Dangerous Bunny has admitted that he gained’t be touring the US throughout his forthcoming world tour attributable to fears over ICE brokers raiding his concert events.
The Puerto Rican musician was talking in a brand new interview about his forthcoming ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ tour, which kicks off on the Estadio Olimpico within the Dominican Republic on November 21.
When requested if he was not touring the US “out of concern concerning the [mass deportations of] Latinos”, he advised i-D journal: “Man, truthfully, sure. There have been many explanation why I didn’t present up within the US, and none of them had been out of hate – I’ve carried out there many occasions. All of [the shows] have been profitable. All of them have been magnificent.”
He added: “However there was the problem of – like, fucking ICE might be exterior [my concert]. And it’s one thing that we had been speaking about and really involved about.”
Immigration raids by means of ICE since Donald Trump turned president have soared within the US with the company aiming for 3,000 minimal arrests a day since Might. It additionally comes after the rapper mentioned he beforehand witnessed an ICE raid in Puerto Rico in June.
In keeping with a video posted onto his Instagram Story on the time, it appeared to point out various ICE brokers in unmarked autos detaining folks on the streets of Avenida Pontezuela, Carolina in Puerto Rico.
“Look, these motherfuckers are in these vehicles, RAV-4s,” Dangerous Bunny mentioned within the clip on the time. “They’re right here in Pontezuela. Sons of bitches, as a substitute of leaving the folks alone and dealing there.”
Per a New York Occasions article printed on the time, ICE investigators estimated that Puerto Rico was housing round 20,000 unlawful immigrants – 500 of whom had been arrested. It is usually estimated that 75 per cent of the arrests had been made on Dominican Republic nationals.
Dangerous Bunny is amongst a bunch of artists who’ve hit out over the raids in current months together with Olivia Rodrigo, Addison Rae and Shakira.
Dangerous Bunny’s forthcoming 2025/2026 world tour, will see him go to Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia and can embrace two large dates on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in June 2026.
Tickets to his London exhibits can be found right here, whereas tickets to his Latin American, Australia, Japan and European dates may be bought right here.
