Daddy Yankee

How did Daddy Yankee become so famous?

Daddy Yankee is a popular signer. His loudest hit is “Gasolina”. He is considered as one of the most significant Reggaeton singers in the world. How did he reach his peak?

So, that’s Daddy Yankee’s story.

Many Daddy Yankee fans all over the world are impressed by his great athletic body. Actually, it is a body of an athlete as Daddy Yankee was a skilful baseball player and was going to become a professional. But he had an injury – his hip was shot with a stray bullet.

The future star passed through several operations and had a long period of recovery. They say, the bullet remained in his hip till now. Thus career of a baseball player had become impossible for Daddy Yankee. He turned to his other passion – singing.

At first the performer got initial recognition as the star of the local night club. Later he met White Lion Records manager and with his support recorded the first song “No Mercy”.

Gradually Daddy Yankee was becoming popular in his native Puerto Rico. The future star started from rap compositions at the very beginning of his career, but later turned to reggaeton and has become one of the best in this area.

Now Daddy Yankee has sold about 18 million of copies of his recordings. He is the owner of Latin Grammy Award and other important music awards.