Grammy Award winner Bad Bunny has made a major impact in recent years, including on artist Edra Soto.
Having also grown up in Puerto Rico, Soto now intentionally reuses objects and designs from her childhood into art pieces that represent life on the small island, such as upholstered plastic lawn chairs, which are closely associated with Puerto Rican culture.
She has also been watching Bad Bunny’s rise to fame and on the music charts over the past decade, in appreciation of his outspoken support of his home and community in Puerto Rico. So when the rapper released his 2025 album More photos (which won Album of the Year at the 2026 Grammy Awards), and the cover featured two plastic lawn chairs, she knew it was time to bring her idea to life.
“I had this idea a full year before I came up with it,” Soto said recently. CNN. “I was doubting myself. I was thinking maybe this was too much.”
They’re called “BB chairs,” and they’re covered in cheap fabric with Bad Bunny’s face on them. The designs include different eras of his style, such as when he sported statement haircuts and large sunglasses at the beginning of his music career.
The chairs are part of the “Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, which runs through September 20. The “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” artist also appears several times throughout the show, CNN I mentioned.
The exhibition “explores and expands the visual, political and spiritual history of dancehall and reggaeton through contemporary art – two dynamic genres that have transcended their popular origins to shape global culture,” according to the museum’s website.
Soto’s Bad Bunny chairs also became a limited-edition collection, inadvertently, as Soto was unable to find the original fabric she had purchased online again. “I am not able to recreate them as they are,” she said. “I love the quality of the cheap fabric, and I love its very specific aesthetic.”
Once the gallery opened for the first time in April, Soto wrote on Instagram after seeing her chairs on display, “What an amazing achievement!! Important history being told in such an unforgettable place. So proud to be a part of it. Perio forever!!”
