SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Singer Bad Bunny has announced he will not perform in the United States during his upcoming “Debí tirar más fotos,” tour because he fears “F—ing ICE could be outside my concerts.”
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, made those comments to i-D Magazine in a story published Sept. 10.
Earlier, he had told Variety he was skipping the U.S. because he saw it as an unnecessary stop to promote his new music.
But in a feature with i-D, he revealed the real reason is that he has concerns over President Trump’s immigration policies and the possibility of ICE agents roaming outside his concert venues.
“The issue of f—ing ICE could be outside [my concert], and it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about,” he said. “There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate — I’ve performed there many times. All of [the shows] have been successful. All of them have been magnificent.”
In the past, he has expressed disapproval of President Trump’s politics in regard to immigration and ICE agents working in Puerto Rico.
In June, Bad Bunny claimed to have witnessed an ICE raid in Puerto Rico targeting people from the Dominican Republic.
“Sons of b——, instead of leaving the people alone and working there,” Bad Bunny said in a video he posted on Instagram following the incident.
Bad Bunny is considered to be primarily a Latin Trap and reggaeton artist who has sold over 111 million equivalent album sales around the world.
According to Rolling Stone magazine, he sings and raps with a “conversational tone, employing a low, slurry tone, viscous melodies, and a rapper’s cadence.”
Bad Bunny has also acted in several films including the recent release of “Happy Gilmore 2.”
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