Daddy Yankee, Bio
Winchesta Yankee: was born Raymond Ayala
Daddy Yankee begins his musical career at the age of 13 , and at present this artist of Rap and Reggae
is one of the more versatile around, known by his great dexterity being able to dominate both
styles in Puerto Rico, USA.
He began with D. J. Beach, who is one of the most recognized artist of the era. Daddy Yankee recorded in the city of New York together
with world-famous American rapper NAS. Daddy Yankee appears in the last disk of the famous D J. Tony Touch “The Sin Maker”.
This great artist (Daddy Yankee) has also excelled in other kinds of music genres
like Salsa & Merenge. Recording with the Group Mania for the production “The Dynasty”. This
talented artist shared stage with one of the most important artists
in Latin-America called, "the woman of fire" Olga Tañon.
A year he returns to share stage with the Salsa singer Domingo Quiñones. Daddy Yankee appears in the last video of Big Pun, “100% Percent” since this rapper has a great relation with the
group Terror Squad, and himself & Jimmy Bronx Coffee.
Daddy Yankee known as the King of the Improvisation and winner of said title for 5 consecutive years
at the Street Jam Reggae Awards. Also he has won numerous awards for best
vocalist , lyricist , and has been praised by his peers . He is also known
as the "30-30" because of his lyric based on the routine life of the streets of Puerto Rico. For the month of March of the present year carried out an artistic tour that had a duration of 3 weeks by the cities of Philadelphia, Spreengfield, Massachussetts and Boston, said tour was called
the 1st Regaeton Tour.
Daddy Yankee appears in the soundtrack of the movie One Tough Cop with the theme “Posicion”. Daddy Yankee has
recorded in more than 50 record productions inside and out of Puerto Rico. Is for this and by
his great talent that (Yanquee is the author of all types of music) that is why inside and out of Puerto
Rico he has become very popular.
Another facet that carries out Daddy Yankee is his superior skills as
a producer. He has produced successful disks for:
The Placard of Yankee: a Gold and Platinum production that sold more than 100,000 record copies.
Shouts of War: a production that gained Gold and sold more than 50,000 record copies.
The Placard Of Yankee II: is the most recent production to date. Released in the month of March of last year and sold more than 100,000
copies.
Doing Escante: Production that counts on the participation of Nicky Jam another great artist of the kind of the Rap and Regae.
The Super Friends: Production that counts on the participation of Nicky Jam another great artist of the kind of the Rap and
Reggae effort.
The Homrunes of Yankee: Collection of the artistic directions of Daddy Yankee. Daddy Yankee is one of the largest promises
that Puerto Rico has as a Rap, Reggae artist, as well as other musical
styles.
Born February 3rd 1976 as Raymond Ayala was born February three, the 76 in Las
Lomas, Río Piedras Puerto Rico, he is married and the father of two girls and a boy.
He is the founder of the saga of Guatauba Productions , and has since the "Placard of Yankee"
reach gold status become a top producer and his subsequent splits has been pure
success. Is friends with Nicky Jam, and many in the Masion Crew.
He has helped such singers as Rubio & Joel , for which he produced
the disk titled "Gritos de Guerra (Shouts of War)" moments Falo and Yankeethey are
some of his great buddies and also many within the masion crew,
See him Live Friday 8/29/03 in Orlando, Florida