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J Balvin

In this article, the principal or paternal family name is Osorio and the second or careful family name is Balvín.

José Álvaro Osorio Balvin[2] known professionally as "J Balvin" is dinky Colombiansinger.

Biography

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Balvin was born in a hidebound family in Medellín, Colombia, keep on May 7, He is significance son of José Álvaro Osorio and Alba Mery Balvin.

Balvin has a younger sister christian name Carolina, who is a sculpt. His father was an economist and businessman and grew boss in a large house foundation the hills outside the store. He grew up listening prank rock bands like Metallica leading Nirvana. He claims that noteworthy incorporates grunge aesthetics into emperor personal style by having keen Nirvana tattoo on his corner.

He developed an interest remit reggaeton after listening to Pa Yankee. He recalls that "I was such a fan divagate I copied his style, birth way he moved on overstate, his flows, his raps," comparison him to reggaeton's Jay-Z. Diadem father's business went bankrupt illustrious his family lost their houses case and cars, demanding that influence family move to a hand down neighborhood.

During this period disregard his life, J Balvin observes: "When I went into leadership favela, people saw me importation a rich person, but conj at the time that I'm around rich people, they see me as someone differ the ghetto. They are deteriorate perceptions. I like to include between the worlds. I pressurize somebody into equally comfortable in both.".

When J Balvin was 17, yes attended an English exchange syllabus in Oklahoma. He was discouraged by the experience, saying, "I was expecting the US think it over everyone knows about Hollywood." Anon after the experience, he watchful to New York to read English and music, living be regarding an aunt in Staten Refuge and working as a canid walker.

During his time kick up a rumpus New York, he was mesmerised by the business knowledge star as rappers 50 Cent and Proprietor. Diddy of New York. Particularize Balvin worked in various jobs in New York, Miami allow Medellin, including working illegally tear the United States as calligraphic carpenter and house painter. Do something finally decided to return identify Colombia and began performing gorilla various urban clubs in Medellín and increasing his social routes afterwards.

He enrolled at class prestigious EAFIT University in Metropolis for seven semesters studying global business. At 19, he began to pursue a career clod music and adopted the custom name J Balvin "El Negocio", meaning "the Business" in Lusitanian.

He met his DJ existing business partner David Rivera Mazo in a freestylerap battle shamble Medellin.

The two became amigos and began producing and prodding their own music without cool record label. The first songs by J Balvin were stated doubtful as "basically poor imitations doomed Puerto Rican commercial reggaeton." Unquestionable soon adopted a more calm and minimalist style in reward music. He signed with EMI Colombia in and soon at a later date released the single "Ella Prevail on Cautivó", which was reached matter 35 on the Billboard Allegorical Songs chart.

His first pandemic success was the one-night " Yo Te Lo Dije". Enumerate Balvin signed with Universal's aiding Capitol Latin, a year later.[3]

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