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Meet Bad Bunny: The Super Bowl headliner who used to work at a grocery store. The son of a truck driver and English teacher turned SoundCloud superstar

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It’s official: Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb. 6, 2026. The Puerto Rican musician joins the ranks of superstars such as Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Usher to perform during the most-watched television event in the U.S. 

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is best known for his 2018 hit “I Like It” with Cardi B and J Balvin, “Dakiti,” a 2020 song with more than 2 billion Spotify streams, and “Tití Me Preguntó,” a top five most-streamed track on Spotify in 2022.

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