For Puerto Ricans on and off the island, Bad Bunny’s concert feels like home

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(Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR)People wait outside San Juan’s Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, known as ‘El Choli’, before a recent Bad Bunny concert. (Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR | NPR)Jhael Amir, from the municipality of Cayey, offered haircuts before a recent concert. (Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR | NPR)The main stage at the concert is designed to look like a scene from Puerto Rico’s countryside. (Erika P. Rodríguez for NPR | NPR)Transcript: AILSA CHANG, HOST: For weeks, the island of Puerto Rico has been under the thrall of Bad Bunny. FLORIDO: Bad Bunny is making young people so proud to be from here, her mother says.