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 20 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 Latin urban performers.Īyala was born in Río Piedras and was raised in the Villa Kennedy Housing Projects neighborhood. Daddy Yankee 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. He is known as the " King of Reggaetón" by music critics and fans alike. Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1977), known professionally as Daddy Yankee (also known by the nickname D.Y), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor.
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