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Daddy Yankee the free Daddy the free to 3 1977 19770203 Juan Puerto Latin Rap Hip — Cartel Raymond Ayala born February 3 1977 known as Daddy Yankee is a Latin Grammy Puerto Rican artist Ayala was born in Río Piedras the largest district of San Juan where he became in music at a young age In his youth he was in baseball and aspired to become a Major League Baseball player He was unable to continue this sport when he received an injury to one of his legs leaving him unable to walk He then became involved in the rap movement that was in its early stages in Puerto Rico later to be called After lessons from several artists within the genre he an career first in a titled Playero 37 After this he began to produce albums His first solo album was No Mercy He formed a duo with Nicky Jam and then his solo career with the releases of El Cartel and El Cartel II This led him be one of many pioneers of the genre In 2002 El became Ayalas first album with success coverage in the markets of New York and Miami Barrio Fino was released in 2004 and the album received numerous awards a Premio Lo Nuestro and a Latin as well as for the Latin Grammy and MTV Video Music Awards Barrio Fino well in the sales charts of the United States Latin America Europe and Japan On June 5 2007 El Cartel Records released El Cartel The Big Boss which was ranked as the album in Latin music genres in 2007 He promoted the album with an tour which began in the United States and through Latin America breaking records in Ecuador and Bolivia His have appeared on more than 70 albums such as Mas Flow 2 and Blin Blin Vol Musical Early Film and other career Personal life 4 See also 6 External Musical Early was born in San Juan Puerto Rico and was by several in his family his father and some of his mothers During his he singing and focused on lyrical Although Ayala first aspired to join the ranks of Major Leagues he this goal after being involved in an age he was caught in the of a barrio gun battle and received two bullet wounds One bullet grazed his arm and the other from an AK47 hit him in the leg and left him with a limp2 this incident he became in the rap movement which at the time was in an early stage3 He also took more interest in the events that took place in the in which he was raised a public housing project named Villa Kennedy1 Early in his career he to imitate the style of Vico C He went on to emulate other artists in the genre DJ Playero DJ Nelson and DJ Goldy taking elements from their styles in order to develop an original style3 In doing so he the model of rap and become one of the first artists to perform Ayala first recorded with DJ Playero as a featured artist in a titled Playero 37 which was released in first album titled No Mercy was produced in 1995 when Ayala was eighteen years old1 The did not sell well and he his work within the genre for the rest of the decade forming a duo with Nicky Jam One of the duos songs was included in the of One Tough Cop a movie directed by Bruno Barreto that was released in 1998 in 2000 Ayala began more on his solo career albums produced outside studios The first he released was titled El Cartel elements of the mixtape style1 In 2001 El Cartel II was released a direct sequel to the previous and by similar 2002 El was released and became the first album in Ayalas career to sell well outside Puerto Rico mostly in the United States1 The album was produced by VI Music an studio in Puerto Rico and was not by a major label1 The most single from the album was Latigazo which received play on radio stations in New York and Miami1 The album reached the 43 on Top Latin Albums chart1 the release of this disc Ayala at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum before 12000 fans4 The year VI Music produced Los The album became the leader in sales in Puerto Rico during a year in which several other artists released Luny Tunes Mas Flow Don Omars The Last Don and Tego El The albums success helped Ayala receive the required for a to the United States market and marked the last album he released with VI music before signing a contract with next album Barrio Fino was produced by Luny Tunes and released in July 2004 by El Cartel Records and VI Music It was the most highly album in the Ayala had enjoyed salsa music since he was young and this led him to include music of genres besides in the album5 The most of these singles was Melao in which he with Andy The album was as his most complete and with it he intended to of and other genres to the market5 Barrio Fino was followed up by an tour with in numerous the Republic Ecuador Mexico Panama Honduras Spain Colombia and the United States5 The album has sold over 500000 copies in the United States alone and has sold well Latin America and 2005 Ayala was one of the most artists within the music industry a year where he won several awards7 The first award of the year was a Premio Lo Nuestro within the Latin music category which he received for Barrio Fino7 In this event he Gasolina in a that was as Barrio Fino also won the Album of the Year award in the Latin that took place on April 28 20057 where he a mix of three of his songs in a duo with P Diddy The album was promoted Latin America the United States and Europe reaching gold in Japan Due to the albums success Ayala received with radio stations and soda Pepsi8 His single Gasolina received the majority of votes cast for the second edition of Premios Juventud in which it received eight and won seven awards7 Ayala also made a live during the award ceremony Gasolina received in the Latin Grammy and MTV Video Music single Gasolina was covered by artists from music genres This led to a when Los Lagos a Mexican banda group did a cover with the original beat but changed the songs lyrics9 Ayalas lawyer Edwin Prado said that the artist feels that to have his songs covered is an honor but it must be done the right way9 Prior to the banda version of the song the groups label the to perform the single and it to a music style but did not receive the to change the lyrics and legal actions April 30 2006 Ayala was named one of the 100 most people by Time The cited Ayalas economic success and ability to his product as reasons for his in the music During this period Ayala and William Omar Landrón more commonly known by his artistic name Don Omar were involved in a rivalry within the genre dubbed tiraera The rivalry received press coverage despite being denied early on by both artists It with a lyrical conflict between the artists begun by Ayalas comments in