Bad Bunny sued for $40 million by his ex-girlfriend over the recording of 'Bad Bunny baby'

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By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter
Pop superstar Bad Bunny is being sued for $40m (£33m) by his ex-girlfriend, who claims he used a recording of her in two songs without permission.
< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Carliz De La Cruz Hernández says he recorded the slogan "Bad Bunny baby" on his phone in 2015, before he became famous and before they broke up.< /p>
Line a appeared on the Puerto Rican singer and rapper's single Pa Ti in 2017 and on the 2022 song Dos Mil 16. three years.
He has not publicly responded to Ms. De La Cruz's lawsuit, which was filed in Puerto Rico earlier this month.
He said the couple met in 2011 and both worked in a supermarket while Bad Bunny - real name Benito Martínez Ocasio - also made music.
She recorded multiple versions of herself saying the line "Bad Bunny baby" using the voice notes app at a friend's bathroom - because it was the quietest room - and sent them to Martínez.

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Bad Bunny sued for $40 million by his ex-girlfriend over the recording of 'Bad Bunny baby'

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By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter

Pop superstar Bad Bunny is being sued for $40m (£33m) by his ex-girlfriend, who claims he used a recording of her in two songs without permission.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Carliz De La Cruz Hernández says he recorded the slogan "Bad Bunny baby" on his phone in 2015, before he became famous and before they broke up.< /p>

Line a appeared on the Puerto Rican singer and rapper's single Pa Ti in 2017 and on the 2022 song Dos Mil 16. three years.

He has not publicly responded to Ms. De La Cruz's lawsuit, which was filed in Puerto Rico earlier this month.

He said the couple met in 2011 and both worked in a supermarket while Bad Bunny - real name Benito Martínez Ocasio - also made music.

She recorded multiple versions of herself saying the line "Bad Bunny baby" using the voice notes app at a friend's bathroom - because it was the quietest room - and sent them to Martínez.