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Who was the boy holding a Grammy in Bad Bunny's halftime show?

The emotional moment became viral online, and many people speculated that the young boy in Bad Bunny's halftime show was Liam Conejo Ramos.

Bad Bunny has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, including the uptick in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids as the president's administration cracks down on illegal immigration.

But no, the Puerto Rican superstar did not feature Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who became a symbol of the Trump administration's immigration raids in Minnesota

At one point during Bad Bunny's performance, there was a scene where a young child was sitting on a couch between two adults, seemingly his parents. The child was watching Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, on television as he gave his speech at last week's Grammy Awards after winning the album of the year honor.

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Bad Bunny's last studio album "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS," became the first fully Spanish-language album to win a Grammy in that category.

Then, the child gets up from the couch as Bad Bunny appears with one of his golden Grammy awards, handing it to the child as he ruffles his hair.

The emotional moment became viral online, and many people speculated that the young boy in Bad Bunny's halftime show was Liam.

Liam and his father, asylum seeker Adrian Conejo Arias, were taken by ICE agents while in their driveway after the boy came home from school on Jan. 20. Agents at the time refused an offer made by another adult living in the home to take the child.

Liam and his father were released from a Texas detention facility last week after being held there for over a week. 

Who was the little boy in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance?

Five-year-old actor Lincoln Fox posted on Instagram that it was his "truest honor" to be part of the halftime show.

"I'll remember this day forever!" the post on Lincoln's Instagram page was captioned. The video was taken from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and showed the moment when Bad Bunny handed the Grammy award to him.

In the post's caption, the hashtags "#youngbadbunny" and "#littlebadbunny" were also featured, implying that he was likely representing Bad Bunny's younger self during his performance.

A representative for Bad Bunny also confirmed that the young boy was a child actor and not Liam.

Contributing: James Powel

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Who was the boy holding a Grammy in Bad Bunny's halftime show?

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