âAquĂ mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera.â (Here they killed people for taking out the flag / thatâs why I bring it anywhere I want now.)âLA MuDANZA
Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio MartĂnez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crisesâblackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression, among othersâthat have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in a historical, political, and cultural context. Authors Vanessa DĂaz and Petra Rivera-Rideauâcreators of the âBad Bunny Syllabusââdemonstrate Bad Bunnyâs place in a long tradition of infusing both joy and protest into music and honor the many evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life.
âAquĂ mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera.â (Here they killed people for taking out the flag / thatâs why I bring it anywhere I want now.)âLA MuDANZA
Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio MartĂnez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crisesâblackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression, among othersâthat have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in a historical, political, and cultural context. Authors Vanessa DĂaz and Petra Rivera-Rideauâcreators of the âBad Bunny Syllabusââdemonstrate Bad Bunnyâs place in a long tradition of infusing both joy and protest into music and honor the many evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life.