A man on a cruise with his girlfriend found himself constantly approached by strangers convinced he was the famous rapper Bad Bunny. Isaiah and his partner Mia were travelling on an MSC Cruise ship when fellow passengers repeatedly stopped him, believing he was the star.
Mia shared the situation on Instagram in a clip that racked up 70 retweets and dozens of comments. In the video, she said: "POV you went on a cruise ship with your boyfriend and people thought he was Bad Bunny." The footage shows several moments where Isaiah was stopped by passengers who thought he was the musician.
Social Media Reaction
In the caption, Mia explained: "There are so many other pictures out there of him with people lol. He gets allegations of looking like him here in SD but holy moly not like the amount he did on the cruise, him being half Puerto Rican didn't help the situation."
Commenters found the situation amusing, with one saying "I am howling!" and another adding "Haha I'm dead." A third commented "Love this for him," while another noted "And he takes his role very serious, love it."
Bad Bunny's Rise to Fame
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, became known in 2016 through his SoundCloud breakout. At the time, he was working as a supermarket bagger and studying at the University of Puerto Rico while uploading music to the platform.
He later signed to the Hear This Music label and gained recognition after collaborating with Drake in 2018. That year he released his debut album X 100pre, followed by YHLQMDLG in 2020, which cemented his global dominance. He then became Spotify's most-streamed artist worldwide.
This year, he won Album of the Year at the Grammys and became the first solo Latin artist to headline the Super Bowl's halftime show. The performance drew 128.2 million viewers, making it the fourth most-watched halftime show of all time. In June, he performed a sold-out show at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium in London, becoming the first Latino artist to headline at the venue.