Puerto Rican pop star Dangerous Bunny will headline subsequent 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl half-time present in California.

The singer and rapper, who has topped Spotify’s most-streamed artist record in three of the previous 5 years, will squeeze his hits into lower than quarter-hour on US TV’s most-watched night time in February.

In a football-themed assertion, he stated: “What I am feeling goes past myself. It is for many who got here earlier than me and ran numerous yards so I might are available in and rating a landing. That is for my folks, my tradition, and our historical past.”

It comes after the star just lately stated in an interview with i-D journal he’s avoiding the US on his present world tour out of considerations that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers would possibly conduct raids on followers at his live shows.

He’ll now make a visit to the US for Tremendous Bowl night time in Santa Clara on 8 February.

He’ll observe within the footsteps of different current half-time performers together with Kendrick Lamar, Usher, Rihanna and The Weeknd.

Lamar was the musical attraction at this 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl, which was watched by a file 127 million viewers within the US.

Switching into his native Spanish, Dangerous Bunny – whose actual title is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio – added in his assertion: “Ve y dile a tu abuela, que seremos el halftime present del Tremendous Bowl” – which roughly interprets as: “Go inform your grandma we will be the Tremendous Bowl half-time present.”

Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation firm chooses the half-time performer and produces their present, stated what Dangerous Bunny has “finished and continues to do for Puerto Rico is really inspiring”.

“We’re honoured to have him on the world’s largest stage,” he added.

In 2022, Dangerous Bunny Un Verano Sin Ti (A Summer season With out You), grew to become the primary all-Spanish language album to succeed in primary within the US.

The 31-year-old was the third most-streamed artist on this planet final 12 months, behind Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.

He launched his newest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos (I Ought to Have Taken Extra Photographs), earlier this 12 months.

He has received three Grammy Awards, and earlier this month was revealed because the main nominee at this 12 months’s Latin Grammy Awards.

Earlier this month, he concluded a residency in his native Puerto Rico, which drew greater than 500,000 followers. Puerto Rico is a US territory however which workout routines substantial inside self-govenance.

His tour is because of begin within the Dominican Republic in November, earlier than travelling throughout Central and South America, then to Australia, Japan and Europe, together with two nights at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London subsequent summer season.

“There have been many the explanation why I did not present up within the US, and none of them have been out of hate – I’ve carried out there many instances,” the star defined to i-D concerning the absence of US dates.

“All of [the shows] have been profitable. All of them have been magnificent. I’ve loved connecting with Latinos who’ve been residing within the US.”

He continued: “However there was the problem of… ICE might be outdoors [my concerts]. And it is one thing that we have been speaking about and really involved about.”

His Tremendous Bowl efficiency will happen on the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, within the San Francisco Bay Space.

Dangerous Bunny can also be an actor, showing in movies like Bullet Practice and the current Joyful Gilmore 2.

And he’ll return to host Saturday Evening Dwell for a second time subsequent month.