Bad Bunny took home the top prize at the Grammy Awards during a ceremony marked by anti-ICE statements, the first time the album of the year designation went to a Spanish-language work.
The Puerto Rican superstar dedicated his awards speech — delivered in a mix of Spanish and English — to “all the people who had to leave their homeland, their country, to follow their dreams.”
Sunday evening’s ceremonies bounced between the usual musical honors to the charged political climate. Trevor Noah, the event’s host for the sixth time, joked that the occasion was his last as emcee because he believes in “term limits,” a possible reference to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated musings about a third term.
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