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Daddy Yankee biography

Daddy Yankee (born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez on February 3, 1976 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican reggaeton singer, songwriter, and record producer who is one of the most successful Latin artists in the world, with a record-breaking 20 million albums and singles to his credit. Daddy Yankee is the artist who coined the word reggaeton in 1994 to describe the new music genre that was emerging from Puerto Rico that synthesized hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music, and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. Daddy Yankee's album Barrio Fino made history when it became the top-selling Latin music (genre) album of the decade between 2000 and 2009. In 2004, Daddy Yankee released his international hit single "Gasolina", which is credited with introducing reggaeton to audiences worldwide, and making the music genre a global phenomenon. In 2017, Daddy Yankee, in collaboration with Latin