Vega Baja · San Juan · 2012–2026
No me quiero ir de aquí · I don’t want to leave here
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The residency kept its first nine shows for people who lived on the island.
In 2025 he played thirty shows on ten weekends at El Choli and would not leave. So his places come here a weekend at a time: stay for another one and another place opens.
Photographs: LAREMIX.TV 2017, CC BY 3.0; Comecoquito 2025, CC0; Glenn Francis 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0. The hills are mogotes, the limestone hills of the north coast, and the shape of his main stage at El Choli.
El Choli · summer 2025 · 10 weekends · 30 shows
By January 2025 it had 30 dates, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 July to 14 September. The first nine, 11 to 27 July, were for Puerto Rico residents, who queued to buy tickets in person from 15 January.
Each weekend you stay opens one of his places, in the order of his story. No show was played at them: the dates are the residency’s, the places are where he lived, worked, marched and played.
Weekend one, 11–13 July. Stay, and another place opens. 1/10
Weekend 1 · 11–13 Jul 2025 · residents only
He grew up in Almirante Sur, a barrio of Vega Baja, and sang in his church choir until he was 13.
Vega Baja’s 2025 tour of his story stops at the Parroquia Santísima Trinidad, where he was an altar server.
A working parish: go to Mass or ask the town’s tourism office (787-855-2500) for the way. Not mapped here. The photograph is rural Vega Baja, not the church.
Vega Baja · Arecibo · 2012–2016
He worked as a bagger at Econo Plaza in Vega Baja. The AP says he bagged and then worked the till, and quit in 2016, leaving a note for Delza Vélez, the head of human resources.
She remembers him singing while he gathered trolleys in the car park, where he seemed to feel free.
While he worked, he uploaded his own songs to SoundCloud.
In 2025 Heidy Crespo led hometown tours here, and a visitor from Switzerland paid $40 for one.
A working supermarket in the town centre: shop, don’t crowd the tills. The pin is the town square; the photographs are the square, not the store.
He grew up in Almirante Sur, a barrio of Vega Baja, and sang in his church choir until he was 13. Vega Baja’s 2025 tour of his story stops at the Parroquia Santísima Trinidad, where he was an altar server.
A working parish: go to Mass or ask the town’s tourism office (787-855-2500) for the way. Not mapped here. The photograph is rural Vega Baja, not the church.
He finished high school at the Escuela Superior Juan Quirindongo Morell. He graduated in 2012. Before that he went to the Escuela Segunda Unidad Almirante Norte. Both schools are on the town’s tour.
A working school: see it from the road and don’t go in. The photograph is the PR-22 through Vega Baja, not the school.
He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo. He wanted to be a radio host, and left without finishing the degree.
In 2016 DJ Luian heard Diles on SoundCloud and signed him to his label, Hear This Music.
Within a couple of months of Diles and Soy Peor he was working with Arcángel and Ozuna.
Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja
Vega Baja’s tour ends at Puerto Nuevo beach, where he filmed one of his music videos.
The tour ran from 11 July to 14 September 2025, alongside the residency. The town’s Secretaría de Turismo, Arte y Cultura took bookings on 787-855-2500.
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico · Ask the town
In the summer of 2025 the town ran a guided tour of his church, schools, Econo Plaza and Puerto Nuevo beach. Ask its Secretaría de Turismo, Arte y Cultura on 787-855-2500 whether it is running.
Read about the tourSan Juan · July 2019
In July 2019 he joined the protests against Governor Ricardo Rosselló over the leaked chats called Telegramgate.
Wed 17 July
On 17 July he and Residente released Afilando los cuchillos, a few hours before a march. The march set off from the Capitolio at 5 p.m., demanding the governor resign. He and Residente had both said they would be there, and Ricky Martin said he would come.
That day he posted that the march was historic, and urged people to join it.
The seat of the legislature, on the Ciclovía by the ocean. Walk the outside; check the legislature’s site before going in.
The organiser said the 17 July march would end here rather than at La Fortaleza, because it needed a bigger space. Primera Hora described the same march as heading for La Fortaleza, the governor’s residence in Old San Juan.
Old San Juan · See the site
A restored 17th-century Carmelite convent in the heart of Old San Juan, a walk from Plaza del Quinto Centenario. Its page showed no nightly rates. Pictured: Plaza del Quinto Centenario.
See roomsMon 22 July
On Monday 22 July 2019 a march gathered at the Hiram Bithorn stadium, on the day of a national strike called by unions.
He marched with Ricky Martin, Residente, Olga Tañón, Kany García and Tommy Torres. More than half a million people shut down the Expreso Las Américas that day.
A municipal ballpark on the Expreso Las Américas; see it from Roosevelt Avenue or go to a game.
Hato Rey · 11 July–20 September 2025
No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí opened at the Coliseo on 11 July 2025. The main stage was a mogote. Across the floor stood la casita, a rural Puerto Rican house of concrete, breeze block and galvanised steel.
On stage, 5 September
La casita
Mayna Magruder Ortiz designed it and built it with Rafael Pérez Rodríguez. His invited guests watched from inside it, among them LeBron James, Ricky Martin and Benicio del Toro.
Discover Puerto Rico put visitors’ spending at nearly $200 million, and more than 48,000 hotel nights were booked.
San Juan’s arena, El Choli, next to the Hato Rey station of the Tren Urbano. See it from outside or buy a ticket for a show.
Santa Clara, California · 8 February 2026
On 8 February 2026 he headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show here, the first solo Latino artist to do so.
Part of the stadium became a sugarcane field, and a casita, a replica Puerto Rican home, was the second stage.
Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba and Alix Earle were at the casita; Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin performed. A couple were legally married during the show.
128.2 million average viewers
It was the first halftime show mostly in Spanish, and averaged 128.2 million viewers. It closed on a screen saying that the only thing more powerful than hate is love.
The 49ers’ stadium. See it from the street, or go to a game or a stadium tour.
Where it is now
Vega Baja’s school, supermarket and beach are a short drive apart on the north coast; Arecibo is further west along the PR-22. In San Juan, the Capitolio and Plaza del Quinto Centenario sit at either end of Old San Juan’s edge, and the Hiram Bithorn stadium and El Choli are neighbours in Hato Rey. Santa Clara is a flight away.
9 places you can visit, from Vega Baja to Santa Clara. The Santísima Trinidad parish has no published address, so it is named, not mapped.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working school: see it from the road and don’t go in. The photograph is the PR-22 through Vega Baja, not the school.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: area · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working supermarket in the town centre: shop, don’t crowd the tills. The pin is the town square; the photographs are the square, not the store.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working campus: see it from the gate. The photograph is Hato Abajo, the barrio around it.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public beach on the north coast. Swim where others swim; the reef makes some water shallow.
Pugnado Afuera, Vega Baja
He finished high school at the Escuela Superior Juan Quirindongo Morell.
A working school: see it from the road and don’t go in. The photograph is the PR-22 through Vega Baja, not the school.
Vega Baja town centre (no street address published)
He worked as a bagger at Econo Plaza in Vega Baja.
A working supermarket in the town centre: shop, don’t crowd the tills. The pin is the town square; the photographs are the square, not the store.
Hato Abajo, Arecibo
He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.
A working campus: see it from the gate. The photograph is Hato Abajo, the barrio around it.
Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja
Vega Baja’s tour ends at Puerto Nuevo beach, where he filmed one of his music videos.
A public beach on the north coast. Swim where others swim; the reef makes some water shallow.
Stay
A 17th-century convent turned hotel, a walk from Quinto Centenario.
Old San Juan · See the site
A restored 17th-century Carmelite convent in the heart of Old San Juan, a walk from Plaza del Quinto Centenario. Its page showed no nightly rates. Pictured: Plaza del Quinto Centenario.
See roomsGo there
Vega Baja’s own tour, and walks in Old San Juan.
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico · Ask the town
In the summer of 2025 the town ran a guided tour of his church, schools, Econo Plaza and Puerto Nuevo beach. Ask its Secretaría de Turismo, Arte y Cultura on 787-855-2500 whether it is running.
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Take it home
A study of his music and politics, and two albums on CD.
Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
A 2026 study from Duke University Press.
Find the bookBad Bunny · CD, 2019
His first album, out digitally on 24 December 2018.
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Find a copyBad Bunny · 2 × CD, 2022
The 2022 album, out on CD that August.
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Find a copyDates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
10 of 10 places · 13 of 13 Moments
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico (no address published)
He sings in his church choir in Vega Baja until he is 13, and serves at the altar of Santísima Trinidad.
Pugnado Afuera, Vega Baja
He finishes high school at Juan Quirindongo Morell.
Vega Baja town centre (no street address published)
He bags groceries and works the till at Econo Plaza, and sings in the car park.
He quits the supermarket and leaves the head of human resources a note.
Hato Abajo, Arecibo
Studying at Arecibo and working at Econo, he uploads his songs to SoundCloud; DJ Luian hears Diles.
Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja
He films one of his music videos on Puerto Nuevo beach.
Puerta de Tierra, San Juan
He and Residente release Afilando los cuchillos and march from the Capitolio.
Old San Juan
The march is planned to end at Plaza del Quinto Centenario.
Hato Rey, San Juan
He marches from the Hiram Bithorn stadium on the day of the national strike.
500 Calle La Cerámica, Hato Rey, San Juan
Puerto Rico residents queue in person for the first nine shows.
No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí opens at El Choli.
A 31st show is added and streamed worldwide.
4900 Marie P. DeBartolo Way, Santa Clara, California
He headlines the halftime show, mostly in Spanish, from a sugarcane field and a casita.
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