Bad Bunny called on people to register to vote in the upcoming elections on Nov. 5, especially young people. Image via capture El Tony podcast.
Bad Bunny said that thanks to his success, he could live anywhere in the world, however, where he wants to live is in Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny couldn’t help but get emotional when talking about Puerto Rico’s problems, in an interview with the popular influencer,El Tony.
“Puerto Rico does not deserve what we experience every day. So many beautiful and badass things about Puerto Rico and so much injustice. To have to live without a basic electricity system. How many were there? One hundred thousand, 200,000 without electricity? And to that you add the hospitals, the schools, which are closing more by the day. That hurt me a lot,” the artist said during the interview.
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Bad Bunny called on people to register to vote in the upcoming elections on Nov. 5, especially young people.
The artist said that people criticize him for getting involved in politics, but explained that he really cares about the island.
“You see people who criticize you and demand from you, but they keep voting for the same people. They idolize those people. And damn… why do you idolize that guy who is your employee? They are public employees. Politicians are not superstars to take a photo with. Papi, those people are supposed to work for us,” he said.
Bad Bunny said that thanks to his success, he could live anywhere in the world, however, where he wants to live is in Puerto Rico.
Last January, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, his real name, bought a mansion that belonged to Ariadna Grande, for $8.3 million in Hollywood Hills.
The artist said that he uses the home for when he is filming movies in Los Angeles.
“To everyone who asks me where you live? I don’t tell them in LA or New York. I tell them, ‘Papi, I live in Puerto Rico. Right now I’m sleeping in LA, but I live in Puerto Rico. And I’m always here. In places where the power goes out. In some places I have a generator and in others I don’t,’” he said.
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The singer urged people to register to vote, however they only have until Sept. 21 to register to vote in Puerto Rico.
The artist also said that protests on social media are fine, however, “the biggest protest is to go to vote on Nov. 5.”
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