To me, the most important artists in my career are Arcangel and Balvin. Arcangel gave me the push, the respect in the streets.
— Bad Bunny
When you go to an oasis, you go there to supply yourself with the vital things you are missing, things that you need.
Being a Puerto Rican artist, I support all kinds of projects that are developed on my beautiful island that in some way or another put our Puerto Rican flag up.
You learn a lot in life but there are a lot of tools and resources in school that help you grow professionally and personally for whatever goal you may want to achieve.
I have the space and liberty to create.
Music is something no one can control.
When I came into this industry, I was never afraid to be myself.
What keeps me motivated is love and passion.
I only act from my heart.
I like being comfortable at airports, in flip-flops with no jewelry on.
Trap is new. It didn't start yesterday, but when I was 5, it didn't exist - not even in the U.S. I've evolved with the music.
I think it's my responsibility, as a person of influence... to sometimes try to do what I can.
The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I'm still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.
Now I do whatever I want.
You listen to the radio and all the songs sound the same, from 8 in the morning to 12.
I made the track 'Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola' before I met Balvin.
We're making the music that the people are asking us for.
Obviously this song is an achievement for me in my career, but what makes me really feel good is to make Latinos feel proud. To provoke that pride that a pop figure and someone so big in music globally like Drake would sing with me completely in Spanish and create this hit 'MIA.' That's the best part of it.
Education is important because it prepares you for life.
No one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn't tell what to say, how is someone else going to?
Ultimately, I'm not doing that much. I'm only doing what a human being who feels wants to do - in my way, without stepping out of my flow, while staying in my lane. Without, I guess, boring people.
My style influences my music and everything around me.
The first rap CD that I had, it was so different for me. The energy, the wordplay, all that caught my attention, and I liked it.
Working with J Balvin has undoubtedly been an unparalleled experience.
If I went out to play basketball with other kids, when I came home I'd shower and go right back to the computer again. If there was a birthday party or a family activity, I would take my laptop and spend the whole day there.
A good song never gets old.
If I have the chance to say something, I will say it - but that doesn't obligate me to always say something, or to shed light on every problem, as if I were a lawmaker.
Fashion is one thing, but style is another.
A lot of artists fail when they try to act, and they flop. So when I get into acting, it's going to be to do it well, something good, something of quality. I want people to say, 'Wow, that movie' - or that show or whatever - 'turned out really well.'
There's people that appreciate what I do; there's people that criticize it.
I never said I was the best in anything. I never said I'm an icon. The world decides all of that.
My goal in music is to create nostalgic moments.
I've always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we're young, we don't understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it's a blessing to have that support at home.
It doesn't matter if you want to be a teacher, an astronaut, or a reggaeton singer, you need to study.
Music belongs to the people. To no one else. To no one else.
You don't have the same mentality as you did five years ago - even one year. People are always changing, and I believe that everyone deserves the space to change and for people to recognize their change.
The fame isn't important to me. It's a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.
When I get dressed, it's like freestyling.
Simple goes a long way.
I would get out of school and go straight to my computer to create beats.
Everyone has been in love, at some point or another.
Money does not change people, people change.
Everyone has their style and your style explains a lot about who you are - you feel me? I've had style since childhood, so I like to dress how I feel. But maybe I get carried away by some trends.
When I arrived, at first a lot of people were like, 'This kid is different.'
