Willie Colon: Bad Bunny pauses São Paulo show to honor willie colon
Bad Bunny paused his second concert at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo, Brasil to honor the legacy of willie colon. The tribute came after the death of Willie Colón in the morning hours of 21 de febrero de 2026; the musician died at 75 from complicaciones respiratorias in New York.
Actualizado el 22 de febrero de 2026 - 4: 10 PM
Bad Bunny's tribute in São Paulo
The puerto rican star stopped his performance on Saturday during his second concert at Allianz Parque in the city of São Paulo, Brasil to pay homage to Willie Colón. Prior to the songs he performs with the group Los Sobrinos, Bad Bunny dedicated a few words to the trombonist puertorriqueño.
Bad Bunny's words to fans
Bad Bunny spoke directly to the crowd and said in Spanish: “Especialmente para nosotros los que crecimos en el Caribe escuchando salsa... Hoy se fue una de las leyendas que aportó a este género tan hermoso y tan legendario. Así que, de parte mía y de Los Sobrinos, le deseamos que descanse en paz a Willie Colon. Mucha fortaleza a su familia. La inspiración de muchos de estos grandes músicos que dejaron en la tierra no va a morir nunca mientras sigan existiendo jóvenes talentosos como estos que están aquí, manteniendo la música y la salsa y todos los ritmos caribeños vivos”.
Willie Colon's death and details
The death of Colón occurred in the morning hours of 21 de febrero de 2026; the article notes he died yesterday, Saturday, at 75 years old from respiratory complications in New York. The piece stresses that the muerte de Colón could not go unnoticed by Bad Bunny nor by the artists and musicians who carry the clave salsera around the world.
Musical links and the album
The story describes how Bad Bunny's relationship with Willie Colón was reinforced through the successful album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS”. In that record, Benito Martínez Ocasio makes direct mention of the trombonist in the song “Nueva Yol”. The text quotes the song: “Willie Colón, me dicen el malo / ey / porque pasan los años y sigo dando palos”, reza el tema.
De igual forma, Bad Bunny integrated who had been the musical partner of Rubén Blades and of Héctor Lavoe into the video for the hit “Nueva Yol”.
Public tensions on social network X
The relationship between Bad Bunny and Colón was not always cordial. The piece records that Colón criticized the puerto rican artist on the social network X (antes Twitter), questioning the veracity of the numbers of Bad Bunny on Spotify when he became once again the most listened artist in 2025. It adds that Colón was very vocal and controversial in recent years when expressing his ideas on that social network.
Colón's public recognition of Bad Bunny
Despite past criticisms, the article also records that el intérprete de “Idilio” reconoció públicamente la aportación de Bad Bunny al género de la salsa en la actualidad, al difundir su estilo en el mundo. The piece quotes Colón saying in Spanish: “Es algo que todos necesitábamos, el empuje que le dio a la salsa, le dio al boricua y tomar una posición más puertorriqueña y más latina, eso lo necesitábamos. Es una movida excelente”.
The story underscores both the tribute Bad Bunny offered at Allianz Parque and the complex recent public exchanges between the two artists. Las noticias explicadas de forma sencilla y directa para entender lo más importante del día. Te invitamos a descargar cualquiera de estos navegadores para ver nuestras noticias:
