The Venezuela-born singer (Maikel Rafael Rico Torres) relocated with his family to Colombia when he was two years old, where he inherited his musician father’s passion for vallenato, a centuries-old style of Colombian folk music. Later he moved to Medellín to write songs for other artists, but his break as a solo artist came in 2023 with a record deal from Colombian superstar Maluma. Last year’s romantic reggaetón single “SE ME OLVIDA,” a duet with Colombian singer Feid, became Maisak’s first bona fide hit, reaching No. 1 on the Colombian and Venezuelan Shazam charts in August and debuting on the worldwide charts in October.