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Daddy Yankee
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Big Boss, El Cangri, Winchester, Ramón Ayala, Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, Winchester Yankee
Puerto Rican rapper and actor (born 1976)
Daddy Yankee is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor born in 1976 who became one of the most influential figures in reggaeton music. He is widely recognized for popularizing the genre globally and helping to shape modern Latin hip-hop culture.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- ¡Ready!
- Despacito
- Despacito Sheet Music
- Despacito Sheet Music - Easy Piano Arrangement
- Summer dance #1 Latin hits 2018
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Film & TV
Acting · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, known by his stage name Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, and record producer. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and was raised in the neighborhood of Villa Kennedy Housing Projects. Daddy Yankee is the artist who coined the word Reggaeton in 1994 to describe the new music genre that was emerging from Puerto Rico. According to…
Known for
- El Clásico del Clásico — Self (Archive Footage)2026
- A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music — Self2025
- Neon — Daddy Yankee2023
- Los lunes a las 9 — Self2022
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3 — Self - Performer2021
- Romeo Santos: King of Bachata — Self2021
- Marc Anthony - Una Noche (Full Concert) — Self2021
- All That — Self - Musical Guest2019
- Héctor el Father: Conocerás la verdad2018
- American Idol — Self2018
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Puerto Rico
- Active from
- 1977
Discography
- No Mercy1995
- El cartel1998
- El cartel II: Los cangris2001
- El cangri.com2002
- Los Homerun-es2003
- Barrio fino2004
- Los hits y unreleased2004
- Ahora le toca al cangri live2005
- Barrio fino en directo2005
- Gasolina2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,285,257
- Total plays
- 53,176,428
Tags
Ramón "Raymond" Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1976), known artistically as 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, Puerto Rico, 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. He was unable to continue this sport when he got shot in the leg by being mistaken for his friend by
Recent publications · Crossref
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- daddyyankee.com
- Image
- Daddy Yankee - The Kingdom (Official Q & A).png
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Daddy Yankee
- pseudonym
- Daddy Yankee
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 39800000
- name in native language
- Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez
- date of birth
- 1976-02-03
- birth name
- Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Daddy Yankee, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez ( Latin American Spanish: [raˈmon lwis aˈʝala roˈðɾiɣes]; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee (Spanish: [ˈdaði ˈʝaŋki]), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter. Dubbed the "King of Reggaeton", he is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers.
Daddy Yankee aspired to become a professional baseball player, but following a shooting incident, he instead pursued a music career. In 1995, he independently released his debut studio album No Mercy. His follow-up, El Cangri.com (2002), was successful in the United States. His next studio album, Barrio Fino (2004), became the top-selling Latin music album of the decade of the 2000s. Its most successful single "Gasolina", was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year. "Gasolina" has been credited with introducing reggaeton to audiences worldwide, and making the music genre a global phenomenon. His next album, El Cartel: The Big Boss (2007), peaked within the top 10 in the Billboard 200.