Dangerous Bunny says he determined to not tour in U.S. attributable to ICE raid considerations

Bad Bunny loves his American followers, and he is exhibiting it by not planning any future exhibits within the U.S.

The musician, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, confirmed fan suspicions that his upcoming Debi Tirar Mas Fotos World Tour does not embody any U.S. dates out of concern over more and more hostile and widespread immigration raids by the Division of Homeland Safety’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

“There have been many the explanation why I did not present up within the U.S., and none of them have been out of hate — I’ve carried out there many occasions. All of [the shows] have been profitable. All of them have been magnificent. I’ve loved connecting with Latinos who’ve been residing within the U.S.,” Ocasio stated in an intervew with i-D printed Wednesday. “However there was the problem of — like, f—ing ICE may very well be exterior [my concert]. And it’s one thing that we have been speaking about and really involved about.”

The rapper, producer, actor, {and professional} wrestling superfan and occasional competitor defined that “for a residency right here in Puerto Rico, once we are an unincorporated territory of the U.S.,” he feels that “individuals from the U.S. may come right here to see the present. Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the USA may additionally journey right here, or to any a part of the world.”

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Born in Puerto Rico’s Vega Baja in 1994, Dangerous Bunny has beforehand toured the U.S. prolifically, however questions have been raised when the tour in assist of his most up-to-date album, Debi Tirar Mas Fotos (I Ought to Have Taken Extra Photographs), skipped the nation solely. He had a clipped response when requested in regards to the choice in June, calling U.S. tour dates “pointless.”

Dangerous Bunny has additionally been outspoken in his condemnation of the ICE raids, which President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem have orchestrated in cities throughout the nation, detaining over 60,000 people since January, a few of them U.S. citizens.

In June, the musician shared a video depicting an ICE raid within the Puerto Rican metropolis of Carolina to his 49 million followers on Instagram.

“Look, these motherf—ers are in these vehicles, RAV4s…as an alternative of leaving the individuals alone and dealing,” he commented on the video.

The next month, he dropped the video for brand spanking new track “NUEVAYoL,” which blisteringly criticized U.S. imperialism by depicting a Puerto Rican flag hanging off the tiara of the Statue of Liberty, and featured a phase of voiceover that sounds uncannily like Trump.