The Ferrari collection and other luxuries in the life of J Balvin, the prince of reggaeton who is back

Winner of four Latin Grammys, José Álvaro Osorio Balvín, the full name of the Latin American artist, was also named Global Ambassador of Reggaetón and was even chosen Latin Fashion Icon of the Year at the Latin American Fashion Awards. He is one of the artists with the most listening successes and has headlined the best festivals in the world. How can we forget, for example, one of her last iconic performances, the one in which she shared the stage with Rosalía at Coachella, back in 2019.

However, since the pandemic, J Balvin, except for the premiere of the aforementioned documentary, has remained in the background. Even in the controversy with Residente, another Latin American urban music star who hit Balvin in the session he recorded with Bizarrap, he has preferred to remain discreet. And it was at the beginning of this year when he relaunched his musical career with the release of ‘Triple S’, a collaboration with Jowell and Randy and De La Ghetto, and the announcement of a European tour that starts on April 26.

At this time, J Balvin He has been the father of his first child with his partner, Valentina Ferrer, Río, which he often brags about on his social networks, where the little one has taken much of the spotlight off the life of luxury that the Colombian singer enjoys, a life of luxury that includes a Ferrari collection, a private plane and a unique wardrobe in the world, for style and the value of the pieces.

Unique watches, clothing and private plane

If we talk about luxuries and J Balvin, the first thing that stands out is his taste for extravagant and unconventional clothing, but always from leading brands in the luxury sector such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci or Chanel. Her taste for colorful and striking prints, those that she also wore in her hair for years, are the hallmark of a closet full of sporty clothing and daring suits—bright blues, metallic grays, oversized cuts…—in which she stands out. an outstanding collection of sneakers, especially Air Jordan models.

Not in vain, the artist from Medellín maintains a collaboration with the brand of the swoosh, together with which it has launched several special editions on the market; the latest, the Jordan Rio 3, inspired precisely by J Balvin’s first son, as he himself recognized when they were launched on the market at the beginning of this year.

Jewelry and watches, like any good urban artist, are not lacking among his luxuries. In fact, he has posed at Jacob & Co, the New York luxury watchmaker that makes some of the most expensive designs in the world. It is known, for example, that J Balvin owns, among other designs, a Rainbow Tourbillon, a watch whose price is around a limited edition that costs around 300,000 euros, or a Five Time Zone, a white gold watch with diamonds that indicates four time zones in its sphere (New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo), whose price is around 60,000 euros.

For Balvin, as he told Billboard in an interview published a long time ago, “they have to do with status: a watch shows the way you want to present yourself to people or the way you want people to look at you».

We don’t know, but maybe he thinks the same about private planes, which also reinforce his status, or maybe he does it just for convenience, but J Balvin can also boast, and in fact he sometimes does on his social networks, about airplanes. private.

Specifically, according to different international media, travels in a Dassault Falcon 2000 with capacity for 10 passengers plus the two pilots. The Colombian’s private plane is valued at about 22 million euros and, as can be seen in the images that he himself shares when he travels, it has all kinds of luxuries and comforts, including spectacular white leather seats.

J Balvin’s connection with RD Whittington

J Balvin shares with other urban music stars a taste for luxury cars. Client of RD Whittington, the largest luxury car dealer in the American market, which we are talking about here, does not usually boast about his garage as much on his social networks as other celebrities do.

However, much has been published in the international press in recent years about his car collection, which includes designs like the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon or the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. And the aforementioned RD Whittington also boasts of being a popular client, having dedicated one of his programs to the day he delivered the Mercedes Maybach to the Colombian singer. Furthermore, at the end of March he showed Balvin driving a Tesla Cybertruck, the futuristic truck from Elon Musk’s factory that we told you about in detail here.

But if there is a favorite brand for J Balvin, it is Ferrari. And, just as his compatriot, from Medellín like him, Maluma, is a fan of Porsches (he also has several Ferrari models in his private garage), Balvin is a fan of the Prancing Horse, as demonstrated by his collection of designs. signed by the Italian factory.

For example, In his private collection, J Balvin has or has had at least one Ferrari F40, the design of which the transalpine firm manufactured 1,400 examples between 1988 and 1993, which was the first car to overcome the 320 km/h barrier; an 812 Superfast, “the most powerful and fastest to date (2017)”, as Ferrari described it, thanks to its V12 engine that offers a maximum power of 340 km/h; a Ferrari 512 Testarossa, a classic of the brand; and a Ferrari 458 Speciale, special edition built between 2013 and 2015.

But the yellow Ferrari LaFerrari in which he was seen traveling the streets of Medellín in 2021 is the most expensive Ferrari that has passed through the hands of J Balvin. Although the Colombian press claims that it is part of the private collection of the ‘prince of reggaeton’, it could be that he rented it at the time to film the music video for the song on the streets of his city. Ma G.

In any case, this model, which Balvin also obtained through the famous luxury car dealer RD Whittington, is an exclusive supercar of which only 499 units were manufactured. It had a starting price of around one and a half million euros, although it is currently much higher, since its estimated price is around three and a half million euros.

Whether he owns this LaFerrari or not, it is evident that for J Balvin luxury cars are a weakness, as much or more than the most exclusive clothes, sports shoes and watches on the planet.