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J Balvin
Colombian
Musician
Born:
May 7
,
1985
Always
Love
Me
Music
People
You
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When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.
J Balvin
Time
Guitar
Remember
Pretending
Performing
Like
Know
Friends
Mic
Grabbing
Artist
Front
Wanted
I see myself like what Drake did in the game. I came with melodies and different lyrics, from a different place - reggaeton is from Puerto Rico; Drake is from Canada.
J Balvin
Myself
Game
Drake
Lyrics
Melodies
See
Like
Came
Canada
Did
Different
Place
Different Place
Rico
Puerto
Puerto Rico
I love Rihanna, but I'm not gonna marry Rihanna.
J Balvin
Love
Rihanna
Marry
Gonna
When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes.
J Balvin
You
Fans
Mistakes
More
Maintain
Make
Closeness
Forgiving
Your
My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.
J Balvin
Music
People
Medium
Dream
Motivate
Goal
I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.
J Balvin
Success
Big
Big Fan
Fame
Fan
To me, family is first.
J Balvin
Family
Me
First
I want to make music for everybody.
J Balvin
Music
Everybody
Make
Want
I don't have to work with superstars - I want to work with cool artists that make super music.
J Balvin
Work
Music
Super
Superstars
Make
Artists
Want
Cool
Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.
J Balvin
Listening
Kid
Since
Hip-Hop
I just want people to respect what I do.
J Balvin
Respect
People
Just
Want
As Latinos, we are many, and our geography is gigantic.
J Balvin
Our
Latinos
Gigantic
Geography
Many
Politics doesn't interest me in the least.
J Balvin
Politics
Me
Least
Interest
You can have the power of your music on your cellphone and reach millions.
J Balvin
Music
You
Power
Reach
Your
Millions
Let's be honest, 'Ginza' doesn't really have lyrics to speak of. It's a party track - a party for reggaetoneros to come out of the closet.
J Balvin
Speak
Party
Lyrics
Out
Come
Track
Closet
Really
Honest
I love the vibe of Las Vegas.
J Balvin
Love
Vegas
Vibe
Las Vegas
I like track suits and sometimes to be suited up. I like to be like a chameleon.
J Balvin
Suits
Sometimes
Suited
Like
Track
Up
Chameleon
Mexico is a Latin powerhouse. And Mexicans, they're known as hard workers. Here in the U.S., not everybody wants to do those kinds of jobs. I've lived. I know what it feels like and what they go through and how families suffer.
J Balvin
Everybody
Latin
Those
Jobs
Kinds
Through
Feels
Like
Know
Powerhouse
Known
How
Go
Mexicans
Mexico
Families
Wants
Workers
Hard
Lived
Suffer
Here
I don't know. I respect Kanye, but when it comes to Trump, I'm not into that, man.
J Balvin
Man
Respect
Know
Trump
Kanye
I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone - from other musicians, from people on the street.
J Balvin
Me
Musicians
People
Pay
Other
Everyone
Those
Something
Attention
Learn
Lot
Surround
Street
Basically, I just want to talk about love and how it can overcome boundaries. I want to discuss those more universal beliefs, not more politicized ideas.
J Balvin
Love
Overcome
Those
About
More
Boundaries
Ideas
Talk
How
Discuss
Just
Want
Beliefs
Universal
Basically
In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as humans, condone discrimination; it's a human issue. It's part of something bigger.
J Balvin
Backward
Seems
Something
Part
Like
Because
Issue
Discouraging
Trump
Condone
Discrimination
Going
Human
Just
Just Because
Bigger
Humans
I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.
J Balvin
Music
Saying
World
Building
Our
Though
Take
Feel
Name
Know
Another
Listen
Just
Want
Spanish
Far
Really
Across
Speakers
Even
Keep
Level
In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.
J Balvin
Life
You
Fighting
Easy
Always
Keep
Colombian culture has a lot of music - it's in our blood; it's in our DNA.
J Balvin
Music
Culture
Our
Lot
Blood
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