Reggaeton famous person Daddy Yankee has introduced the tip of his music profession with the intention to dedicate his life to his Christian religion.
In a speech on the finish of his last live performance on Sunday, the singer, whose actual title is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, informed the gang that he had come to the realisation that “living a successful life is not the same as living a purposeful life”.
“For a long time I’ve tried filling a hole in my life that no one could fill. I tried to fill it and find a purpose in my life… On many occasions it seemed as if I was happy but something was missing for me to feel complete,” he mentioned on stage in hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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“I have to tell you that those days are over, somebody has been able to fill the hole that I was feeling for so long,” the 46-year-old singer continued.
“I am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Jesus lives in me and that I will live for him,” he mentioned, including that “all of the tools that I have in my possession such as music, social networks, platforms, a microphone – everything that Jesus gave me – are now for the kingdom.”
Daddy Yankee first introduced that he would retire in March 2022, after a profession spanning greater than 30 years.
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“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 mentioned in a video assertion posted to YouTube on the time.
“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.”
But earlier than he hung up his microphone for good, he launched a last album, Legendaddy on March 24, and launched into one final tour.
In the course of his profession, Daddy Yankee offered greater than 30 million data.
Gasolina one in every of his best-known songs, got here out in 2004 and is usually credited for introducing reggaeton to a world viewers.
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In 2017, Yankee collaborated with fellow Puerto Rican Luis Fonsi in Despacito a record-breaking single that anchored itself on the high of Billboard’s Hot 100 for 16 weeks.
It can be YouTube’s second most-streamed video of all time.
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