On February 1, 2026, just a week before the halftime show, Bad Bunny made history by being the first artist to win Album of the Year at the Grammys for an album recorded in Spanish. But Puerto Rico has an odd relationship with the United States government, a relationship born of the combination of late-nineteenth-century economics and U.S. racism. A fiercely pro-business Supreme Court provided a solution for Puerto Rico in what became known as the Insular Cases. But what did this system mean for the people in Puerto Rico? He ended by shouting “God Bless America” in English, echoing the United States mantra in an answer to right-wing critics.

Source: New York Times February 10, 2026 07:04 UTC