Grammy-nominated reggaeton singer Bad Bunny made history on Thursday by becoming the first Latin urban music artist to grace the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. But the two Latinas behind the historic cover story also broke ground.
Rolling Stone’s Latin music editor Suzy Exposito became the first Latina to ever write a cover story for the magazine and Gabriela Berlingeri, a jewelry designer and Bad Bunny’s girlfriend, became the first Latina to shoot a cover photo for Rolling Stone.
Catriona Ni Aolain, Rolling Stone’s director of creative content, said they tapped Berlingeri for help to shoot the magazine cover despite not being a professional photographer due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rolling Stone relied on Berlingeri and an iPhone camera to document Bad Bunny’s days in quarantine at an Airbnb in Puerto Rico, where they live, alongside his girlfriend.
“It wasn’t planned. it was very random,” Berlingeri told Rolling Stone.”I thought obviously that it was going to be a very cool photoshoot but it’s difficult for me to accept that is going to be the cover for Rolling Stone.”
