Ovy On The Drums

Born: 09 January 1991

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Years Active: 2016-present

Genre/s: Reggaeton, urban pop, Latin R&B, Latin trap

Label/s: Warner Latina

Daniel Echavarría Oviedo (born 1991), known professionally as Ovy on the Drums, is a Colombian record producer, songwriter and former footballer. He is a longtime collaborator of Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G, and has also worked with Blessd, Micro TDH, Myke Towers, and Shakira, among other Latin music acts. Echavarría won a Latin Grammy for Album of the Year and a Grammy Award for Best Música Urbana Album for his production work on Karol G's 2023 album Mañana Será Bonito. He has received a total of eight Latin Grammy nominations. Described as "one of Latin music's top producers", Echavarría has had 32 entries on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart as of 2022.

Daniel Echavarría Oviedo was born in Medellín, Colombia in 1991. As a child he enjoyed listening to Bob Marley, Modern Talking, The Pet Shop Boys, and the salsa that he heard played at parties. As a teenager, he worked selling chicken and party supplies in a market square in Medellín; he attributed learning the value of hard work to this experience as he would wake up at 3:00am and finish work at 5:00pm. A friend of his cousin introduced Echavarría to beat-making and audio production using FL Studio, a software he has continued using ever since. Echavarría attended school at the Institución Educativa La Salle de Campoamor in Medellín. As a student, he described himself as "dress[ing] as a reggaeton artist" while singing and making videos in Windows Movie Maker. Music became a way for him to channel his restlessness and hyperactivity. Echavarría describes his parents as "the first people who believed in [him] as a musician", giving him a computer and some equipment to make music with. Echavarría briefly played football as a left back for the Itagüí based Águilas Doradas while they were a Colombian second division, or 'Categoría Primera B', team.