Puerto Rican rapper and star, Bad Bunny, stunned this this Year’s Super Bowl halftime show with a performance celebrating his island, the American continent and culture.
The star performed for a total of 13 minutes with a show studded with deep easter eggs and references to his home.
Among all the special appearances from Latin American and Hispanic stars during the performance, he also brought in a young boy.
The rapper then handed over a Grammy trophy to the kid sitting with his family, who was watching his ICE out speech at the Grammys on a TV. The moment has since gone viral on social media, and netizens are raving about the performance and picking out details.
According to sources who spoke to ABC news, the moment and the gesture was intened to symbolise that anyone can pursue their hopes and dreams. Many interpreted it to be a political statement.
The boy has been identified as five-year-old actor Lincoln Fox by TMZ nd the HuffPost.
When the show first aired, netizens mistook the child for Liam Conejo Ramos, the Minnesota-Ecuadorian boy who was detained by Trump's US immigration and customs enforcement last month.
Lincoln Fox, meanwhile, has gone on Instagram to confirm that he was playing the younger version of Bad Bunny. "I’ll remember this day forever! @badbunnypr - it was my truest honour," he said.
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is the first artist to perform an all-Spanish set at the NFL’s Super Bowl halftime show. Last week at the grammy the artist took home three awards for his album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. During his Grammy speech, he said, "We are not savage. We are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
"The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love."