Daddy Yankee reveals the real reason why he is retiring from reggaeton

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Daddy Yankee joins the list of celebrities who are stepping away from their successful careers in entertainment to devote their life to Christianism.

The 46-year-old Puerto Rican global sensation Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez announced his retirement from reggaeton music in 2022 but never clarified the reasons until now.During Yankee’s last day of his farewell tour, La Meta (The Goal), in his homeland, the “Gasolina” and “Despacito” interpreter gave a lengthy speech revealing why he was leaving behind the genre that catapulted him into mainstream levels.Despite Daddy Yankee being known for coining the term “reggaeton,” also known as reggaetón and reguetón, and being the Spanish-speaking artist who opened the doors for the following generations, the star told the over 18,000 people at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico that Jesus Christ had filled his gaps. “I have to confess that those days are over.

Someone was able to fill that emptiness,” he said.Magic in the air: 7 celebrities that have shared their experience with the occultBrad Pitt’s Scientology initiation leakedIn his message, Daddy Yankee referenced a Bible verse in Spanish: “What good will it be for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”“That is why tonight, I recognize, and I am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Jesus lives in me and that I will live for him,” he assured with his hand to the sky.Daddy Yankee also broke the news that he would embrace “a new beginning” by using his birth name, Ramón Ayala. “All the tools that I have in my possession such as music, social networks, platforms, a microphone — everything that Jesus gave me — is now for his kingdom,” he said.