{"id":185766,"date":"2026-02-20T06:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185766\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T06:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:59:11","slug":"bad-bunny-seminar-held-at-uc-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185766\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny seminar held at UC San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014\u00a0UC San Diego hosted a seminar on Thursday all about Superbowl headliner Bad Bunny and his music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/highlights-bad-bunny-super-bowl-023718224.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Highlights from Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Highlights from Bad Bunny\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The program was called \u201cBad Bunny: Moving Bodies and Making Politics\u201d and was put on by the university\u2019s Institute of Arts and Humanities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The conversation was centered around a new book titled \u201cP FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance,\u201d co-authored by Dr. Vanessa Diaz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.ucsd.edu\/event\/bad-bunny-moving-bodies-and-making-politics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:event website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">event website<\/a>, the book explores Bad Bunny\u2019s career, his musical genre and the political and cultural context that shapes his music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The talk was hosted by Diaz and Dr. Jade Power-Sotomayor, a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theatre.ucsd.edu\/people\/faculty\/performance-studies\/jade-power-sotomayor.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cali-Rican scholar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cali-Rican scholar<\/a>\u201d and Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UC San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, broke into the music industry as a Latin trap artist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As his career flourished, he developed his own music style that reflects his Puerto Rican identity and culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In February, he made history with his album \u201cDeb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos,\u201d becoming the first Spanish-language album to win the\u00a0Grammy\u00a0Award\u00a0for Album of the Year. He was also the most globally streamed artist on <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.spotify.com\/2025-12-03\/wrapped-bad-bunny-top-artist-album\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Spotify<\/a> last year for the fourth time in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego &amp; KUSI News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego &amp; KUSI News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO, Calif. 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