Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny in 2018, photo by kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio
Place of Birth: Almirante Sur, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: March 10, 1994
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, likely Taíno], 1/32 Italian, remote French
Bad Bunny, also been billed by his birth name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is a Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. His songs include “Diles,” “Soy Peor,” “I Like It,” “Mia,” “Dákiti,” and “Un x100to,” the latter with Grupo Frontera. He has appeared on the show Narcos: Mexico and in the films F9, Bullet Train, Cassandro, Happy Gilmore 2, and Caught Stealing.
Bad Bunny was born and raised in the Almirante Sur barrio, Vega Baja, the son of Lysaurie Ocasio Declet, a schoolteacher, and Benito Martínez, a truck driver. His name comes from a time he was forced to wear a bunny costume at school.
Bad Bunny’s paternal grandfather was named Benito Martínez.
Bad Bunny’s maternal grandfather was Francisco Ocasio Santiago (the son of José Ocasio Dávila and Aracelis Santiago González). Francisco was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. José was born in Monte Llano, Morovis. His father was José Ocasio y González, whose own father, Pasquale Casio, later Pascual Ocasio y Brilla, was from Rome, Lazio, Italy, and whose own mother, Juana María González y Cortés, was from Morovis. José’s mother was Juana Dávila y Guzmán. Bad Bunny’s great-grandmother Aracelis was born in Monte Llano, the daughter of Manuel Santiago y Figueroa and María Joaquina González y Rodríguez.
Bad Bunny’s maternal grandmother was Isaura Declet Meléndez (the daughter of Antonio Declet Rivas and Juana Meléndez Rosado). Isaura was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Antonio was born in Morovis, the son of Antonio Declet y Laureano and Monserrate Rivas y Valentín. Juana was born in Morovis, the daughter of José Rey Meléndez y Marrero and Juana Jacinta Rosado y López.
Sources: Genealogy of Bad Bunny’s mother (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogies of Bad Bunny’s maternal grandparents, Francisco Ocasio Santiago and Isaura Declet Meléndez – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Bad Bunny’s maternal great-grandfather, Antonio Declet Rivas – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Bad Bunny’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Antonio Declet y Laureano – https://familysearch.org
Birth records of Bad Bunny’s maternal great-grandmother, Juana Meléndez Rosado – https://www.familysearch.org
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Bad Bunny’s paternal grandfather was Benito Martínez. Source: his song LA MuDANZA
Bad Bunny’s maternal grandfather was Francisco Ocasio Santiago (the son of José Ocasio Dávila and Aracelis Santiago González). Francisco was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. José was the son of José Ocasio y González, who was the son of Pasquale Casio, later Pascual Ocasio y Brilla, who was from Rome, Italy, and of Juana María González y Santos, who was from Morovis; and of Juana Dávila y Guzmán. Aracelis was the daughter of Manuel Santiago y Figueroa and María Joaquina González y Rodríguez. Source: Francisco’s FamilySearch profile (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LTPG-V9B)
Change Bad Bunny’s ethnicity to: Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, Indigenous Taíno, 1/32nd Italian, remote French)
I 100% agree with this. Bad Bunny’s profile should reflect his African and indigenous ancestry.
He himself has on numerous occasions credited his “afro-latino” culture as an inspiration for his art.
I retract this statement, “credited his ‘afro-latino’ culture”; he has never directly claimed to be afro-latino, but is inspired by afro-latino culture. Despite this, I still do believe that he is African; if you see photos of his mother and father, this is evident. But I do want to make it clear that he himself has never identified as afro-latino.
His mother has French ancestry :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_immigration_to_Puerto_Rico
Is there proof his mother has french ancestry?
“Declet” sounds very French, but this last name is more common in America (Puerto Rico and USA).
He looks tri racial(European, Native and Black) like most Puerto Ricans.
He can pass for North African
@andrew The Majority of North Africans have subsaharan African dna and they are admixed. North Africa consists of triracial admixtures just like Puerto Rico. This is why he looks North African. North Africa has Spanish, Middle Eastern and Subsaharan admixtures.
Then there are black North Africans.
@luckystar I always get confused when people talk about Puerto RIcans like its a race. I live in NYC where there are millions of puerto ricans and honestly they all look so different from each other. I’ve seen some that are black, brown, some that even look asian, some that are white as scandinavians etc. I wonder how many people still think Latino is a race. I mean look at Rosie Perez, Jlo, Ricky Martin, Josh Segarra, and Ricardo Rossello, they are all puerto rican but they look different from each other. Different phenotype, different colors, likely different genetic makeup etc.
@Italiano you are exactly correct. Puerto Rico is just a country and definitely not a race. Just people with shared Soanish language and culture. Ive traveled to Puerto Rico and saw a woman the exact almost color of a black crayon then I saw all different skin tones, including white people.
Ethnic, is there a picture, please?
no sorry