Daddy Yankee performs during his “La Meta” concert at Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on November 30, 2023, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Gladys Vega/Getty Images)
San Juan, Puerto Rico – Daddy Yankeethe reggaeton superstar known for global hits like “Gasolina” and “Despacito,” will devote his life to Christianity in retirement.
The 46-year-old Puerto Rican rapper and singer made the announcement Sunday evening on stage after his last concert in San Juan.
“Today is the most important day of my life for me, and I want to share it with you because living a life of success is not the same as living a life with purpose,” Daddy Yankee told the crowd during his sold-out show. show at the Coliseo, according to a Spanish translation of the media Remezcla.
“A story is over and a new story is about to begin; a new beginning. All the tools that have been given to me, like music, social media, platforms, a microphone, everything that Jesus gave me gave are now for the Kingdom. “, continued the interpreter. “Thank you so much Puerto Rico and I hope you will walk with me in this new beginning. I love you, Puerto Rico! We have achieved the goal.”
Daddy Yankee, real name Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, officially announced his plans to retire in 2022. He released his latest album, titled “Legendaddy”, and participated in the sold-out La Última Vuelta world tour . The musician closed his tour with a final series of shows, entitled “La Meta”, in San Juan.
Daddy Yankee’s retirement from music comes more than three decades after he began a career that put reggaeton, a Puerto Rican musical genre that fuses hip-hop with Latin American and Caribbean rhythms, on the world map .
His success, which also includes hits like “Somos de Calle” and “Con Calma”, has made him one of Latin music’s biggest idols and winner of six Latin Grammy Awards.
In 1995, he released his first album, “No Mercy”, and achieved international fame a few years later with the iconic “Barrio Fino”.
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This story was reported from Cincinnati. The Associated Press contributed.
