Bad Bunny Sues Fan Over Unauthorized Concert Footage Shared To YouTube

Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known professionally as Bad Bunny, is suing a fan after they shared unauthorized footage from a concert on YouTube.

The rapper is currently on his Most Wanted Tour, where he recently performed in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. He is scheduled to hit up Los Angeles, Denver, Kansas City, and Chicago in the coming days.

However, as he gears up for future performances, Bad Bunny is now going after a fan who attended his show in Salt Lake City last month.

The Puerto Rican rapper claims a man, Eric Guillermo Madronal Garrone, shared full song performances on the YouTube channel that he runs, MADforliveMUSIC, from Bad Bunny's concert -- and they were high quality, not your typical cell phone footage.

The 'I Like It' singer claims Garrone attended his concert on February 21 in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he recorded many of his performances, and then uploaded those videos to his YouTube page.

However, the fan is now in some legal trouble as Bad Bunny claims he owns the rights to his live performances, and the fan did not have his permission to record or share the footage online.

According to the new lawsuit, which TMZ has obtained, Bad Bunny is going after Garrone as he claims the fan is using the singer’s name and music to gain followers and views on his YouTube channel, which, in turn, takes ad revenue and views from Bad Bunny's own official YouTube page.

Bad Bunny says before filing the lawsuit, he tried to "issue standard takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- also known as DMCA -- demanding YouTube remove Garrone's videos." While the fan did take the videos down, he then filed a counterclaim to get them back up -- resulting in Bad Bunny filing the lawsuit.

The rapper is seeking "injunction barring Garrone from posting the footage online, plus either a flat $150,000 for each of the videos posted or any actual damages Bad Bunny can show he suffered from the postings," per the suit.

Although Bad Bunny has had a stellar rap career, he says if he didn't make it in the music industry, he would have gone into the Culinary Arts field, as he loves cooking.

“I saw cooking as something creative because sure, there are recipes, but there’s also the opportunity to craft your own dishes, to create your own flavor,” he told Interview Magazine.

But, he didn't give up on chasing his dreams of becoming an artist as he says, “I actually dreamed so much about having this career. I’d come home from school and go straight to the computer, making beats and learning to record my own music. I’d sometimes say, ‘Damn, if this isn’t meant to be, I don’t know what I’ll do because I don’t have another dream.'”

Although he never made it as a professional chef, Bad Bunny has made a name for himself in the music industry as he scored 12 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including his songs 'Tití Me Preguntó,' 'Mia,' and 'Moscow Mule.' He also earned three Grammy Awards and seven Latin Grammy Awards.

“Ey, ey" -- Bad Bunny's signature catchphrase. But how did it all start? The rapper says it was "just a sound that comes out naturally."

"When I’m on the mic, whether it’s to record a song or when I’m improvising, it’s my way of getting the rhythm of the track, like all the rappers who use the 'Yeah, yeah.' Sometimes I try to avoid it because I don’t want to overuse it, but it always sneaks in," he told Interview Magazine.

Funny enough, Bad Bunny had no clue "ey, ey" turned into a worldwide phenomenon. "Wow, I didn’t know that," he says of the popularity from his catchphrase. "Yeah, it’s a tic that comes out naturally when I’m recording, and look what it’s become."

Bad Bunny is currently on tour -- and for those of you who are planning on attending, be careful about what you record and share on social media!