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Bad Bunny in 2018, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio
Place of Birth: Almirante Sur, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Date of Birth: March 10, 1994
Ethnicity: Puerto Rican [Spanish, African, likely Taíno], 1/32 Italian, remote French
Bad Bunny, also been billed by his birth name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is a Puerto Rican Latin trap and reggaeton rapper, singer, record producer, and actor. His songs include “Diles,” “Soy Peor,” “I Like It,” “Mia,” “Dákiti,” and “Un x100to,” the latter with Grupo Frontera. He has appeared on the show Narcos: Mexico and in the films F9 , Bullet Train , Cassandro , Happy Gilmore 2 , and Caught Stealing .
Bad Bunny was born and raised in the Almirante Sur barrio, Vega Baja, the son of Lysaurie Ocasio Declet, a schoolteacher, and Benito Martínez, a truck driver. His name comes from a time he was forced to wear a bunny costume at school.
Bad Bunny’s paternal grandfather was named Benito Martínez.
Bad Bunny’s maternal grandfather was Francisco Ocasio Santiago (the son of José Ocasio Dávila and Aracelis Santiago González). Francisco was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. José was born in Monte Llano, Morovis. His father was José Ocasio y González, whose own father, Pasquale Casio, later Pascual Ocasio y Brilla, was from Rome, Lazio, Italy, and whose own mother, Juana María González y Cortés, was from Morovis. José’s mother was Juana Dávila y Guzmán. Bad Bunny’s great-grandmother Aracelis was born in Monte Llano, the daughter of Manuel Santiago y Figueroa and María Joaquina González y Rodríguez.
Bad Bunny’s maternal grandmother was Isaura Declet Meléndez (the daughter of Antonio Declet Rivas and Juana Meléndez Rosado). Isaura was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Antonio was born in Morovis, the son of Antonio Declet y Laureano and Monserrate Rivas y Valentín. Juana was born in Morovis, the daughter of José Rey Meléndez y Marrero and Juana Jacinta Rosado y López.
Sources: Genealogy of Bad Bunny’s mother (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogies of Bad Bunny’s maternal grandparents, Francisco Ocasio Santiago and Isaura Declet Meléndez – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Bad Bunny’s maternal great-grandfather, Antonio Declet Rivas – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Bad Bunny’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Antonio Declet y Laureano – https://familysearch.org
Birth records of Bad Bunny’s maternal great-grandmother, Juana Meléndez Rosado – https://www.familysearch.org https://www.familysearch.org