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Ramón Ayala (born February 3, 1977), better known by his stage name Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball, and aspired to become a Major League Baseball player and was going to the Major Leagues after trying out for Seattle. He was unable to continue this sport when he was shot in one of his legs, leaving him unable to walk correctly. After receiving lessons from several artists within the genre, he developed an independent career, first recording in a production titled Playero 37. After this he began to produce independent albums. Ayala released his first solo album, No Mercy (1995). He subsequently formed a duo with Nicky Jam, and then continued his solo career with the releases of El Cartel (1998) and El Cartel II (2001). This led him to be one of the pioneers of the Reggaeton genre. Daddy Yankee is the only Reggaeton singer to have a two song on the 24 and 32 positions of the Billboards no other artist of the genre has ever gona the far.
In 2002, El Cangri.com became Ayala's first album with international success, receiving coverage in the markets of New York and Miami. His third studio album, Barrio Fino (2004), received numerous awards, including a Premio Lo Nuestro and a Latin Billboard, as well as receiving nominations for the Latin Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards. In 2007, El Cartel Records released El Cartel: The Big Boss, which was ranked as the top-selling album in Latin music genres and also embarked on an international tour which broke attendance records in Ecuador and Bolivia. The tremendous success of Barrio Fino may have led to the Reggaeton explosion in the early 2000's which resulted in many Hip-Hop artists featuring Reggaeton artists. His performances have appeared on more than 70 albums, including compilations such as Blin Blin Vol. 1 (2003) and Mas Flow 2 (2005). Outside of his work as a musician, Ayala has also worked as an actor and producer. Throughout his career, he has been generally reticent to discuss his personal life, but has publicly expressed the importance of his wife and children to him.
News | Date: 2010-03-01
Daddy Yankee will be in Dominican Republic this coming April, performing at the Altos of Chavon on the 3rd.This marks the return of Daddy Yankee to the island, telling the folks "I've supported since the beginning".Daddy Yankee estara en Republica Dominicana este proximo mes de Abril para presentars ...
News | Date: 2010-02-24
It seems as if the fireworks have been sparked between Thalia and Daddy Yankee. NO! Not in the way, but in the form of a money issue for a remix Daddy Yankee did for Thalia back in 2008 for the "Lunada" album which the song was calling "Ten Paciencia".Daddy Yankee seized the oppurtunity at Thalia's ...
News | Date: 2010-02-03
24HourLatino.com is sending a special happy birthday to Raymond Ayala a.k.a. Daddy Yankee! Daddy Yankee turns 34 today. Hope you have a good day!24HourLatino.com le manda felicidades a Raymond Ayala, or como el mundo lo conoce, Daddy Yankee! Daddy Yankee cumple hoy 34 años.Que tenga un dia ma ...
News | Date: 2010-01-28
Changing over the the multinational label Sony, singer Daddy Yankee expressed some words regarding his next album, Mundial, which will be released in February."It's an important moment for me", said the 33 year old artist on the joining of El Cartel Records with Sony.Yankee was presented with a plaq ...
News | Date: 2010-01-27
With the idea of using his image and talent beyond the music, reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee allied with Sony Music."The planets aligned to make great things happen", expressed the urban music singer a short while after the press conference at Club 50 of the Viceroy hotel."I've become a person, who t ...
News | Date: 2010-01-27
Daddy Yankee made it known that after the album drops, he will go on tour. Primarily he will begin in the United States and Europe, and then move on to Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Savador, Argentina and many more.One of the questions being asked though is: Will he record with Wisin an ...
News | Date: 2010-01-25
From Puerto Rico, Daddy Yankee launched the "Grito Mundial", but in this case it was a worldwide plea to help Haiti. Presenting the "cangri" of the reggaeton world from Puerto Rico was Rafael Jose Diaz and Jackie Guerrido.Yankee sent a message out so people can remain donating, as well as giving hop ...
News | Date: 2010-01-22
Daddy Yankee, alongside Alejandra Guzman, Chayanne, David Bisbal, Gloria Estefan, Graciela Beltran, and Luis Fonsi among others are forming part of the "United For Haiti" foundation, a special edition of Sabado Gigante, the world famous latin show which runs for 4 hours a week. The foundation was cr ...
News | Date: 2010-01-19
The long awaited new video from Daddy Yankee, Grito Mundial, will be finally debuted via the Ritmoson Latino screen on Wednesday, January 20th on the show Sin Reversas, where the "Big Boss of reggaeton" will present the video throughout different cities of the world.Daddy Yankee filmed this video wh ...
News | Date: 2010-01-12
"Wait for both videos coming soon, "Hasta Abajo" and the remix to the original". This is what was announced by Don Omar and Daddy Yankee on their official sites.Both will be ready in the coming months, without a doubt you can see both are working.“Proximamente Esperen Los Videos De Los Temas & ...
News | Date: 2010-01-08
At the beginning of the week, Alejandro Fernandez commented on being surprised by the Avatar movie, which keeps breaking records all over the world. Now it's Daddy Yankee's turn to confess how surprised and impressed he was with the movie, which combines real life motion and animation.The reggaeton ...
News | Date: 2009-12-01
After a break in the Christmas Season, Wisin & Yandel will start working in the movie "Rev" or "Revolutions", which they will be producing and might be able to count on 50 Cent, Amaury Nolasco, Tego Caderon and Wilmer Valderrama, among others.With a cost of 6 millions of dollars, the film will be di ...
News | Date: 2009-11-25
Six Puerto Rican vocalists will travel to California to participate on a reality show called "The Sing-Off", which looks for the best music group in the world who can sing acapella.
Puerto Ricans Johnny Figueroa, Juan Eli Diaz, David Pinto, Edgar Rios, Ludwig Henderson and Jose Angel Rodriguez wi ...
News | Date: 2009-11-14
If one was to define in one word Daddy Yankee's last concert at the Foro Alterno de la UDG in Guadalajara, that word would be 'EXPLOSIVE'.The Puerto Rican singer had around 7000 assistants, in a city where reggaeton music is popping off in a major way.The lines to attend the show were overwhelmingly ...