Rels B

Rels B, known also as Rels Beats, Daniel Vidal, Flakk Daniel, and Skinny Flakk, works as a Spanish rapper, songwriter, and producer. Skillful deployment of social platforms helped him cultivate substantial followings throughout Latin America and Europe while achieving global chart placement. Across his catalog, trap and reggaeton, electronica, funky Latin soul, Spanish folk forms, and gritty rock & roll surface individually from track to track. Itchy & Buco Sounds handled production on the 2015 EP Player Hater as well as 2016’s Boys Don’t Cry. A smooth, sensual, laid-back vocal approach underpins his clever, imaginative, and constantly shifting aesthetic. Three hit singles and accompanying videos appeared on 2017’s Ineditos, among them “Tienes el Don” and “Low Cost.” Streaming and club success arrived with Flakk Daniel’s LP in 2018 and Happy Birthday Flakko in 2019. The La Isla LP yielded the 2020 single “La Ultima Cancio,” which performed strongly on streaming services and European radio. Numerous singles followed in 2021 before the joint project Smile Bix:).

Daniel Heredia Vidal entered the world in Palma de Mallorca, Espana, in 1993. He started crafting mixes for himself and others while still a child and, after leaving home at fifteen, supported his recording work by taking a job as a bricklayer. At twenty he stepped in front of the microphone to present those mixes. Veteran producers Itchy and Buco Sounds guided his development as a rapper. The 2014 debut EP Change or Die attracted attention on social networks, especially YouTube and SoundCloud. His first independently released album, 2015’s Player Hater, generated charting singles such as “Re-Member,” the international club track “Taiwan,” and “Money Maker.” Boys Don’t Cry, his second full-length effort, built on that momentum and debuted at number twelve on the Spanish charts. The four-track Neuva Generacion, issued in 2017 with Indigo Jams, featured the single “A Solas.” Five additional club successes that year included “Libres,” “Rock & Roll,” “Girlfriend,” and “El Mejor.” Ineditos supplied listeners with the single “Skinnyflakkkkkkk” and the Fender Rhodes-heavy “Hood Girl.” Growing acclaim for his videos and social-media releases enabled extensive touring across Spain and much of Latin America.

Flakk Daniel’s LP, the rapper’s third official album, arrived in 2018 and supplied further club hits with “Lejos de Ti” and “Es Mejor.” Its blends set Latin soul beside trap, displaying a melodic sensibility rare in Spanish music. Rels B maintained this direction while incorporating Caribbean rhythms that pushed the sound further. The low-rider anthem “Hey Shorty” opened 2019, followed in February by the sinuous, sultry “A Mi.” April brought “Ballin,” which fused jazzy soul with Latin trap, and May delivered the charting single “Mejor No Nos Vemos.” In July “¿Come Te Va, Querida?” featuring Don Patricio reached number five on the Latin streaming charts, paving the way for the salsa-infused soul track “La Latina,” which peaked at number four. Early October saw the pre-release single and video “Orgullo,” which accumulated eleven million views within its first two months and raised his catalog-wide video streaming figures past 350 million. His fifth long-player, Happy Birthday Flakko, appeared mid-month and registered on charts in seven Latin American countries plus Spain.

During the COVID-19 pandemic Rels B remained active, issuing eight singles that included the chart duet “No Se Perdomo” with Nathy Peluso and the multi-country smash remix of “Dime Quantas Veses” featuring Justin Quiles. December brought the ten-song La Isla LP, which broadened his rhythmic scope with African elements such as Afro-beat and juju alongside electro-cumbia and EDM. Collaborations on the set comprised “No Te Imaginas” with Morad and “Culpable” with Kaydy Cain. Additional singles emerged in 2021, among them the Gera MX collaboration “Se Me Olvido.” He opened 2022 with “100 Tracks,” which charted in Mexico and Spain, and “No Sabe Igual,” which charted in three South American nations; both tracks appeared on the eight-song EP Smile Bix:), released that March and itself a charting release. Live touring resumed as well. January 2023 saw the release of “Yo Pr1mero” on his own Dale Play label; the single entered charts in six countries during its opening week.