JBalvin

Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin (Medellin, Colombia, May 7, 1985), better known as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer of reggaeton genre. He also studied International Business, Songwriter and composer. He has extensive musical career, which began in 2004 when he recorded his first solo album.

Early Years

His artistic inclination data from two years old, which was already showing a taste for music and musical instruments. During his undergraduate studies at the Gymnasium the Palaces (Gimnasio los Alcázares) of the city of Medellin, always part of rock music ensembles. I travel to the United States in a cultural exchange, where he had opportunity to study the English language, which speaks and writes fluent normal. There he had the opportunity to experience the world of hip hop, which he used to have its roots in the urban genre.

Musical career

J Balvin began his musical career with CDM Group Crew. Today is part of University of the Street (Universidad de la Calle,an association of street artists) that it believes is composed of the best Rap and Reggaeton group in the city of Medellin. Another friend and colleague who helped him since its inception in CDM Crew, and which still maintains a close friendship and working link is Fat Al, a Miami-based Colombian artist, to whom he owes his stage name Balvin ° j ¨ In the 2004, recorded his first solo song: Panas, a song that talks about the friends with whom ventured into the world of reggaeton. Today, has over 100 songs, ranging from its beginnings to the latest, among which stand out, "Sencillo y ella me cautivó". Throughout its evolutionary process, emphasizes, that obviously there are certain leaders by which an artist is guided to go far, but clarifies that he was strongly influenced by American artists of the stature of ¨ ¨ Bone Thugs n Harmony ¨ NAS ¨, ¨ Mos def ¨, and Latin artists like Vico C, "El General" Gadiel, Angel Lopez, and Daddy Yankee.