By Octavio Mercas


In 2006 the studio album King of Kings produced by Don Omar beat out Daddy Yankee and his own album Barrio Fino En Directo which came out at number 74 whereas the King of Kings music album first showed as the top debut Latin American album at number 7. Reggaeton was slow to be acknowledged by the non-Hispanic people of the United States and European countries until 2004 when Reggaeton became a cross-over year for this type of music. El Cangri from Yankee's record became well-known in these other areas and began to be played in the totally different places by non-Hispanic listeners.

Controversial Reggaeton

Having said that there was a lot of controversy about Reggaeton as it used explicit language. It was actually entitled Underground because it had to be underground being produced in local garages and dispersed on the sly. Its scope was the inner city living of the poorer youth of Puerto Rico which still rules as one of the themes of Reggaeton today. However in 1995 the Puerto Rican federal government launched raids against music establishments to remove this music. Finally in 2003 one of the politicians running for office used Reggaeton as a theme for his campaign to get the younger voters. Daddy Yankee became yet still is among the successful Reggaeton performers along with his El Cartel Records.

World Wide Popularity

In spite of the endeavors of the Puerto Rican authorities to stop Reggaeton Daddy Yankee continues to lead this market together with his albums and songs. In 2004 the record Nina Sky single hit Oye Mi Canto released by a New York rap artist named N.O.R.E. featured highly regarded Reggaeton artists Yankee and Tego Calderon. Yankee lastly achieved it to American and Europe with his solo Gasolina, in 2004

Background

Daddy Yankee came into this world in 1977. He is also called El Jefe and El Cangri. He came into this world in San Juan, Puerto Rico and named Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez. He's a Latin Grammy Award winning Reggaeton singer. As he was maturing he was engaged and involved with the underground Reggaeton music wave occurring in his native place Puerto Rico. He soon began to copy the styles of more traditional rap like DJ Goldy and DJ Playero. His first appearance was together with DJ Playero in a 1992 production Playero 37 however went on to make his own rhythm and design and became one of the first artists to be a performed of Reggaeton.

Albums And Songs

His first solo album introduced was No Mercy after which he formed a duo with Nicky Jam. He then went solo again with the launch of records El Cartell and El Cartell II then he became to be called one of the Reggaeton forerunners and was often referred to as Papi Vaguero. In 2002 his record El Cangri.com became internationally famous and was considered to be his first commercial accomplishment in the world beyond Hispanic music listeners. He has also a small commercial advertising job including engaging in advertising for Reebok and Pepsi.




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