Cardi B is using Super Bowl weekend to uplift Bad Bunny, applauding both his cultural impact and his willingness to speak out against immigration enforcement practices.
Speaking ahead of her appearance at Michael Rubin’s Fanatics Super Bowl Party, Cardi B expressed pride in Bad Bunny as he prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, noting that his voice has resonated far beyond music.
“I’m proud of everything that he’s been standing up for against ICE and everything,” Cardi B said, praising the Puerto Rican artist for using his platform during a moment of heightened immigration arrests and political tension.
The two artists share a history dating back to their 2018 smash hit “I Like It,” which also featured J Balvin and helped push Latin music further into the global mainstream.
Bad Bunny is set to take the Super Bowl stage just one week after making history at the Grammy Awards, where he won Album of the Year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos. The project marked the first all–Spanish-language album to win the top Grammy honor. During the ceremony, he made headlines by saying “ICE out” during his acceptance speech, directly criticizing the expansion of immigration arrests under President Donald Trump’s administration.
“It just feels like everything is aligned right now,” Cardi said, emphasizing solidarity across communities. “It just shows how Hispanics, Latinos, we standing. They standing. We all standing.”
With speculation swirling about surprise guests during the halftime show, especially given the enduring popularity of “I Like It,” Cardi was asked what it would mean to share such a massive stage with Bad Bunny.
“That’d be exciting,” she said, leaving the door open while keeping the focus on his moment.
As Bad Bunny prepares for one of the biggest performances of his career, Cardi B is gearing up for a major chapter of her own. The rapper is set to launch her first headlining arena tour in six years on February 11 in Palm Desert, California, following the release of her sophomore album Am I the Drama. The tour comes just months after she welcomed a child with Stefon Diggs, her fourth overall.
