Bad Bunny sued over voice recording used in 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos'

Bad Bunnyis being sued for an alleged violation of intellectual property on his latesthit album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos."

In a lawsuit filed on behalf of Tainaly Y. Serrano Rivera inPuerto Rico,the wildly popular reggaeton artistand his record label, Rimas Entertainment LLC, are called to appear in court in May to respond to a request for damages. The legal action arrives just a monthbefore Bad Bunnyis set to take theSuper Bowl stageas the halftime show performer.

According toRolling StoneandBillboard, the suit alleges that the spoken audio heard both inBad Bunny's2018 track "Solo de Mi" off his "X 100pre" album, and "EoO" off his latest album, is Rivera's voice, and was used without her consent. The audio, of a woman saying, "Mira, puñeta, no me quiten el perreo," which translates roughly to "Lock, damn it, don't turn off my perreo," has become as recognizable as the song's melodies. Perreo refers to a popular style of intimate dancing often set to reggaeton music.

USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Bad Bunny and Rimas for comment.

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performs onstage during the first show of his 30-date (which ended up being 31 in total) concert residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 11, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny thanked his fans for "letting me sing in my home in front of my friends, my family and my people" on what was the final night of his residency in September 2025. "Thank you for that," he said. "I love you, thank you for being a part of this."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> On top of his Puerto Rico residency, Bad Bunny was also juggling life as a Hollywood actor attending the premiere of "Caught Stealing" on Aug. 26, 2025, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny starred alongside Austin Butler in the movie.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Earlier in summer 2025, Bad Bunny was spotted at Netflix's "Happy Gilmore 2" premiere on July 21, 2025, in New York City, which he starred alongside Adam Sandler.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny at the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025. Bad Bunny gave a playful Puerto Rican twist to the Black dandy theme with a crisp espresso brown suit. He paired the custom-made Prada ensemble with a brimmed hat resembling a pava, a traditional straw hat made from leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny onstage at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 17, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> In February 2025, Bad Bunny attended "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny performs during his Most Wanted Tour at the Kaseya Center in Miami on May 24, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny attends the Dior Homme Menswear spring/summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 21, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny performs at the Crypto.com Arena during his Most Wanted tour in Los Angeles, March 13, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />  Cardi B, Chencho Corleone, Ivy Queen and reggaeton duo Jowell y Randy." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> declaring Oct. 1 as the official Bad Bunny Day." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> two new wax figures at Orlando and New York's Madame Tussauds on April 19, 2022. The figure at Madame Tussauds New York is wearing the iconic all-silver look from the Grammy-winner's 2020 Super Bowl performance alongside Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and J Balvin, complete with the same silver jacket he wore. The wax figure in Orlando is wearing an outfit originally from his WWE Royal Rumble performance and is featured in his "Booker T" music video. For the figure, Bad Bunny donated his trenchcoat, vest, trousers, and pants." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Bad Bunny is set to portray the title role in "El Muerto," making history as Marvel's first Latino lead in a live-action film. He calls the film the "perfect role" for him.

Before suiting up as the super-powered wrestler, the Puerto Rican rapper will make his big-screen acting debut in the neon-drenched "Bullet Train" (in theaters July 29), doing battle with Brad Pitt." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> April 2021 at WWE's WrestleMania 37. In this photo, taken Jan. 29, 2022, Bad Bunny jumped into the ring again during the Royal Rumble match at The Dome at America's Center." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 22nd Latin Grammy Awards. That night he took home the award for best rap/hip hop song for "Booker T" and best urban music album for "El Último Tour del Mundo."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />

Bad Bunny will headline Super Bowl 2026. Here's the Puerto Rican star's career in photos.

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performs onstage during the first show of his 30-date (which ended up being 31 in total) concert residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on July 11, 2025.

Bad Bunny's 31-date Puerto Ricoresidency was a love letter to the island and its people

Rivera alleges that she recorded the line at the request ofBad Bunny'sproducing partner, La Paciencia, back in 2018 when the two were in college together, per the outlets. La Paciencia, whose real name is Roberto Rosado, is also named in the lawsuit. Rivera claims that she was never told what it would be used for or "informed that her identity would be used and commercially exploited." She did not sign a contract, according to the lawsuit.

Now, Rivera is demanding $16 million for the violation of her privacy and publicity rights, Rolling Stone and Billboard report.

She is being represented by Jose Marxuach Fagot and Joanna Bocanegra Ocasio, the same attorneys who served as the legal team for Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, the outlets report. Hernández,Bad Bunny'sex-girlfriend, sued the singer in 2023 for allegedly using her voice without permission on two songs. The case is still pending.

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Britney Spears Explains Her 'Embarrassing' Instagram Dancing, While Teasing Potential Performance with Son

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NEED TO KNOW

• Britney Spears spoke candidly about performing in a new Instagram post

• Spears said she thought her dancing on social media could be "embarrassing sometimes," but that it helps "heal" her

• She shared hopes to perform with one of her sons outside of the U.S. soon

Britney Spearsis addressing the chatter around her current dancing style.

On Thursday, Jan. 8, the pop star, 44, shared athrowback photo on Instagramfrom her performance of"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"at the 29th Annual American Music Awards on Jan. 9, 2002, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. She revealed her mindset towards returning to the stage in the caption of the post.

"Interestingly enough, I dance on IG to heal things in my body that people have no idea about," Spears wrote. "Yup and it's embarrassing sometimes… but I walked through the fire to save my life."

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The "Gimme More" singer added that she has no plans to return to the stage unless she's out of the country.

"I will never perform in the U.S. again because of extremely sensitive reasons, but I hope to be sitting on a stool with a red rose in my hair, in a bun, performing with my son… in the UK and AUSTRALIA very soon," she wrote. "He's a huge star and I'm so humbled to be in his presence!!! God speed, little man!!!"

Spears didn't clarify which of her sons —Sean Preston, 20, or Jayden, 19 — she was referring to, but in the same post, she said she plans to send him a white piano she used during a performance at the 2002 American Music Awards.

The singer has previously raved about Jayden'smusical ability, saying, "He's a genius and I'm in awe of him !!! I can't believe he's mine !!! I was honestly scared that's not normal !!!"

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The mother of two also shared a selfie on Instagram that she previously took with her younger son, Jayden, captioning it with a painted nail emoji and a unicorn emoji.

"Britney had a fun time celebrating Christmas with Jayden — it's been such a special holiday," asource exclusively told PEOPLElast month.

Sean Preston spent the holiday with his auntand Britney's younger sister,Jamie Lynn Spears, and mom, Lynne Spears, an Instagram post revealed.

Britney shares Preston and Jayden with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline. After the release of Federline's 2025 memoir,You Thought You Knew, the former dancer shared onTalk Shop Livein November, "We haven't talked specifically, but I know that she's talked to our sons, which is good."

"They absolutely love their mom, right? I mean, they always, always have, always will," he added. "It's instilled in them. And I've always wanted for them to have a connection with their mom, the way I have with my mom."

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Yemen's separatists appear to split, reflecting Saudi-UAE rift

By Jana Choukeir and Maha El Dahan

DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Yemen's main separatist group appeared split on Friday as some members announced it was disbanding, reflecting a feud between ​Gulf powers Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates that was blown into the ‌open by a separatist advance last month.

Saudi-backed fighters have largely retaken areas in southern and eastern Yemen seized by the UAE-backed ‌Southern Transitional Council (STC) in December, and an STC delegation has travelled to the Saudi capital Riyadh for talks.

However, STC leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi fled Yemen on Wednesday instead of joining the talks, with the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen saying the UAE had helped spirit him away on a flight that was tracked to a ⁠military airport in Abu Dhabi.

One of ‌the members who travelled to Riyadh for the talks said in a statement broadcast on Saudi state media on Friday that the group had decided to ‍disband.

But the STC says it has had no communication with the delegation that initiated the talks under Saudi sponsorship.

A spokesperson who did not travel to Riyadh and is close to Zubaidi said any decision on the group's fate ​can only be taken by the entire council, including its leader.

Any such decision would only ‌be taken once the delegation in Riyadh "is released," he said.

Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman welcomed the decision as a "brave" one. A conference would be held in Saudi Arabia to discuss southern Yemeni issues with all groups invited, he said.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE had previously worked together in a coalition battling the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen's civil war, a conflict which caused one of the world's ⁠worst humanitarian crises.

But the two most powerful countries in the ​Gulf have had sharp differences over issues ranging from geopolitics ​to oil output. Their rivalry was exposed when the STC advanced to within reach of Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia, which Riyadh declared a threat to its ‍national security.

The STC on Friday ⁠called for mass protests in the southern cities of Aden and Mukalla, urging supporters to rally on Saturday in a show of "loyalty and steadfastness" amid the political crisis.

Authorities in Aden ⁠aligned with Yemen's Saudi-backed government later ordered a ban on demonstrations in the southern city, citing security concerns, according to ‌an official directive seen by Reuters.

(Reporting by Jana Choukeir, Reyam Mokhasef and Enas Alashray; ‌Editing by Philippa Fletcher, Aidan Lewis and Andrew Heavens)

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Iran shuts off internet as protesters start fires in widening unrest

By Parisa Hafezi

DUBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities blacked out the internet to curb growing unrest, as video showed buildings ablaze in anti-government protests raging in several cities across the country.

Rights groups have already documented dozens of deaths of protesters in nearly two weeks and, with Iranian state TV showing ​clashes and fires, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that several police officers had been killed overnight.

In a televised address, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to back down, accusing demonstrators of ‌acting on behalf of émigré opposition groups and the United States, and a public prosecutor threatened death sentences.

The unrest has not mobilised as many layers of society as other bouts of protest in recent years, but the authorities look more vulnerable because of a dire ‌economic situation and the aftermath of last year's war with Israel and the United States.

While the initial protests were focused on the economy, with the rial currency losing half its value against the dollar last year and inflation topping 40% in December, they have morphed to include slogans aimed directly at the authorities.

BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES ON FIRE

The internet blackout has sharply reduced the amount of information flowing out of the country. Phone calls into Iran were not getting through. At least 17 flights between Dubai and Iran were cancelled, Dubai Airport's website showed.

Protests began late last month with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants demonstrating over accelerating inflation and the rial's plunge, but soon spread to universities and provincial cities, ⁠young men clashing with security forces.

Images published by state television overnight showed what ‌it said were burning buses, cars and motorbikes as well as fires at underground railway stations and banks. It blamed the unrest on the People's Mujahedin Organisation, an opposition faction headquartered abroad that splintered off after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and is also known as the MKO.

A state TV journalist standing in front of fires on Shariati Street ‍in the Caspian Sea port of Rasht said: "This looks like a war zone - all the shops have been destroyed."

Videos verified by Reuters as having been taken in the capital Tehran showed hundreds of people marching. In one of the videos, a woman could be heard shouting "Death to Khamenei!"

Other chants included slogans in support of the monarchy.

Iranian rights group Hengaw reported that a protest march after Friday prayers in Zahedan, where the Baluch minority predominates, had been met with gunfire that wounded several people.

Authorities ​have tried a dual approach - describing protests over the economy as legitimate while condemning what they call violent rioters and cracking down with security forces.

Last week President Masoud Pezeshkian urged authorities to take a "kind and ‌responsible approach", and the government offered modest financial incentives to help counter worsening impoverishment as inflation has soared.

But with unrest spreading and clashes appearing more violent, the Supreme Leader, the ultimate authority in Iran, above the elected president and parliament, used much tougher language on Friday.

"The Islamic Republic came to power through the blood of hundreds of thousands of honourable people. It will not back down in the face of vandals," he said, accusing those involved in unrest of seeking to please U.S. President Donald Trump.

Tehran's public prosecutor said those committing sabotage, burning public property or engaging in clashes with security forces would face the death penalty.

FRAGMENTED OPPOSITION

Iran's fragmented external opposition factions called for more protests, and demonstrators have chanted slogans including "Death to the dictator!" and praising the monarchy that was overthrown in 1979.

Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of the late shah, told Iranians in a social media post: "The eyes of ⁠the world are upon you. Take to the streets."

However, the extent of support inside Iran for the monarchy or for ​the MKO, the most vocal of émigré opposition groups, is disputed. A spokesperson for the MKO said units with the group had taken ​part in the protests.

Trump, who bombed Iran last summer and warned Tehran last week that the U.S. could come to the protesters' aid, said on Friday he would not meet Pahlavi and was "not sure that it would be appropriate" to support him.

Despite the increased pressure, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Friday the chance of foreign military intervention in ‍Iran was "very low". He said the foreign minister of Oman, ⁠which has often interceded in negotiations between Iran and the West, would visit on Saturday.

U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said he was "deeply disturbed by reports of violence" and by communications shutdowns.

The Islamic Republic has weathered repeated bouts of major nationwide unrest across the decades, including student protests in 1999, mass demonstrations over a disputed election outcome in 2009, demonstrations over economic hardships in 2019, and the Woman, ⁠Life, Freedom protests in 2022.

The 2022 protests, sparked by the killing of a young woman in the custody of Iran's Islamic morality police, drew a large variety of people onto the streets, with men and women, old and young, rich and poor.

They were ultimately suppressed, ‌with hundreds of people reported killed and thousands imprisoned, but authorities also subsequently ceded some ground with women now routinely disobeying public dress codes.

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi and Dubai Newsroom; ‌additional reporting by Vinaya K and Marine Delrue; writing by Angus McDowall; editing by Kevin Liffey and Mark Heinrich)

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U.S. seizes another tanker in campaign to control flow of Venezuelan oil

The United States hasseized another tankerin its campaign to control the flow of oil to and from Venezuela.

The Olina was seized overnight in the Caribbean Sea, an operation conducted by the Coast Guard and Joint Task Force Southern Spear, two U.S. officials told NBC News.

The U.S. militaryconfirmed the seizure, saying in a post on X that it was "unwavering in its mission to defend our homeland by ending illicit activity and restoring security in the Western Hemisphere."

The Olina was "another "ghost fleet" tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a separate post. The vessel "had departed Venezuela attempting to evade U.S. forces," she added.

The Olina was falsely registered with Timor Leste, according to Lloyd's List Intelligence, a maritime data analysis company.

It's the fifth tanker seized by the U.S. in recent weeks, and comes days after American forces in the North Atlantic took control of the Bella 1, a Russian-flagged tanker that fled the American blockade and led a weekslong chase.

The U.S. also announced the seizure Wednesday of another sanctioned tanker, the Sophia, which it said was "conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean Sea."

The Kremlin on Friday thanked Washington, saying the U.S. had agreed to release two of the Bella 1's Russian crew members, while President Donald Trump confirmed that Moscow had sent naval assets to try to protect the ship.

"In response to our appeal, U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to release two Russian citizens from among the crew of the tanker Marinera, who had previously been detained by the American side during an operation in the North Atlantic," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Telegram.

"We welcome this decision and express our gratitude to the U.S. leadership," Zakharova said.

There was no immediate response to the statement from the U.S.

The Bella 1 wasseized in the North Atlantic on Wednesdayin an operation that defied Russian warnings. The ship, suspected to be part of the so-calledshadow fleetfueling Moscow's war-time economy in circumvention of international sanctions, changed its name to the Marinera and hoisted a Russian flag afterescaping the U.S. blockade of Venezuela last month.

In an interview with Fox News late Thursday, Trump said that Moscow had sent a submarine and a destroyer to guard the ship, both of which "left very quickly when we arrived."

"They decided not to mess around with us," Trump added.

He evaded a question about whether Putin had called him following the seizure. "I don't want to say that," Trump said.

The U.S.seizedtwo oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela last month as part of its blockade. The Bella 1 was one of a number of sanctioned oil tankers operating near Venezuela that have recently changed their flags to Russia.

The Kremlin, a strong supporter of deposed President Nicolás Maduro, accused the U.S. of violating maritime law by seizing the ship.

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Patrick Kane scores 500th career goal in Red Wings game vs. Canucks

Patrick Kanehas joined an exclusive club, becoming the50th player in NHL history to reach 500 goals.

Kane, 37, recorded the huge milestone when he scored twice in theDetroit Red Wings'game against theVancouver Canuckson Thursday, Jan. 8, picking up No. 500 on an empty-net score with 3:53 left.

The goal, in his 1,332nd career game, gave Kane 1,369 points, six shy of breaking Mike Modano's mark for most points (1,374) by a United States-born player.

The Buffalo, New York, native is the fifth U.S.-born player with 500 NHL goals. The others: Joe Mullen (502 in 1,062 games), Jeremy Roenick (513 in 1,363 games), Keith Tkachuk (538 in 1,201 games) and Modano (561 in 1,499, including four in 40 games with the Red Wings).

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Kane is a guaranteed first-ballot Hockey Hall of Fame inductee, having established himself as one of the best players in the game since being drafted at No. 1 overall by theChicago Blackhawksin 2007. Kane went on to win the 2008 Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year, and during a decade and a half with the team was crucial to winning the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Kane was named the Conn Smythe winner as playoff MVP in 2013.

In 2015-16, he became the first American-born player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player, and that same season he also captured the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's scoring champion.

As the Blackhawks went into a rebuild, Kane OK'ed a trade to theNew York Rangerson Feb. 28, 2023. However, his tenure with his second Original Six franchise was short-lived. Following the Rangers' first-round exit, Kane underwent invasive hip surgery that came with a four-to-six month recovery period.

When he was ready to return, Kane was interested in the Wings, where he would be reunited with former Blackhawks teammate Alex DeBrincat. The Wings were interested to see if Kane could help them get a little more competitive, and the sidesagreed to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on Nov. 28, 2023.

Kane came to the Wings with 451 goals and 1,237 points in 1,180 games. Hemade his debut Dec. 7, 2023,and right away showed he still had it at age 35. The Wings re-signed Kane to one-year deals in each of the summers of 2024 and 2025.

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