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Daddy Yankee

Born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez

1977–present

Reggaeton

About Daddy Yankee

Daddy Yankee is the artist who took reggaetón global, the San Juan MC widely credited with popularizing the very word reggaetón. His 2004 smash Gasolina became the genre's international breakthrough, and Barrio Fino was the best-selling reggaetón album of its decade. Decades later Despacito made him part of one of the most-viewed songs in history, cementing his status as the King of the genre.