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Bryant Myers
photo: josé javy ferrer · cc by 3.0 ↗Bryant Myers
Bryant Myers (born Bryan Robert Rohena Pérez in Carolina, Puerto Rico) emerged from Puerto Rico's SoundCloud-and-YouTube freestyle scene in the mid-2010s to become one of the founding voices of Latin trap, breaking out alongside cousin Anonimus on 2015's 'Esclava' before a run of features — including Maluma's multi-platinum 'Cuatro Babys' — carried him into the genre's first wave of stars. His catalog fuses trap's dour, Auto-Tuned melodicism with straightforward reggaeton songcraft, distilled on hits like 'Triste' and 'Un Ratito Mas.' He has stayed active into the 2020s, collaborating widely across Latin urban music.
the sound in question
2018
TristeBryant Myers
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Daddy Yankee2000s · Reggaeton / Latin hip hop
An artist biography distributed to streaming platforms describes Myers listening to classic reggaeton legends growing up, naming Daddy Yankee among them. It's audible in the blunt, dembow-forward hooks Myers builds early singles around — big, chantable choruses over a hard, four-on-the-floor perreo pulse.
listen: upstream & heresource: Deezer artist biography ↗
2004
GasolinaDaddy Yankee
2020
Como PanasBryant Myers
listen forListen for the shouted, singalong hook on 'Como Panas' — the same maximal, party-starting reggaeton chorus structure Daddy Yankee popularized on 'Gasolina.'
Don Omar2000s · Reggaeton / Latin hip hop / Urban pop
The same biography names Don Omar among Myers's early listening, which lines up with the more melodic, heartbreak-driven register Myers reaches for on his ballad-leaning trap-reggaeton cuts — Don Omar's blueprint for pairing a moody, sung vocal with reggaeton's rhythm.
listen: upstream & heresource: Deezer artist biography ↗
2003
Dale Don DaleDon Omar
2017
Un Ratito MasBryant Myers
listen forListen for the sung, heartbreak-driven verses on 'Un Ratito Mas' — the plaintive, melodic reggaeton mode Don Omar helped define.
Wisin & Yandel2000s · Reggaeton / Latin pop
Myers's early listening also included Wisin y Yandel, and it surfaces most clearly in his posse-cut instincts — stacking trade-off verses with a second or third MC over a single beat, the tag-team format the duo built their career on.
listen: upstream & here
2005
RakataWisin & Yandel
2019
Ganas SobranBryant Myers
listen forListen for the trade-off verses and layered ad-libs on 'Ganas Sobran' with Miky Woodz and J Quiles — the collaborative call-and-response structure Wisin y Yandel rode through tracks like 'Rakata.'