Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was born on March 10, 1994, in Almirante Sur barrio in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Bad Bunny says he has wanted to be a singer since he was young. As a child, he attended church weekly with his devoutly Catholic mother and sang in the church choir until age 13. After leaving the choir, he developed an interest in the artists he heard on the radio, particularly Daddy Yankee and Héctor Lavoe.
Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny has won one Grammy Award, four Latin Grammy Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, two American Music Awards, thirteen Premios Lo Nuestro, among other accolades.