Bitbit ang pagiging Latino sa acceptance speech… RICKY MARTIN PROUD SA KAPWA PUERTO RICAN NA NAKAPAG-UWI NG 3 GRAMMY AWARDS

Ni Beth Gelena

May open letter ang Puerto Rican singer at member ng Menudo male group na si Ricky Martin para kay Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known professionally as Bad Bunny na isa ring Puerto Rican rapper, singer, actor at record producer na naka-publish sa Puerto Rican newspaper na El Nuevo Dia.

Bad Bunny dubbed as the “King of Latin Trap.”

Isa sa winner ng 68th Grammy Awards si Bad Bunny na ginanap sa Crypto.com Arena last Feb. 1, 2026, sa Los Angeles.

Hindi maitago ni Martin ang kasiyahan dahil sa achievement ni Bad Bunny sa Grammys.

Tatlong award ang naiuwi ng Puerto Rican urban music superstar, including album of the year for Debí Tirar Más Fotos in a historic moment.

Ani ng pop icon na si Ricky, p titled “When One of Ours Succeeds, We All Succeed,” where he praises his colleague and fellow countryman.

Aniya sa letter, “Benito, brother, seeing you win three Grammy Awards, one of them for album of the year with a production entirely in Spanish, touched me deeply. Not only as an artist, but as a Puerto Rican who has walked stages around the world carrying his language, his accent, and his story.”

“I know what it means to succeed without letting go of where you come from. I know how heavy it is, what it costs, and what is sacrificed when you decide not to change because others ask you to. That’s why what you have achieved is not just a historic musical accomplishment, it’s a cultural and human victory,” dagdag pa ni Martin.

“You won without changing the color of your voice. You won without erasing your roots. You won by staying true to Puerto Rico.”

Bad Bunny made history on Sunday as the first artist to win the Grammy for album of the year with a set entirely in Spanish.

Debí Tirar Más Fotos, which spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has spent 50 weeks at the top of the Top Latin Albums chart, also won best música urbana album. He also took home the best global music performance award for the song “EoO.”

Si Martin, ay sumikat noong late ’90s with the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Livin’ La Vida Loca”.

He continued his letter celebrating Benito for not succumbing to the industry’s demands to “soften the Spanish or hide the identity” in order to become global.

“What touched me most about seeing you there on the Grammy stage was the silence of the entire audience when you spoke. When you defended the immigrant community, when you pointed out a system that persecutes and separates, you spoke from a place I know very well, that place where fear and hope coexist, where millions live between languages, borders, and deferred dreams,” dagdag niga sa acceptance powerful speech ni Bad Bunny nang tanggapin nito ang Grammy for best música urbana album, in which he criticized ICE and called for avoiding hate and acting “with love.”

“This achievement is for a generation to whom you taught that their identity is non-negotiable and that success is not at odds with authenticity,” wika pa ni Martin, concluded, “From the heart, from one Boricua to another, with respect and love, I thank you for reminding us that when one of ours succeeds, we all succeed.”

Bad Bunny is set to make history again this weekend, when he becomes the first artist