Daddy Yankee Biography

One of those responsible for the phenomenon of reggaeton in large amounts of public around Latin America and the U.S. is Dady Yankee, artistic pseudonym of singer Raymond Luis Ayala, who was born in Rio Piedras, a city of Puerto Rico, on February 3, 1977 . Dady Yankee is not just reggaeton singer and composer but also producer, radio host and entrepreneur. Indeed, DY signed a contract with Paramount Pictures to star in the film Talento de Barrio, which was officially released last year (2008) in International Latino Film Festival held in New York.

In 2007 was commissioned to promote a musical play that took the life of Celia Cruz, and his role as speaker has been driven by their participation in the New York station WSKQ with his "Daddy Yankee on Fire?, Which was considered the most listened to radio program for Hispanic youth in the United States. The origin of his nickname took a combination of admiration for an artist and a popular term used in Puerto Rico: "Daddy?, Because it begins the stage name of which is considered unrepentant fan, Big Daddy Kane, and because Yankee is considered as very important and abundant in Puerto Rico, and because he is a follower of the New York Yankees, the most famous baseball team in the world.

In 2004 he gave the internalization of the artist with his album "Barrio Fino?, Which has had a huge outreach within many Latin American markets dedicated to the dissemination of various Latin rhythms, and includes topics such as" What happened, happened ?, "Gasoline? and "Health and Life?, supported by a vast amount of video clips that show and popularized in many sectors of the population of this Puerto Rican style. Then in 2007 would continue its upward trend of popularity by publishing "The Cartel III: The Big Boss?, In which he proclaimed as" head of reggaeton?; Of this production are known by many "Impact? and "She raised me?.

Daddy Yankee is one of the best-known Latino characters worldwide, and by many other artists of reggaeton is the role model within the concept of gender as a musical phenomenon, which could be seen with the popularity it has in countries like Chile and Argentina, where he was recently on tour.

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