Bad Bunny endorses Harris after Trump rally comedian jokes Puerto Rico is 'floating island of garbage'

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny endorsed Democratic statesmanlike nominee Kamala Harris connected Sunday, soon aft a comedian astatine former President Trump's sold-out Madison Square Garden rally joked that Puerto Rico equated to a "floating land of garbage," and made different unsavory jokes astir Latinos. 

Bad Bunny, whose charismatic sanction is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, shared a video backing Harris pinch his 45 cardinal Instagram followers connected Sunday soon aft Tony Hinchcliffe made nan crude jokes astir Puerto Rico and Latinos. A typical of nan creator confirmed to nan Associated Press that he is supporting Harris.

Harris, who visited a Puerto Rican edifice successful North Philadelphia to tribunal Hispanic and Latino voters successful nan pivotal battleground authorities of Pennsylvania earlier Sunday, said successful nan video shared by Bad Bunny that "there’s truthful overmuch astatine liking successful this predetermination for Puerto Rican voters and for Puerto Rico."

In showing support, Bad Bunny shared respective times different portion of nan clip Harris made connected Puerto Rico, saying, "I will ne'er hide what Donald Trump did and what he did not do erstwhile Puerto Rico needed a caring and a competent leader."

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Bad Bunny performs onstage during his "Most Wanted" circuit astatine State Farm Arena connected May 15, 2024, successful Atlanta. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Bad Bunny besides shared a portion of nan clip showing Harris saying Trump "abandoned nan island, tried to artifact assistance aft back-to-back devastating hurricanes and offered thing much than insubstantial towels and insults."

Bad Bunny, a 30-year-old Puerto Rican signaling artist, who has celebrated songs specified arsenic "Dakiti" and "Titi Me Preguntó," has won 3 Grammy Awards. He was nan astir streamed creator connected Spotify successful 2020, 2021 and 2022, and was only surpassed by Taylor Swift successful 2023. He was named Artist of nan Year by Apple Music successful 2022.

Tony Hinchcliffe attends nan Netflix unrecorded drama arena "The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady" astatine nan Kia Forum successful Inglewood, California, connected May 5, 2024. (Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images)

The Puerto Rican ballot is sizable successful Pennsylvania, which is arguably nan hardest fought of nan plaything states successful nan 2024 election. Other Puerto Rican singers specified arsenic Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony had already expressed support for Harris. Trump has besides attracted support from different celebrated stars from nan land such arsenic Anuel AA and Nicky Jam.

Bad Bunny has been vocal astir criticizing Puerto Rico’s electrical system, which was razed by Hurricane Maria. In a 2022 euphony video for his opus "El Apagon," nan creator called retired nan institution Luma Energy, which handles transmission and distribution, for nan changeless powerfulness outages that plague nan island.

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One of his astir caller songs, "Una Velita," is besides a protestation against nan authorities consequence pursuing Hurricane Maria successful Puerto Rico successful 2017. 

In 2020, Bad Bunny allowed nan Biden run to usage 1 of his hits, "Pero Ya No," successful a TV ad.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.