\"He was browsing a record store in Santa Monica when he found an album by the Puerto Rican artist Jos\u00e9 Feliciano, sending him down a rabbit hole into the singer-songwriter\u2019s 60-year career. Yes, there\u2019s the Christmas classic 'Feliz Navidad,' but there are also 19 Grammy nominations, 56 albums, and his stripped-down, folksy take on 'The Star-Spangled Banner' in 1968 that was met with such outrage that racists began calling for Feliciano to be deported, even though \u00adPuerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.<\/p>
\u201c'It struck me that I think a lot of younger people don\u2019t know how big he was,' Mart\u00ednez explains. \u201cPeople are like, \u2018Oh, Bad Bunny is breaking ground with gringos!\u2019 No, papi \u2014 Jos\u00e9 \u00adFeliciano was breaking ground with gringos since the Seventies, you hear me? He was doing worldwide tours, he was in London, singing in \u00adEnglish, singing to Anglophone audiences.\u201d https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bad-bunny-coachella-el-apagon-controversy-future-interview-1234770225\/<\/a> \"He was browsing a record store in Santa Monica when he found an album by the Puerto Rican artist Jos\u00e9 Feliciano, sending him down a rabbit hole into the singer-songwriter\u2019s 60-year career. Yes, there\u2019s the Christmas classic 'Feliz Navidad,' but there are also 19 Grammy nominations, 56 albums, and his stripped-down, folksy take on 'The Star-Spangled Banner' in 1968 that was met with such outrage that racists began calling for Feliciano to be deported, even though \u00adPuerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.<\/p> \u201c'It struck me that I think a lot of younger people don\u2019t know how big he was,' Mart\u00ednez explains. \u201cPeople are like, \u2018Oh, Bad Bunny is breaking ground with gringos!\u2019 No, papi \u2014 Jos\u00e9 \u00adFeliciano was breaking ground with gringos since the Seventies, you hear me? He was doing worldwide tours, he was in London, singing in \u00adEnglish, singing to Anglophone audiences.\u201d https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bad-bunny-coachella-el-apagon-controversy-future-interview-1234770225\/<\/a>
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