J Balvin

I want to inspire people to follow their own dream, not what the world wants for them. ”

Colombian culture has a lot of music - it's in our blood; it's in our DNA. ”

Mi Gente' is a song that embodies a special moment in music - a new sound of a Latino culture on the rise and being embraced globally. ”

I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish. ”

I invite you to get out of the box, be yourself. If you have blue hair, pink, yellow; if you have a broken tooth; if you have other sexual preferences... be yourself. Fight for your happiness always. ”

I don't want to make music only for Latinos. The idea is always to make a global sound. ”

We are proving that Latinos have the power to connect with an audience on a global level without having to leave our identity behind. ”

Just because you are Latino does not mean you can't be global. ”

When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond. ”

I'm just a regular guy trying to make my dream come true like everybody else. ”