Reggaeton and Latin music star Daddy Yankee isn’t waiting around until he is old and gray to announce his retirement. After 30 years of making music the award winning artist says, “I see the finish line,” and has planned one last whirlwind tour of the world and a new album, “Legendaddy”, set for a March 24 release.
The 45 year old native Puerto Rican spoke via a video on his website saying, “this which has been a marathon, at last I see the finish line. his genre, people tell me that I made it global, but it was you who gave me the key to open the doors to make this genre the biggest in the world.”
He added, “I always worked not to fail you, not to look for any problems, with a lot of discipline, to be able to inspire children to be leaders, to dream of growth, to not think about limitations, and to work for their families and their people.”
The six time Latin Grammy Award winner has amassed 10 platinum albums, 20 multi-platinum albums, and a whopping nine Diamond Awards for selling at least 10 million copies of a single recording. The awards range from 10 million to 55 million in sales. Those awards were presented by the RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America – and reflect sales within the United States only!
Daddy Yankee released his first album, “No Mercy”, in 1995.
His final tour – “La Última Vuelta” – is set to begin in August with tickets going on sale March 30.
“La Última Vuelta” tour dates:
Aug 10 in Portland, OR
Aug 12 in San Jose, CA
Aug 13 in Las Angeles, CA
Aug 14 & 21 in Rosarito, Mexico
Aug 18 in Sacramento, CA
Aug 19 on Ontario, CA
Aug 20 in Las Vegas, NV
Aug 23 in Atlanta, GA
Aug 26 in Orlando, FL
Aug 27 in Miami, FL
Aug 28 in Fort Meyers, FL
Sept 1 in Boston, MA
Sept 2 in Incasville, CT
Sept 4 in Chicago, Il
Sept 7 in Washington, DC
Sept 10 in Montreal, QC
Sept 11 in Toronto, ON
Sept 15 in Houston, TX
Sept 16 in Hidalgo, TX
Sept 18 in Dallas, TX
Sept 20 in New York City, NY
Sept 29 Santiago, Chile
Oct 1 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oct 4 in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Oct 5 in Quito, Ecuador
Oct 7 in Cali, Columbia
Oct 8 in Bogota, Columbia
Oct 14 in Barranquilla, Columbia
Oct 14in Medellin, Columbia
Oct 18 in Lima, Peru
Oct 22 in San Jose, Costa Rica
Nov 3 in Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nov 5 in San Salvador, El Salvador
Nov 8 in San Pedro Sua, Honduras
Nov 9 in Teguciagalpa, Honduras
Nov 12 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Nov 19 in Panama City, Panama
Nov 24 in Monterrey, Mexico
Nov 26 in Guadalajara, Mexico
Dec 2 in Mexico City, Mexico