Puerto Rico cashes in on Bad Bunny as thousands flock to the island for his concerts

Puerto Rico cashes in on Bad Bunny as thousands flock to the island for his concerts

Thousands of tourists are descending on Puerto Rico this summer for one of Bad Bunny’s concerts as part of the rapper's residency that has boosted the U.S. territory’s fragile economy.

Bad Bunny's residency is a financial boom for Puerto Rico as fans flock to the island for his shows

Tourists slipped into borrowed red polyester vests from the Puerto Rico supermarket where Bad Bunny once worked, grinning as they posed for photographs in the superstar’s old uniform. They listened intently as his former boss recalled how he loved classic salsa songs. “He always liked going to the parking lot to gather the shopping carts because it seemed that he felt free there and would sing,” said Delza Vélez, the head of HR at Econo, the sup…

Commentary: Bad Bunny is loud, but Puerto Rican voters have spoken on statehood

Puerto Rico has long enriched American life — from its influence on Broadway and Major League Baseball to the global explosion of reggaetón. And yet, one of the island’s loudest cultural voices, Bad Bunny, is using his global platform to promote a misleading narrative — one that suggests Puerto Ricans want separation from the United States, when in fact the opposite is true. His unprecedented concert residency in San Juan — 30 performances expec…