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SAN FRANCISCO — <\/span>As Bad Bunny prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show,<\/a> Cardi B says she’s proud to see him step onto the world’s biggest stage, praising his cultural impact and willingness to speak out<\/a> during heightened immigration arrests.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m proud of everything that he\u2019s been standing up for against ICE and everything,\u201d Cardi B<\/a> told The Associated Press ahead of her performance at Michael Rubin\u2019s star-studded Fanatics Super Bowl Party<\/a> on Saturday, which featured performances by SZA, Don Toliver and Travis Scott. <\/p>\n The Grammy winner spoke with admiration and unity about Bad Bunny, who appeared with J Balvin on her chart-topping hit, \u201cI Like It.” The collaboration helped propel Latin music further into the global mainstream.<\/p>\n Bad Bunny<\/a> is set to take the Super Bowl stage on Sunday, one week after winning album of the year at the 2026 Grammys for \u201cDeb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos.\u201d<\/a> It is the first time an all-Spanish-language album<\/a> has taken home the top prize. <\/p>\n At the Grammys, the Puerto Rican superstar said \u201cICE out\u201d while accepting an award, criticizing President Donald Trump’s administration for its dramatic expansion of immigration arrests.<\/p>\n \u201cIt just feels like everything is aligned right now,” said Cardi B, who is of Afro-Caribbean descent with roots in Trinidad and the Dominican Republic. “It just shows how Hispanics, Latinos. … We standing. They standing. We all standing.\u201d<\/p>\n With Super Bowl buzz swirling around \u201cI Like It\u201d and the possibility of surprise guests, Cardi B was asked what it would mean to share the stage with Bad Bunny on such a massive platform.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019d be exciting,” she said.<\/p>\n As Bad Bunny readies for his halftime moment, Cardi B is preparing for the launch of her highly anticipated tour, which opens Feb. 11 in Palm Desert, California. The run marks her first headlining arena tour and her first tour in six years.<\/p>\n The tour arrives on the heels of her sophomore album, \u201cAm I the Drama,\u201d<\/a> just four months after the birth of her first child with New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs<\/a>, her fourth child overall.<\/p>\n Her preparation has centered on long rehearsal days that double as physical training, building momentum and confidence ahead of life on the road, Cardi B said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe rehearsing is my workout,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m just doing my job.\u201d<\/p>\n With her recent project connecting strongly with fans and plans to work on her new album while on tour, Cardi B said the momentum has sharpened her excitement for returning to the stage.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel really confident,\u201d she said. \u201cKnowing the fans are going to be there and know the music. It\u2019s exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source abcnews.go.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SAN FRANCISCO — As Bad Bunny prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, Cardi B says she’s proud to see him step onto the world’s biggest stage, praising his cultural impact and willingness to speak out during heightened immigration arrests. \u201cI\u2019m proud of everything that he\u2019s been standing up for against ICE and everything,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2272268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[439851,25138,21741,21791,42346,21800,356374,30188],"class_list":["post-2272267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-439851","tag-article","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-grammy-awards","tag-music","tag-nfl-super-bowl","tag-u-s-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cardi-B-praises-Bad-Bunnys-upcoming-Super-Bowl-halftime-moment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2272269,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272267\/revisions\/2272269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}