00:00From album of the year to the biggest stage in sports,
00:11Bad Bunny just turned the Super Bowl halftime show
00:13into a full-on celebration of Puerto Rico.
00:16But one detail from his outfit has fans talking.
00:19The number 64 stitched onto his jersey.
00:22So what does it mean?
00:24The show featured surprise appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin
00:27and transformed the field into a vibrant tribute to Puerto Rican culture.
00:32Style-wise, the details were just as intentional.
00:35He wore an Audemars Piguet watch,
00:37a Marquise diamond stud earring by Marvin Douglas,
00:40designed to echo the shape of a football,
00:42and a custom white football jersey by Zara.
00:46The jersey featured the name Ocasio,
00:48a nod to his real name, Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio.
00:52And now there's more clarity around the number 64 stitched across his chest.
00:56According to Complex, Bad Bunny was paying tribute to his late uncle,
01:00who previously played football and wore the same number.
01:03Before that detail emerged, fans had floated several theories.
01:07Some believed the number referenced his mother's birth year.
01:10Others connected it to the initial widely criticized death toll
01:13reported after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017.
01:18There were even historical interpretations,
01:21including a nod to the 64th United States Congress,
01:23which passed the Jones-Shifroth Act granting U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans in 1917.
01:30Some pointed to 2023, when Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sinti
01:34became the first Spanish-language album ever nominated for Album of the Year
01:39at the 64th Grammy Awards.
01:42At the 2026 Grammys, he made history again,
01:45winning Album of the Year for Debi Terrar Mas Fotos,
01:49the first Spanish-language album to ever take home the top prize.
01:52That same night, he also turned heads on the red carpet
01:55in Schiaparelli's first-ever menswear design
01:58and used his acceptance speeches to protest ICE,
02:01declaring,
02:02We are humans and we are Americans.
02:05Those moments echoed into the halftime show,
02:08where he appeared to symbolically present his Grammy to a child,
02:11watching his speech on a small TV,
02:14a powerful visual about legacy and representation.
02:17NFL commissioner Roger Goodall later praised the artist,
02:21saying Bad Bunny understood the weight of the platform
02:24and its power to unite people.
02:26Ahead of the game, an emotional Bad Bunny said the performance was about joy,
02:31culture, and heart,
02:33and dedicated it to those who came before him.
02:35With this latest confirmation, the meaning appears deeply personal,
02:39a family tribute layered into a performance already packed
02:42with cultural pride, history, and legacy.
02:45We'll see you next time.
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