Bad Bunny has released an eight-minute tribute video to his Puerto Rico homeland. He captioned it “rubbish,” alluding to a speaker’s remarks, at a Donald Trump rally on Sunday, invoking varied racist stereotypes and referring to Puerto Rico as an “island of rubbish.” Watch Dangerous Bunny’s cinematic love-letter to the island on Instagram.
Dangerous Bunny reacted swiftly to Sunday’s comments—made by Tony Hinchcliffe at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard, in what was framed as a comedy set—by sharing a clip on social media from the Kamala Harris marketing campaign, outlining her plans for Puerto Rico. The video took purpose at former President Donald J. Trump’s dealing with of Hurricane Maria throughout his presidency, tying in with Dangerous Bunny’s latest protest music, “Una Velita,” which addressed the home political response to the 2017 catastrophe. Resharing Harris’ video didn’t quantity to an endorsement, a Dangerous Bunny consultant informed CNN, however he’s “supporting” Harris.
Hinchcliffe, whose remarks have been criticized by Harris’ working mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, and different Democrats, and even disavowed by the Trump marketing campaign, said he was making a joke that has been taken out of context. The context was that he performed on racist stereotypes of Black and Jewish Individuals, too, and the joke, in full, was: “I don’t know if you realize this, however there’s actually a floating island of rubbish in the course of the ocean proper now. Yeah. I feel it’s referred to as Puerto Rico.”
Dangerous Bunny’s new video options Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro, who joins many other Puerto Rican celebrities—akin to Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, and Ricky Martin—in condemning the Trump marketing campaign and Hinchcliffe. As well as, throughout his performance forward of the New York Yankees’ World Sequence sport final evening, Fats Joe—a Bronx native of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent—pointedly shout out Puerto Rico.
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