Rico, when we are an incorporated territory of the U.S. … People from the U.S. could come here to see the show,  he said.  Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world. … But there was the issue of - like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it's something that we were talking about and very concerned about. 

One U.S. performance he didn't turn down, though, was the Super Bowl Halftime show. Some 137.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the spectacle in Santa Clara, California, this past February, and more than 4 million people watched it total, including all viewership platforms.