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Yankee’s achievements have earned him a permanent place in the history of music– with 2004’s Barrio Fino, he single-handedly ushered a once-underground genre into the mainstream, becoming the first reggaetón artist to achieve platinum status and to stage an international arena tour. Time magazine proclaimed Daddy Yankee as the “Reigning Champ of Reggaetón” and featured the artist as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in its May 8, 2006 issue, as well as the cover.
King Daddy’s success is well-deserved, the fruits of over a decade’s worth of work. Born and raised in the Las Lomas and Villa Kennedy barrios of Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, respectively, he first stirred up local buzz as a prominently featured artist in DJ Playero's 1993 release, Playero 37.
In 2002, El Cangri.com emerged as the best-selling album in Puerto Rico, only to be topped in sales by 2003’s Los Home-runes. Later that year, after performing for more than 12,000 fans in Puerto Rico’s Roberto Clemente Coliseum, it seemed like Yankee’s star couldn’t rise any higher.
But then, in 2004, the dynamo ignited a musical revolution with his album Barrio Fino. Along with the anthem
Gasolina, hits like Lo Que Paso, Paso,” King Daddy and Oye Mi Canto (Featuring Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gem Star, & Big Mato) placed Yankee at the helm of the booming reggaetón movement infiltrating the U.S. By that year’s end, music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs tapped Yankee to become the face of Sean John’s Spring/Summer 2005 collection in a massive ad campaign. An endorsement deal with PepsiCo International, replete with a cinematic-style Spanish-language commercial, followed in July of 2005.
Perpetually expanding his empire, he set his sights on the fashion world with the unveiling of his DY line, under the Reebok brand. Incorporating footwear, apparel, and accessories, the line hit stores in May, 2006 and saw Yankee join Nelly, Mike Jones, and Lupe Fiasco who together constituted the newest additions to Reebok’s “I Am What I Am” ad push, which, in the past, included such luminaries as 50 Cent, Allen Iverson, Jay-Z, and Pharrell Williams.
King Daddy’s success is well-deserved, the fruits of over a decade’s worth of work. Born and raised in the Las Lomas and Villa Kennedy barrios of Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, respectively, he first stirred up local buzz as a prominently featured artist in DJ Playero's 1993 release, Playero 37.
In 2002, El Cangri.com emerged as the best-selling album in Puerto Rico, only to be topped in sales by 2003’s Los Home-runes. Later that year, after performing for more than 12,000 fans in Puerto Rico’s Roberto Clemente Coliseum, it seemed like Yankee’s star couldn’t rise any higher.
But then, in 2004, the dynamo ignited a musical revolution with his album Barrio Fino. Along with the anthem
Gasolina, hits like 
Lo Que Paso, Paso,” King Daddy and Oye Mi Canto (Featuring Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gem Star, & Big Mato) placed Yankee at the helm of the booming reggaetón movement infiltrating the U.S. By that year’s end, music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs tapped Yankee to become the face of Sean John’s Spring/Summer 2005 collection in a massive ad campaign. An endorsement deal with PepsiCo International, replete with a cinematic-style Spanish-language commercial, followed in July of 2005. Perpetually expanding his empire, he set his sights on the fashion world with the unveiling of his DY line, under the Reebok brand. Incorporating footwear, apparel, and accessories, the line hit stores in May, 2006 and saw Yankee join Nelly, Mike Jones, and Lupe Fiasco who together constituted the newest additions to Reebok’s “I Am What I Am” ad push, which, in the past, included such luminaries as 50 Cent, Allen Iverson, Jay-Z, and Pharrell Williams.
