If you consider yourself a Bad Bunny fan, you’re probably familiar with the voice recording that says, “Bad Bunny, baby,” in his track “Pa Ti.” Or, maybe you heard the voicemail at the beginning of his song, “Dos Mil 16.” Either way, this recording has been the center of a new lawsuit handed to Bad Bunny from his ex, Carliz De La Cruz.
According to NBC News, De La Cruz sued the Latin singer for $40 million for using her voicemail in his songs without her consent. In May 2022, a representative for the musician reportedly called De La Cruz, hoping to acquire the recording. The lawsuit described, “In that call, (the representative) said, ‘I know you don’t like to talk about Voldemort (referring to Bad Bunny), but I need to ask you something.” Apparently, the “Dakiti” singer and his manager, Noah Kamil Assad Byrne, also named in the lawsuit, offered $2,000 to buy the recording off De La Cruz. However, she ended up declining the offer.
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De La Cruz claims the musician still released “Dos Mil 16,” which featured the voicemail without her consent, per Pitchfork. The lawsuit shares, “Since De La Cruz made it clear that she did not consent to its use, its publication constituted an act of gross negligence, bad faith […] since all parties had and still have knowledge of these facts and even so decided to be reckless and break the law.”
