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Don't anticipate to see Daddy Yankee on the Tremendous Bowl, no less than not on the mic throughout the halftime present.
When ABC Information requested the artist in a current interview if he can be performing his 2004 hit "Gasolina" as a part of headliner Dangerous Bunny's 2026 Apple Music Tremendous Bowl LX halftime present, he was clear.
"No, not proper now. Not proper now," he answered. "Trigger I'm on a unique mission proper now…despite the fact that I respect what he's doing proper now. Don't get me incorrect. Benito is an ally."
Born Ramón Ayala, Daddy Yankee has beforehand collaborated with Dangerous Bunny, however stated in December 2023 that he was retiring to commit his life to Jesus.
Each he and Dangerous Bunny, who was born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, are from Puerto Rico.
"And I find it irresistible, 'trigger he's from Puerto Rico," Daddy Yankee stated. "And really, we had been speaking yesterday. I advised him, 'I want you the perfect. Go on the market and do your greatest, and we're happy with you.' However I'm in a unique mission proper now. It's completely different. So I gotta characterize what I'm doing proper now 100%."
He stated that, if Dangerous Bunny had been to ask him to carry out his uplifting tune "Sonríele," although, "that's completely different." Then, he can be keen to take the stage to "ship a message."
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"I might like to do it," Daddy Yankee stated. "You understand, I respect it. I respect his artistic determination. I respect every little thing that he's doing proper now. And it's essential for the Spanish-speaking group, for the Latinos. Any individual's gonna sing in Spanish and that's lovely."
Referencing soccer, Daddy Yankee stated, "I feel the largest landing of his profession shall be when he accepts Jesus in his life."
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The September announcement that Dangerous Bunny would headline the present obtained some backlash, together with from Republican politicians. President Trump referred to as the choice "completely ridiculous."
Dangerous Bunny will take the stage aat Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the house subject of the San Francisco 49ers, on Feb. 8, 2026.
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