Bad Bunny sparks UK’s Latino moment as 100,000 fans line up to see him perform

Rapping in Spanish used to be a hard sell to Britons – but the Puerto Rican star is making the Latin American community visible At the Seven Sisters Latin Village in north London, construction is under way. The market, which has become a centre for the British Latino community and has fought off a long battle against redevelopment, is paying homage to the biggest Latino star on the planet: Bad Bunny (real name Benito Martínez Ocasio). They’re building a replica of La Casita, the house that’s typical in the rapper’s home island of Puerto Rico and makes up a key part of the Bad Bunny stage set. The small pink building has become known to millions worldwide who watched Ocasio’s Super Bowl half-time show, where he brought in a live audience of 128 million and presented a pluralistic anti-Trumpian take on what it meant to be American. More than 30 of his songs have been streamed more than a billion times, making him one of the most listened-to artists in history. All of this while rapping in Spanish, something that usually caps a musician’s prospects in English-speaking countries – especially the UK. But despite the language barrier, about 100,000 people will cram into th