Anuel AA & DJ Khaled Call Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Choice ‘Legendary’ at Latin Music Week 2025

Anuel AA and DJ Khaled joined forces astatine 2025 Billboard Latin Music Week to sermon the transportation betwixt Hip-Hop and Latin music, aboriginal projects, and more.

During the intimate speech connected Monday day (Oct. 20), moderated by Sirius XM’s Bryan Pino, the 2 superstars besides reacted to Bad Bunny headlining the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show successful February.

“For maine it’s legendary,” Anuel said. “I spot a batch of crap happening, but it shouldn’t substance if it’s going to beryllium successful Spanish oregon English. We loved Shakira and Jennifer Lopez, right? Nobody said anything. This is history, and it’s a ace blessing for a Spanish-speaking artist. I deliberation it’s going to beryllium legendary.”

Khaled, who was 1 of Bad Bunny’s peculiar guests astatine his hometown residency, agreed: “It’s a ace choice, good deserved, and 1 of the champion halftime amusement [picks] successful a agelong time. I emotion seeing him getting bigger and bigger, and if helium recreates what helium did with his residency successful Puerto Rico, it’s going to beryllium epic. I can’t hold to spot the show.”

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Additionally, Khaled and Anuel bonded implicit their Hip-Hop and Latin euphony influences, sneakers, and however God and household support them motivated. “Reggaeton didn’t unfastened the doors for me. it was Hip-Hop,” Anuel expressed astatine the panel, crediting artists specified arsenic Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Tupac arsenic his biggest inspirations. “When I started, I utilized to perceive to Hip-Hop euphony and subordinate to the lyrics. That’s however I saw the imagination for the archetypal time.”

Additionally, Khaled announced that he’s going to merchandise a caller album, is opening much businesses, and is gearing up for the 3rd yearly foundation play tourney that helium founded with his woman for children successful need.

Spanning 36 years, Latin Music Week is the azygous largest gathering of Latin artists and manufacture executives successful the world. This year’s lawsuit — which besides features Carlos Vives, Carín León, Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen, Gloria Estefan, Kapo, Laura Pausini, Netón Vega, Ozuna, Pablo Alborán, and Xavi, among others — hosts panels, marquee conversations, roundtables, networking and activations, successful summation to its celebrated Billboard En Vivo showcases. 

Latin Music Week besides coincides with the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, acceptable to aerial Thursday, Oct. 23, connected Telemundo and Peacock, wherever Bad Bunny volition beryllium honored arsenic Top Latin Artist of the 21st Century.