Blessd
Stiven Mesa Londoño was born in 2000 in Itagüí, on the edge of Medellín, and came up selling fruit at dawn and battling as a rapper before his producers steered him toward melodic reggaetón in the late 2010s. His 2019 single 'Una' went viral locally, and the 2021 paisa anthem 'Medallo' carried him from the Medellín underground to a Warner Music Latina deal and collaborations with Maluma and Anuel AA. Working closely with producer Ovy on the Drums, he became one of the faces of a younger Medellín urbano generation blending reggaetón, Latin trap, and R&B.
Blessd has credited Arcángel, alongside Venezuelan rapper Akapellah, as an inspiration who pushed him to pursue music, and Arcángel's blueprint surfaces in the way Blessd slides between sung hooks and rapped verses. Arcángel's melodic-tenor-over-a-rapper's-cadence approach is a template for Blessd's romantic reggaetón.
listen forPut on Arcángel's 'Por Amar a Ciegas' and then Blessd's 'Mírame' — listen for the same move, a wounded, crooned hook that keeps snapping back into a conversational, half-rapped verse instead of settling into pure singing.
Maluma is the Medellín predecessor who codified glossy, romantic reggaetón as a paisa export, and Blessd's rise ran directly through him — the two released the 'Imposible' remix together in 2021. Blessd's smooth, seductive delivery on love songs sits squarely in the lane Maluma opened.
listen forPlay Maluma's 'Felices los 4' before Blessd's 'Imposible' remix and listen for the same silky, breathy come-on in the hook — a soft-focus romantic reggaetón croon riding a clean, uncluttered beat.
Blessd emerged from the same Medellín urbano scene that J Balvin turned into a global export, and reporting on Blessd frames Balvin as one of the paisa artists whose colloquial, melody-first reggaetón shaped his sound; the two later cut 'Ojitos' together. You hear it in Blessd's mid-tempo, sing-song reggaetón and his open embrace of Medellín identity.
listen forRun Balvin's 'Ginza' into Blessd's 'Una' and notice the shared feel — an unhurried dembow pulse and a lazy, sticky vocal melody that leans on paisa slang and phrasing rather than aggression.