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From farm workers and street vendors to salsa dancing and abuelitos playing dominoes, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show on Sunday (Feb. 8) was intentional, prideful and an honest representation of the Puerto Rican and overall, Latin culture. And that includes his jersey, which the superstar is now explaining.
The football jersey featured his last name — Ocasio — embroidered on the back, and the number 64 on the front. According to Bunny, the number was in honor of the year that his late uncle, “Cutito,” his mom’s brother, was born.
“What little I know about the NFL is thanks to him,” the Puerto Rican artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio told Rolling Stone in a statement.
He explained that Uncle Cutito moved to the United States from Puerto Rico, but would always visit them during the NFL postseason and he would watch the games with his uncle. Cutito was also a San Francisco 49ers fan, the home team of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., where Super Bowl LX took place. Benito’s uncle passed away two years ago, the year when the 49ers lost to Kansas City in Super Bowl 2024.
“I always dreamed of taking my uncle to a Super Bowl, but I couldn’t,” he noted. “He left unexpectedly, without warning. So, for my Super Bowl Halftime Show, I decided to have him on my shirt: OCASIO, his last name, the same as my mom’s, and his birth year, 1964. I dedicated my show to him before it started. I’m sure he appreciated it. He saw it, he was there, and he was proud of his nephew.”
Bad Bunny headlined the 2026 Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show during the game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. Seattle won 29-13.
