m Daddy Yankee, the King of Reggaeton, surprised his fans by announcing his imminent retirement with an album and a farewell tour, more than three decades after starting a career that put reggaeton on the world map with hits including "Gasolina," "Somos de Calle," "Con Calma" and "Despacito." His success has made him one of the biggest idols in Hispanic music and a winner of six Latin Grammy Awards. "This career, which has been a marathon, at last I see the finish line," the 45-year-old Puerto Rican star said in Spanish in a video posted on his website Sunday. "This genre, people tell me that I made it global, but it was you who gave me the key to open the doors to make this genre the biggest in the world." Yankee, whose real name is Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez, released his first album, "No Mercy," in 1995 and reached international stardom a few years later with the iconic "Barrio Fino." On Thursday he'll release "Legendaddy," which he defined as a collector's item that will include all the styles that have defined him: "'Legendaddy' is struggle, party, war, romance." In the summer he'll launch "La Ultima Vuelta" (the last lap, or the last round) a 41-date tour kicking off Aug. 10 in Portland, Ore., that will take him across the United States, Canada and Latin America, ending Dec. 2 in Mexico City. "I always worked not to fail you, not to look for any problems, with a lot of discipline, to be able to inspire children to be leaders, to dream of growth, to not think about limitations, and to work for their families and their people," said the singer. "In the neighborhoods where we grew up, most of us wanted to be drug dealers. Today, I go down to the barrios and small villages and most of them want to be singers. That means a lot to me."
Reggeaton star Daddy Yankee says that after three decades in the music industry, the album he's releasing this week will be his last, followed by a tour.
With his last album will come his last tour as Daddy Yankee will be going on his La Ultima Vuelta tour beginning on August 10 which will begin in the United States starting before making it's way through South America.
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Daddy Yankee has surprised his fans by announcing his retirement from music with an album and a tour, more than three decades after he started a career that put reggaeton on the world map and made him one of the biggest idols of the Latin genre.
Daddy Yankee, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, will release “Legendaddy” on Thursday night, which he defined as “a collector’s item” that will include all the styles that have defined him.
Daddy Yankee surprised his fans by announcing his imminent retirement from music with an album and a farewell tour, more than three decades after starting a career that put reggaeton on the world map with hits including “Gasolina”, “Somos de Ca