Final night time’s Billboard Latin Music awards honored Unhealthy Bunny, who obtained the lifetime achievement award. When the legendary Rita Moreno handed it off, the second was just like the passing of a baton.
ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST:
Final night time, Billboard hosted its annual Latin Music Awards, and musician Unhealthy Bunny was acknowledged with a particular honor – high Latin artist of the twenty first century.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
RITA MORENO: Billboard (talking Spanish) – Unhealthy Bunny.
(CHEERING)
AILSA CHANG, HOST:
Hollywood icon Rita Moreno introduced the award, and the 2 danced briefly on stage collectively.
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BAD BUNNY: (Talking Spanish).
FLORIDO: Unhealthy Bunny, the chart-topping Puerto Rican famous person, has shattered file after file together with his wildly fashionable music. In his speech accepting the award, Unhealthy Bunny expressed his admiration for Moreno.
CHANG: In 1962, the Puerto Rican actress received an Oscar for her function as Anita in “West Facet Story,” making her the primary Latina to win an Academy Award.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “AMERICA”)
MORENO: (As Anita, singing) I just like the island Manhattan.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) I do know you do.
MORENO: (As Anita, singing) Smoke in your pipe and put that in.
(CROSSTALK)
UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: (As characters, singing) I prefer to be in America.
CHANG: Unhealthy Bunny has amassed tens of millions of listeners all world wide and lately completed a historic 31-day residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
FLORIDO: I used to be there. It was wonderful.
CHANG: I am so jealous.
FLORIDO: Subsequent February, he is slated to make historical past once more as the primary artist to carry out the Tremendous Bowl halftime present primarily in Spanish.
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