A little over a year ago, Bad Bunny dropped arguably his best album yet, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. But exactly on the LP's one-year anniversary on Monday (January 5), Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera sued him for $16 million for allegedly using her vocals on two of his tracks without permission.
According to the court filing itself in Puerto Rico and a Rolling Stone report on the matter, Bunny's Rimas Entertainment label, as well as producer Roberto "La Paciencia" Rosado, are also a part of the lawsuit. It stems from the use of Serrano Rivera's voice on two tracks. The first is at the end of "Solo De Mi" on 2018's X 100PRE, and the second is in the middle of 2025's "EoO" off of the aforementioned DtMF project. Her line is "Mira, puñeta, no me quiten el perreo" (which roughly translates to "Look, damn it, don't take away the perreo," reggaetón's main dance).
Per Serrano Rivera, producer La Paciencia asked her to record the line when they studied together at Arecibo's Inter American University's theater program. However, she claims he failed to inform her of its commercial or advertising purposes, and that they never negotiated a contract with a license or written authorization allowing its use in those tracks.
Furthermore, Serrano Rivera pointed out the Puerto Rican superstar's strong association with the phrase through merchandise, social media engagement, concerts, and more. She seeks $16 million from the defendants for allegedly violating her publicity and privacy rights. We will see how they respond.
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This lawsuit against Bad Bunny isn't his first. In fact, the lawyers representing Serrano Rivera in this new case also represented his ex girlfriend Carliz De La Cruz Hernández in a similar lawsuit from 2023.
In that lawsuit, De La Cruz Hernández accused the upcoming Super Bowl halftime show performer of using a vocal sample of her saying "Bad Bunny, baby" on two tracks without her permission. These are 2017's "Pa' Ti" single and 2022's Un Verano Sin Ti cut "Dos Mil 16."
That 2023 lawsuit continues to wait on a final resolution under Puerto Rico's court system.
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