Short introduction

Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez (born February 3, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), higher referred to as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, and song producer. One of the fine acknowledged representatives of the reggaeton style.

Early lifestyles

Ramon became born withinside the town of San Juan in Puerto Rico. When he became young, he dreamed of turning into a expert baseball player, however because of a leg injury, he determined to dedicate his lifestyles to his different interest of song.

He to begin with signed with DJ Playero, however has additionally labored with artists along with Snoop Dogg, Nicky Jam, Pitbull, Mey Vidal, DJ Blass, Eric DJ, Eliel, Nas, Tony Touch or participants of the G-Unit, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck.

He married Miredis González on the age of 17 and that they presently have children: daughter Jessalis and son Jeremy. The singer additionally has an illegitimate daughter, Jamelette. Singer album income withinside the United States and Latin America reached almost 1,000,000 copies. His maximum famous composition is “Gasolina” (“gasoline”). Daddy Yankee has a bizarre appearance, his appearance is stimulated through the gangster negro subculture of the USA. He has gained the Lo Nuestro Music Award and became nominated for a Grammy and MTV Video Music Award. He performed withinside the film “Talented Guy” in 2008.

Career

His track Impacto, launched on Cartel: The Big Boss in 2007, seems at the San Juan Sounds playlist in Grand Theft Auto IV. In the online game Grand Theft Auto IV, Daddy Yankee declares his voice to San Juan Sounds radio station, in which he acts because the DJ of this reggeton station. The Impacto Song additionally seems. This is an open international journey online game evolved through Rockstar North. On November 29, 2013, he launched his sport Trylogy. The 2012 Limbo track from the Prestige album became featured in Just Dance 2014.

As an actor, he performs in American commemorative movies and tv applications along with Love, Glory and Beauty. On April 28, 2016, Daddy Yankee obtained the Industry Leader Award 2016 on the Billboard Latin Music Awards.

After a ten-yr competition with Don Omar for the identify of Reggae King, Daddy Yankee and Don Omar introduced at a press convention in early 2016 that they might carry out collectively on level in a chain of live shows titled The Kingdom. The excursion sells in a couple of minutes in large towns like Las Vegas, Orlando, Los Angeles, New York. The artists exchanged song classes in the course of the live shows prepared as a part of boxing matches, and enthusiasts in every town voted for his or her cherished ones with an app evolved for the event. “Two kings, one throne,” stated Pina Records founder Rafael Pina, who had an awesome courting with each artists and additionally evolved the excursion concept. About the excursion and his competition with Yankee’s father, Don Omar stated: “Let me make it clear: I am now no longer his fine buddy and he isn’t my fine buddy, however we appreciate every different. The choice to be the fine has made us higher.

Career highlights

In 2017, Daddy Yankee donated $ 100,000 to Puerto Rico Food Bank after the harm resulting from Hurricane Maria. Around 9,000 households at the island have been supplied with this money.

Since October 2017, Barrio Fino and Directo were the 7th and 13th bestsellers at the Latin albums withinside the United States. Over the path of her career, sixty three songs through Daddy Yankee were covered withinside the Hot Latin Songs charts, consisting of 24 withinside the pinnacle 10 and five withinside the pinnacle spot. Daddy Yankee is the 9th musician with the maximum singles on Hot Latin songs.

He is likewise acknowledged for his track with Luis Fonsi called “Despacito”, a clip that has garnered over 6 billion perspectives on YouTube video web website hosting and is the primary in lots of song streaming offerings global became standing.

On April 17, 2019, the singer introduced that a remix of his achievement with Con Calma with American singer Katy Perry might be launched shortly. You put up the video to your Instagram account.

In 2007 Daddy Yankee have become the spokesman for the environmental organization “Yo Limpio a Puerto Rico” based through Ignacio Barsottelli. Yo Limpio a Puerto Rico, PepsiCo and Wal-Mart introduced a recycling contest among public with the marketing campaign “Tómatelo en Serio, Recicla por Puerto Rico” (Take it seriously, recycle for Puerto Rico), wherein Daddy Yankee became the primary speaker and personal colleges throughout the island withinside the primary, center and excessive college categories.

In 2008 Ayala participated in a marketing campaign to sell balloting withinside the 2008 Puerto Rico widespread election. This initiative covered a live performance entitled “Vota o quédate callado” (vote or silence).

On August 25, 2008, Ayala accepted Republican John McCain’s candidacy as President of the USA withinside the 2008 elections, asserting McCain to be a “fighter for the Hispanic community.” As a part of this marketing campaign, Ayala hosted a debate entitled “Vota o quédate callado: Los Candidatos Responden a Los Jóvenes”, which aired on October 9, 2008.