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Both albums were successful in Puerto Rico, but not throughout Latin America. He released two compilation albums with original material: El Cartel (1997) and El Cartel II (2001). In 1997, Daddy Yankee collaborated with the rapper Nas, who was an inspiration for Ayala, in the song 'The Profecy', for the album Boricua Guerrero.

DJ Playero and Daddy Yankee would later be credited for inventing the name 'reggaeton' to describe their music on the album Playero 36 in 1994. Throughout the 1990s, Daddy Yankee appeared in several of DJ Playero's underground mixtapes which were banned by the Puerto Rican government due to explicit lyrics these songs would later be among the first reggaeton songs ever produced. In doing so, he eventually abandoned the traditional model of rap and became one of the first artists to perform reggaeton. He went on to emulate other artists in the genre, including DJ Playero, DJ Nelson, and Tempo taking elements from their styles in order to develop an original style with the Dembow rhythm. Early in his career he attempted to imitate the rap style of Vico C. His first official studio project as a solo artist was No Mercy, which was released on Apthrough White Lion Records and BM Records in Puerto Rico. He first appeared on the 1994 DJ Playero's Mixtape, Playero 34, with the song 'So' Persigueme, No Te Detengas'. The bullet was never removed and he credits this incident with allowing him to pursue a musical career.

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Often considered to be one of the pioneers within the reggaeton genre, Ayala was originally going to become a professional baseball player but he was shot in the leg while taking a break from a studio recording session. Musical career 1994–1999: Career beginnings

1.7 2016–2022: Continued success, 'Despacito', Legendaddy and retirement.

1.4 2007–2009: El Cartel: The Big Boss and Talento De Barrio.

He was named by CNN as the 'Most Influential Hispanic Artist' of 2009, and included in Time 100 in 2006. He also received a Puerto Rican Walk of Fame star, special awards by People en Español magazine, and the Presencia Latina at Harvard University. He has won five Latin Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, 14 Billboard Latin Music Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, eight Lo Nuestro Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and six ASCAP Awards. Īs of March 2022, Daddy Yankee has won 184 awards from 484 nominations (see List of awards and nominations received by Daddy Yankee).

In March 2022, Daddy Yankee announced that he would be retiring from music after the release of his upcoming seventh studio album Legendaddy and its supporting tour. Its success led Daddy Yankee to become the most-listened artist worldwide on the streaming service Spotify in June 2017, the first Latin artist to do so. The video for 'Despacito' on YouTube received its billionth view on April 20, 2017, and became the most-watched video on the platform. It became the first Spanish-language song to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 since ' Macarena' in 1996. In 2017, Daddy Yankee, in collaboration with Latin pop singer Luis Fonsi, released the hit single ' Despacito'. Daddy Yankee's album Barrio Fino made history when it became the top-selling Latin music album of the decade between 20. Since then, he has sold around 30 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. In 2004, Daddy Yankee released his international hit single ' Gasolina', which is credited with introducing reggaeton to audiences worldwide, and making the music genre a global phenomenon. Ayala spent roughly a year and a half recovering from the wound the bullet was never removed from his hip, and he credits the shooting incident with allowing him to focus entirely on a music career. Before he could be officially signed, he was hit by a stray round from an AK-47 rifle while taking a break from a studio recording session with reggaeton artist DJ Playero. He aspired to be a professional baseball player and tried out for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers.Īyala was born in Río Piedras and was raised in the Villa Kennedy Housing Projects neighborhood. Known as the ' King of Reggaetón' by music critics and fans alike, he is the artist who coined the word reggaeton in 1994 to describe the new music genre that was emerging from Puerto Rico that synthesized American hip-hop, Hispanic Caribbean music, and Jamaican reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, composer, and actor.

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