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chart in April 2019. He is signed to American music label

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Biography

Guaynaa was born in

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, to a Cuban mother and a Puerto Rican father. Before pursuing a musical career, he was working as a phone salesman in a mall. He was going to become a petrochemical engineer before working in music. As of July 2022 he is engaged to Venezuelan-American actress, singer,

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, and author

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who he has been in a relationship with since December 2020.

Career

He gained fame due to the success of his song "ReBoTa", which reached number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in April 2019 and has received over 300 million views on YouTube. The song's remix featured

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and Sech in July 2019 and was later certified 4× platinum by the

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's Latin division. After the success of "ReBoTa", he signed a joint record deal with Universal Music Latino and Republic Records. In August 2019, Guaynaa appeared on a remix of

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's single "La Pelua" with Jon Z and Rafa Pabón. In October 2019, he collaborated with Spanish rapper

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on the single "Dame Bien". In November 2019, he made a song with

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, saying that "it was a dream come true". He also has collaborated with

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and

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, among others. In February 2020, he received a Premios Heat nomination, along with

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and Cami. In 2021, he was featured on Korean singer

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's debut studio album, '' Querencia'', on the track "

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Discography

Studio album

EPs

Singles

Guest appearances

Notes:

References

{{reflist 1992 births Living people Puerto Rican rappers People from Caguas, Puerto Rico Universal Music Latino artists Republic Records artists Puerto Rican reggaeton musicians Puerto Rican people of Cuban descent Universal Music Latin Entertainment artists