As I’ve written elsewhere, Spanish-language media has been especially poor about reporting on the story, even after the Manhattan District Attorney's Office recommended as many as three years behind bars in a pre-sentencing court appearance this summer. How much Anuel and his camp knew about 6ix9ine’s unsettling history prior to recording “Bebe” remains unclear. Within two weeks, it logged some four million SoundCloud plays and nearly seven million Spotify streams just in the U.S. With all that juice behind them, “Bebe” became an instant hit, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. Thus, pairing him with a young viral American like 6ix9ine provides him entrée into the broader rap music marketplace.
Having once been publicly affiliated with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group, collaborations outside of Anuel’s pre-existing comfort zone seemed inevitable. Still, as Bad Bunny, Farruko, and others were logging Billboard chart hits, that involuntary absence swelled his reputation to the point where, once freed, he had the coveted attention of genre devotees and industry watchers alike.
As Latin trap made considerable strides over the past couple of years in its ascent as a formidable force in hip-hop, Anuel’s incarceration made him a limited participant in that success, largely via previously recorded verses and prison phone features. From one perspective, “Bebe” is the ideal match-up-and not because of the artists’ shared Latinidad.
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