Daddy Yankee is retiring from the music industry. The 45-year old Puerto Rican rapper, whose known as the King of Reggaeton, announced his retirement through an emotional video.

Don’t fret for the “Gasolina” singer is set to release his farewell album entitled “Legendaddy,” and will be doing his last tour. “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. 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,” the singer expressed in Spanish in the video shared on his social media on Sunday. “I must confess that it is the biggest gift that I could have gotten in my career.”

The Puerto Rican expressed further his hard work and discipline to never stop inspiring all the young kids to be leaders, to dream, to know there are no limits. He even shared that in the barrios where he grew up, many kids wanted to get into drug trafficking. But now, the majority of them want to be singers. “That, for me, means so much.”

“Today, I’m announcing my retirement from music by giving you my best production and concert tour. I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 years of experience with this new collector’s item, my album ‘Legendaddy.’ I’m going to give you all the styles that have defined me in one single album,” he shared. “Legendaddy — it’s fight, it’s party, it’s war, it’s romance.”

Fellow artists such as J Balvin, Natti Natasha, Rauw Alejandro, Justin Quiles, Becky G and many more left supportive and caring messages on Yankee’s post, thanking him for all of his contributions to the genre. “Legendaddy” will be his first album in 10 years since “Presrige.” “La Ultima Vuelta World Tour” will start off on August 10 in Portland, Oregon, and wraps in Mexico in Dec. 2

Yankee released his first album “No Mercy,” in 1995, which earned him one of the leaders of Reggaeton. He made history with “Barrio Fino,” the top-selling Latin album of the decade. His song “Gasolina” from that album is recognized with introducing reggaeton worldwide, according to the press releases.

Reggaeton genre laid low over the years, he once again made the genre alive back in 2019, with Luis Fonsi on “Despacito.”  We all know the Justin Bieber remix that made a second Latin music became a global hit.

“Legendaddy” is set to release on March 25. Reggaeton fans it’s only a few days away!

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