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J Balvin has caused astonishment among his millions of followers who couldn’t believe that he nearly died of respiratory problems when he contracted COVID – because he had to be hospitalized in an emergency.
A few days ago the Colombian singer was present with a group of great music stars such as Jennifer López , Foo Fighters , Selena Gomez , everyone gathered at Vax Live , an initiative that seeks to provide vaccines against covid to those countries that still do not have access and raise awareness about the importance of getting vaccinated.
In an interview they did as part of the show, he revealed or his experience with this virus that has changed so much the world we know and that has revealed brought him to the brink of death.
“ I don’t want people to feel like I did. It almost killed me “, be honest, after recounting the respiratory complications that the virus contracted, which had to be taken to the emergency room.
He revealed that he spent very bad days with the disease that almost led him to leave this world, so in the most attentive way he asks people that if they have the opportunity to be vaccinated, they should do so as soon as possible.
Now available on the streaming platform Prime Video a documentary based on the life of the performer, directed by Matthew Heineman the film focuses on a massive concert that took place at the end of 2019 in the city of Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, where the singer is originally from.
José Álvaro Osorio Balvin better known as J Balvin opened the doors of his life for more than 100 hours of video where they were able to delve into intimate and family life as well as their struggle with important situations.
Within the film, topics such as depression, anxiety and how he has been able to cope with them will be addressed, as well as his opinions regarding politics.
During a period of 7 chaotic days, the singer continues while preparing for the most important concert of his career, but as show time approaches, a demonstration breaks out in the streets due to growing political instability, so we see how José reacts to this disconcerting situation that led him to have a panic attack.
According to Heineman, at the beginning the idea was that the development of the concert would be filmed, which with what happened was seen as an important theme to portray the chaotic situation to which they had to face reason why they had to change the course in the direction “ Everything was very chaotic , but there was nothing planned, we wanted to do a special of the concert, but like everything in life there is a 99 percent that is out of our reach ce , ”he said in an interview.
