the popular neighborhoods of Panama and Puerto Rico, citing Renato and El General as pioneers of the genre.

Right now Bad Bunnythe first Spanish-speaking artist to headline a poster festivalcontributed to consecrate music in the Spanish language as the most listened to in the world, however, to those artists who opened the door Caribbean rhythms in the United States.

He paid tribute to these artists as a tribute to their roots and mentioned Hector LavoeTito Puente and Celia Cruzas well as pioneering reggaeton artists such as Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderonamong others.

The Puerto Rican performed at the festival in 2019, when he was just an emerging reggaeton and trap artist, but on April 14 he performed in front of 120,000 people as a global superstar.

“Latinos have been violating it for a long time“, said the interpreter of “Me porto bonito”, the song with which he opened his two-hour performance, one of the longest in the history of the festival.

El Conejo Malo, according to EFE, was lavish with the entire demonstration versatility in connection with its performance, with time to great choreography, screen gameusing lasers, interacting with real objects such as jet skis and even fireworks.

Play included special guests such as Jhayco, Jowell y Randy and Ñengo Flow, plus Post Malone (whose performance was overshadowed by microphone issues).

Bad Bunny has included most of his songs in his repertoire Songsfrom the last performance at the festival until today, as well as an impassioned speech.

The Puerto Rican finished the set on the main stage, alone, singing the hits “Callaíta,” “Me porto bonito” and “Después de la playa” as a long fireworks display exploded behind him at the end.