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How Bad Bunny became a political icon

Dazed & Confused Magazine | Fashion, Art, Music, Film, Ideas | … February 6, 2026
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After his first reggaetón track went viral on SoundCloud in 2016, Bad Bunny left his job as a supermarket bagger and stepped into public view. With eccentric haircuts, painted nails, skirts, and fluorescent glasses, he disrupted the hyper-masculinity that defined the genre for decades: a body that didn’t ask for permission, and the attitude that later transformed him into a political icon. By 2018, the artist (real name Benito Antonio Martínezhellip; read more raquo; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; View Gallery (11 images)nbsp;

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