Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau

Authors and scholars Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau join Hay Festival Forum Dallas to discuss P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance. Published in both English and Spanish, the book uses the extraordinary rise of Bad Bunny to explore Puerto Rico’s recent history and the ways music can become a vehicle for identity, political expression, and cultural resistance, connecting the realities of the island with a global audience.

Creators of the influential Bad Bunny Syllabus, Díaz and Rivera-Rideau will discuss Bad Bunny’s music and cultural impact while exploring larger questions around Puerto Rican identity, colonialism, migration, diaspora, and belonging. The event will be bilingual, in English and Spanish, reflecting both the book’s publication and the cultural worlds at the heart of the conversation.