
Those people must be missing the nuance that a couple of concerts attended by his fans, which ICE would absolutely cause problems at, is totally different from performing on a stage watched by hundreds of millions of Americans and millions around the world. Who says he’s not going to make a political statement while on stage?
Well I think that’s where the issue lies honestly. He’s gonna bring politics into a sporting event which imo doesn’t really need to be politicized. Not everything people do or attend needs to have some political undertone to it yk? A lot of people don’t want their lives consumed by political statements and activism and that’s ok.
Usher was a pretty big hit, so was Rihanna, and the 2022 performance with all of the hip hop icons/titans was pretty dope imo. Idk I just didn’t think bad bunny was an obvious choice and I do think politics had a role in him being picked. I think there were bigger name artists that I was kinda surprised to not see get a shot.
Politics? This is a business decision. Bad Bunny has the first album to reach 20B streams on Spotify. 2nd most streamed artist on Spotify (may have been first before Taylor’s latest album, idk). The American football market is saturated. There’s a reason the NFL plays in Munich, Dublin, London, São Paulo, etc. They want fans from all around the world and are considering having teams from other countries. The NBA has already done this
Sure I’m just saying you can also look at Roc Nation who is a major decision maker for who is selected as the performer. They have said a lot of times their decision involves discussions about cultural significance and current trends. So I mean I think it’s fair to say they knew Bad Bunny would be a hot topic right now aside from his monetary success. At the very least, you can’t say they didn’t know what they were doing beyond business and album streams.
I mean I still see the blatant difference between being a spectator in the stands and a performer on the stage, yeah. It’s also not like he’s the only president to go out to major sporting events. Several presidents have in the past. That wasn’t even the first major sporting event Trump went to as president and I didn’t see people get up in arms over those other games he attended.
Maybe, but it’s not like the NFL didn’t agree with it for their own reasons. They took “end racism” off the end zones shortly after the election lol. They will do whatever Trump needs them to do, to a certain extent. Imagine if they pissed him off and the DOJ decided to hit them with an antitrust suit