Bad Bunny! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Puerto Rico

Bad Bunny was born on March 10, 1994, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. His father was a truck driver and his mother was an English teacher. He was very close to his family and his parents often played salsa, merengue, and pop ballads, which influenced his diverse musical taste. At age five, he heard a rap record and was instantly drawn to the sound. By age 13, he was writing his own songs.

After graduating from high school in 2012, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. He worked part-time as a bagger in a supermarket where he would compose lyrics in his head. It was at this time he began uploading his music to SoundCloud, a global audio platform. This would eventually lead to his discovery.

Answer: Latin trap

Latin trap is a subgenre of Latin hip-hop that originated in Puerto Rico, characterized by electronic sound production, drum machines, rapid hi-hats, and lyrics often focusing on street life. Artists often blend rapping with melodic singing.

Bad Bunny was given the title "King of Latin Trap" due to his instrumental role in bringing it to mainstream popularity on a global level. He was the most-streamed artist on Spotify globally for three consecutive years (2020-2022). He did this while remaining authentic to his Latin roots and rapping almost exclusively in Spanish, proving that a "crossover" to English is not necessary for global success.

Answer: False

Bad Bunny had a collaboration song called "Diles" that was first uploaded to SoundCloud on January 25, 2016. The song's success on the platform, while he was still an independent artist and working as a supermarket bagger, eventually caught the attention of producer DJ Luian, who signed him to his record label, Hear This Music.

By the end of that year, he had recorded his first standalone single entitled "Soy Peor". Meaning "I'm Worse", the song is about moving on after a breakup. The song channels raw emotions of anger and spite. As an example, in the lyrics, he bought a gun and "shot Cupid" out of spite. The song was a huge hit and reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. This began Bad Bunny's rise to stardom.

Answer: I Like It

When Cardi B was working on her first album, Atlantic Records A&R director Edgar Machuca met with her. He was familiar with Bad Bunny's work and saw the potential for a culturally impactful collaboration between herself, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin.

"I Like It" sampled a classic 1967 boogaloo track by Pete Rodriguez. Bad Bunny added an authentic Latin element to the track. The song also mixed English and Spanish lyrics, helping it to bridge mainstream American rap with Latin pop. Bad Bunny "loved the track from the beginning" and worked closely on their verses and ideas. The song was hugely popular and spent 33 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 in the top ten.

Answer: 100

"X 100pre" is the debut album from Bad Bunny, released in 2018. The title is a stylized abbreviation in Spanish for the words "por siempre" (often written in Spanish internet slang as "x siempre") which translates to "forever" in English. It blends traditional Latin music and reggaeton with diverse influences ranging from pop-punk to bachata (of Dominican influence).

This album was deeply personal to him, as he was struggling with depression at the time. He was grappling with fame and people telling him how he should change his vision of music. Bad Bunny went back to his roots and did the album. The album has songs about his childhood, about political events, and about issues like gender nonconformity. The album earned him a Latin Grammy and widespread praise and cemented his status as a new innovative superstar.

Answer: I Do Whatever I Want

"YHLQMDLG" is an acronym for "Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana", which is Spanish for "I Do Whatever I Want". This is Bad Bunny's second solo studium album that he released in 2020. It is twenty tracks where he mixed styles such as reggaeton and rap with pop, hip-hop, and R&B. He chose the title because he was proud of breaking conventions in music, fashion, and social commentary without compromising his identity or translating his music into English for mainstream appeal.

It was a groundbreaking success. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, setting the record for the highest-charting all-Spanish-language album in history at the time. It won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop or Urban Album in 2021. Finally, it was Spotify's most-streamed album globally of 2020, with over 3.3 billion streams!

Answer: Bullet Train

Director David Leitch and producer Kelly McCormick, who were working on the movie "Bullet Train", were impressed by Bad Bunny's passionate performance style in his music videos and in a cameo appearance he did in the third season of Netflix's "Narcos: Mexico". They changed the original idea of an older character called "The Wolf" in the film to be a young, passionate, and newly-married man whose loss felt immediate and tragic.

Filming took place in 2021. Bad Bunny took on the role of the Mexican assassin and former cartel kingpin who was mourning his wife's death. He had an intense, physical fight scene with Brad Pitt early in the film, which was a significant part of the movie's marketing. Even though his character died rather quickly into the film, Bad Bunny himself was praised for his acting skills, his physicality, and his work ethic.

Answer: Bags

Bad Bunny was featured in the February 2022 issue of "Vogue" in a photoshoot where he modeled "the bags of the season" from luxury brands like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Alexander McQueen. The article and photos emphasized his gender-nonconforming style and willingness to break traditional menswear ideas. Bad Bunny stressed to the magazine that "I was always a very independent child. I liked to dress my own way, do my own things, make my bedroom my own space."

Later that year, he made his Met Gala debut, attending the "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" event. "Vogue" covered his preparation extensively. They even released a video, which followed him as he prepared for the event and explained the cultural significance of his outfit.

Answer: Kendall Jenner

In 2023, Bad Bunny made a major hit with the song "Where She Goes". This time he went in a different direction in his music by adding electronic dance music (EDM) and Jersey club beats with rapid tempos and heavy bass. Despite the English title, the song is predominantly in Spanish. The lyrics are about an unforgettable one-night encounter with a woman whom Bad Bunny can't stop thinking about.

The accompanying video was filmed in the California desert and featured numerous celebrity cameos. Many fans saw hidden "Easter Eggs" in the song and video such as horses, scorpions, and angel wings. They saw this as pointing toward supermodel Kendall Jenner with whom Bad Bunny had an on-again, off-again relationship. (Kenall loved horses, was a Scorpio, and was a "Victoria's Secret" angel model).

Answer: Super Bowl

At Super Bowl LIV in 2020, Bad Bunny was a special guest performer during the halftime show, which was co-headlined by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. It was part of a broader celebration of Latin music and culture that year, held in Miami, Florida. While Bad Bunny was a guest at that Super Bowl, it was announced in 2025 that he was selected to headline Super Bowl LX in February 2026.

This caused political controversies, however. Bad Bunny had been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's administration and its immigration enforcement policies. The Super Bowl announcement drew the anger of some right-wing commentators who argued it was not "American enough" for a major U.S. event. President Trump stated he had "never heard" of Bad Bunny and called the NFL's decision "absolutely ridiculous" and "crazy".