Q 01/05

In which Colombian city was J Balvin born?

A) Cali

B) Bogotá

C) Medellín

D) Barranquilla

Answer · why

C) Medellín

Medellín. He keeps the city's violent cartel-era past out of his songs, saying Colombians lived through it and want to move on.

Q 02/05

Which fellow Colombian star teamed up with J Balvin on the 2019 single "Qué Pena"?

A) Fonseca

B) Maluma

C) Juanes

D) Camilo

Answer · why

B) Maluma

Maluma. After years of fans waiting, the two finally shared a single: a mock apology to women whose faces they remember but whose names they can't.

Q 03/05

Billboards of Puff Daddy and which other rapper inspired J Balvin in New York?

A) Nas

B) Busta Rhymes

C) Jay-Z

D) LL Cool J

Answer · why

C) Jay-Z

Jay-Z. Balvin said the billboards showed him how far hip-hop reached beyond music, into fashion and marketing, and he went home to Colombia set on bec...

Q 04/05

As a teenage exchange student, J Balvin was placed in a rural town in which US state?

A) Texas

B) Florida

C) Oklahoma

D) California

Answer · why

C) Oklahoma

Oklahoma. He landed in small-town Atoka, fell out with his host family and left for New York, where an aunt lived.

Q 05/05

What job did J Balvin work while living with an aunt on Staten Island?

A) Dog walker

B) Barista

C) Dishwasher

D) Bike courier

Answer · why

A) Dog walker

Dog walker. His music went nowhere in the United States, so he took the advice to go home and start from scratch, and broke through in Colombia instea...