Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl and the Law: Part 1 explores the global rise of Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny, tracing the genre’s Afro-Caribbean roots from Jamaica and Panama to San Juan’s La Perla, New York City and California’s Central Valley. The episode features ASU scholar-in-residence Luis Mendoza; Albany Law School professor and Ponce native Diego Alcala Laboy; San Juan-based lawyer, scholar and activist Raquel Maldonado Navarro; and ASU Law student and superfan Alondra Lopez Barrera, who together examine how reggaeton — and Bad Bunny — emerged as a worldwide cultural force.

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