“Change and out, I say goodbye to music”: Daddy Yankee, ‘The boss’ of reggaeton

He thanked the support received from the people and the media during his artistic career.
Daddy Yankee, self-proclaimed “The Boss” of reggaeton, announced this Sunday his retirement from music with the release next Thursday of his latest album, “Legendaddy”, and his last concert tour, “La Última Vuelta.”

«This race, which has been a marathon, I finally see the finish line. Now I am going to enjoy with all of you what you have given me, what you have given me,” said Raymond Ayala, the Puerto Rican artist’s first name, in a video that he downloaded on his Instagram account.

“In this genre, people say that I made it global, but it was you who opened the key to open the doors to turn this genre into the largest in the world,” emphasized “The greatest leader” of reggaeton in the message.

The 45-year-old artist recognized that his followers have been “the greatest treasure I can have in my career” that spans 32 years, according to what Daddy Yankee himself said in the video sitting at a pool table in his mansion in Luquillo. , city on the northeast coast of Puerto Rico.

«I always worked not to fail them, to not look for problems, with a lot of discipline, to be able to inspire all the kids (young people) to be leaders, to dream of growing, to not think about limitations and to work for their family and theirs. », he reflected.

«In the neighborhoods where we grew up, most of us wanted to be drug traffickers. Nowadays, I go to the neighborhoods and hamlets (public housing), and most of them want to be singers. That’s worth a lot to me,” she said.

However, he assured that “formally, today I announce my retirement from music, giving you my best production and my best concert tour, and I am going to say goodbye to these 32 years of experience with this collector’s item, titled ‘Legendaddy’.”

In this production he assured that he will present “all the styles that have defined me in a single album”, which will have a lot of “party, war and romance.”

«I leave with the greatest of gratitude, my audience, my colleagues, to all the producers, radio, press, television, digital platforms and to you, who have been with me from the ‘underground’, from the roots, from the beginning of the reggaeton,” he added.

«I love them with my life; Over and out, Daddy Yankee, ‘The Boss’, DY says goodbye,” he concluded.

Daddy Yankee started his musical career on the album “Playero 34”, by music producer DJ Playero, and where the word reggaeton or reggaeton was heard for the first time.

Due to the talent that DJ Playero saw in Daddy Yankee, he decided to place him at the beginning of his next productions, that is, the editions of “”Playero 35″, Playero 36” and “Playero 37”.

However, the editions of “Playero 38”, “Playero 39” and “Playero 40” had the opportunity to be sold in record stores, which then further catapulted Daddy Yankee.

The renowned artist also had the opportunity to release his own albums, the first being “No Mercy” and “El Cartel de Yankee.”

Likewise, due to the success he was having, Daddy Yankee was also included in other productions, especially in the first edition of Boricua Guerrero EP, produced by DJ Playero and Nico Canada, and where the so-called “Big Boss” had a collaboration with Nas, one of the most famous American rappers.

Daddy Yankee, with his vision of taking the reggaeton genre to another level, continued participating in other productions, and also joined in a duet with Nicky Jam, releasing his album, “Hazando escante.”

However, the duo separated, giving Daddy Yankee the opportunity to release the album “Barrio Fino” in 2004, which included “Gasolina”, a song that exploded the career of the legendary reggaeton player.

A year later, Daddy Yankee released “Barrio Fino, En Directo”, which included the single “Gansta Zone” with Snoop Dogg, another legendary American rapper.

Daddy Yankee continued to release several albums, including “El Cartel: The Big Boss”, “Mundial” and “Prestige”.

And, despite all the global success that Daddy Yankee already had on his hands, at the end of 2017 he released the video for “Despacito” together with Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi, one of the most viewed music videos in history.

EFE

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