“Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.” — J Balvin Quote

“Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.”

“As long as I keep it real, I learn something from everyone. And when you view yourself as a student and not as somebody who's bigger, there is still learning that can be done every day, and that keeps you open-minded and more ready to learn about life and love.”

“Dreams are the ones that really keep me moving all the time. That's what drives me.”

“I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.”

“When I first heard hip-hop, in 1976, there were maybe only 500 people that could do it.”

“I don't think Puffy knows what he did for hip-hop. Because he intertwined hip-hop and R&B so that people weren't intimidated.”