Bad Bunny

The inevitability of Bad Bunny’s rise to Latin trap stardom seemed assured fairly early in his career. Singles like the punchy “Chambea,” the temperamental “Soy Peor,” and the lively Nicky Jam team-up “El Amante” showed off the Puerto Rican rapper’s range and set the stage for an epic come-up. Between the trap-boogaloo hybrid hit “I Like It” with Cardi B, the reggaetón posse-cut kiss-off “Te Boté,” and “MIA” with Drake, the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio became a global phenomenon. Transcending his reputation as a prolific singles act, the late 2018 full-length debut X 100PRE proved his aptitude as an album artist, a feat repeated the following year on the joint mini-album OASIS with J Balvin. Adept in all forms of música urbana, Bad Bunny packs significant and complex emotionality into the genre on cuts like “Callaita” with Tainy and “LA CANCIÓN.”