Daddy Yankee is a popular Latin American songwriter. He is actually the founder of a new genre; in the 2000s, he became a legend for the inhabitants of his country, as well as the inhabitants of Europe and the USA.
Carier start
The musician hails from the capital of Puerto Rico, he was brought up in a family of creative people, his father was also a musician. But in childhood, the boy’s dreams concerned sports exclusively. However, having injured his leg at a young age, he forever lost the opportunity to execute them. The teenager, now wearing the world-famous pseudonym Daddy Yankee, did not despair. He decided to try himself in another field, or rather in music.
At first, Ramon Louis tried himself as a Dj, with time a clear, bold recitative was imposed on the created beats and melodies. Little by little, the young man poured into this path, tried himself in hip-hop. By 2002 (he was 25 years old) he debuted with his first album, which immediately gained wide popularity in the artist’s homeland. Less than a year later, the singer managed to release a second album, thanks to which the whole world knew about him. Fans themselves gave their idol a name that repeats the name of one of the songs (King Daddy). Since then, popularity has grown, now under the stage name of Daddy Yankee. At first, he was offered to appear in advertisements for famous brands and world famous companies like Pepsi. All this time, the performer pleased his fans with new tracks.
Personal life
At the age of 17, the future musician married, now they are raising three children with his wife. The appearance of the musician is rather unusual, although Ramon is not the owner of an ideal body, but he is more than attractive. That is why he is often invited to appear for brand advertising campaigns. Yes, and he himself is part of the Reebok team, releasing his own clothing line together with their label.
The musician's shoulders and forearms are decorated with tattoos. A snow-white smile, dark-skinned skin and a unique rhythm of dance. As for the choice of clothes, before his images could be compared with a little gangster ones - chains, dark shades in clothes, sunglasses, an abundance of jewelry. Today, he strives for greater conciseness, elegance and conformity with modern fashion. On it you can see sets of bright hoodies, black velvet jackets and light t-shirts.
Characteristic motives
Especially vivid, memorable are the clips of Daddy Yankees. Hot Latina in sexy outfits, expensive sports cars and retro cars, daring movements, colorful colors - all this can not leave anyone indifferent.
Daddy Yankee is by far the most famous reggaeton performer. Reggeton is a dance and a corresponding direction in music, which appeared in Puerto Rico back in the early 1970s. Over time, the movements were deformed in a new way, so today this type of dance is on a par with such familiar areas as salsa, hip-hop, break-dance or waltz. In reggaeton, the true Latin American traditions are best displayed, fiery passion and fast movements of the hips - this is something that can be felt only in Latin America. Deaddy Yankee songs have an incredible rhythm, catchy melody, they cause a desire to dance.
Achievements
Daddy Yankee is a laureate of the Lo Nuestro Award ("Luo Nuestro"), awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of Latin American music. He has also been nominated repeatedly for other awards and grants, including a Grammy and MTV Awards. At the moment, Daddy Yankee is involved in the development of the music industry not only as a singer and composer, but also as a producer. He has his own recording studio.
A musician during his career recorded several tracks together with other artists, for example Fergie, Ozuna, DonOmar. On his account, there are 16 music albums, 9 of which are studio ones. Just recently, a Made for Now video was released, shot together with Janet Jackson. Over 6 authors worked on the song. Mr. Samuels once said in an interview that Ramon Louis is Latin American, and with such a huge army of fans in Latin America, he himself is a legend.
Last spring, the duo of Luis Foncy and Daddy Yankee released the song Despacito, which immediately soared to the top of the charts in many countries. The official video, a little later published on YouTube (the world’s site of video hosting), quickly gained more than 5 billion views, which was a new record.