On Sunday, Daddy Yankee, one of reggaeton’s biggest names, announced retiring after 32 years.
“This race, which has been a marathon, finally sees the finish line. Now, I am going to enjoy what all of you have given me,” the singer said in a video statement posted to YouTube. “People say that I made this genre worldwide, but it was you who gave me the key to open the doors to make it the biggest in the world.”
Daddy Yankee will bid farewell to his fans with one last tour and album, “Legendaddy,” out on March 24.
“I’ll give you all the styles that have defined me on one album. ‘Legendaddy’ — it’s fight, it’s party, it’s war, it’s romance,” the singer explained.
The Legacy of Daddy Yankee
“Gasolina,” one of the singer’s best-known songs, came out in 2004 and is often credited for introducing reggaeton to an international audience.
In his extensive career, Yankee sold more than 30,000,000 records.
In 2017, Daddy Yankee collaborated with fellow Puerto Rican Luis Fonsi in “Despacito,” a record-breaking single that anchored itself for 16 weeks. It was at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100, and it is also YouTube’s second most-streamed video of all time.
Daddy Yankee’s La Ăšltima Vuelta World Tour will kick off on August 10 in Portland, Oregon, and run through December, finishing with a date in Mexico City.