Last night's Super Bowl halftime show by Bad Bunny delivered a powerful message and made international headlines today.

The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican rapper, singer and producer, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio is one of the most popular musical artists on the

planet. His 13-minute set was historic. The very first in Super Bowl history performed nearly

entirely in Spanish. The show was dense with symbolism, including messages of Puerto Rican pride

and independence. But it also quickly became a magnet for criticism from the president and others even before he took the stage.

To help us unpack it all, we're joined now by Vanessa Diaz.

She's an associate professor at Loyola Marymount University and the author of the book P-Fing R,

How Bad Bunny Became the Global voice of Puerto Rican resistance.

This is all part of our arts and culture series, Canvas.

Vanessa, welcome to the show.

Thanks for joining us.

Of course.

Thank you for having me.

So you literally wrote the book on Bad Bunny.

You teach a course on his cultural impact.

For anyone unfamiliar, just how big a star is Bad Bunny?

Bad Bunny right now is the world's most streamed artist. So that just gives you a sense of

the gravity. This isn't someone who just is popular in his hometown. On a global level,

Bad Bunny is the number one artist. And in fact, he was three other years as well,

2020 to 2022. This isn't a new thing. His popularity just keeps growing. He just recently got the first

ever Grammy album of the year for a Spanish language album, his album De Ritirad Mas Photos,

and he won two other Grammys last week. So he has broken records

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