Daddy Yankee Net Worth: Know his songs, albums,earnings, age, family, wife

Daddy Yankee Net Worth: Know his songs, albums,earnings, age, family, wife

Facts of Daddy Yankee Net Worth: Know his songs, albums,earnings, age, family, wife

Net worth$30 million
Date of Birth:1977 February 3
First NameRamon Luis
Last NameAyala Rodriguez
NationalityPuerto Rican
AkaDaddy Yankee
Age:47 years old
Birth Nation: United States

One of the popular rappers in the history, Daddy Yankee goes by his stage name. He is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, rapper, actor, and also a record producer who has the estimated net worth of around $30 million.

Daddy Yankee

What are the earnings of Daddy Yankee? Know about his net worth:

Around three decades in the music industry has helped this experienced rapper to build the net worth of $30 million. His main source of income is music.

Daddy Yankee's house

Daddy Yankee's house in Carolina, Puerto Rico.

Down here we'll be looking at the earnings of Daddy Yankee from his albums:

Barrio Fino(2004)= $1.1 million

Barrio Fino en Directo(2005)= $500,000

Contract with Interscope Records(2006)= $20 million

El Cartel: The Big Boss(2007)= $1.03 million

Talento de Barrio(2008)= $2 million

Mundial(2010)= $20,000

Prestige(2012)= $500,000

Not only money but also Daddy Yankee has earned 82 awards from 270 nominations. He has received 14 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 8 Lo Nuestro Awards, 6 ASCAP Awards, 5 Latin Grammy Awards, 2 Billboard Music Awards, 2 Latin America Music Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award.

How did Daddy Yankee start his music career? Let's know:

After the shooting incident, Daddy Yankee thought of pursuing his career in music. He first appeared in a mixtape of DJ Playero's Playero 34 in 1991. He started appearing in DJ Playero's underground mixtapes.

Daddy Yankee

Then, in 1995, Daddy Yankee came up with his first official studio project with the album, No Mercy. He then went to collaborate with the rapper Nas in 1997 in the song, The Profecy.

Ayala released nine music videos at his carer beginnings. And in 2000, he formed an unofficial duo with Nicky Jam called Los Cangris. El Cangri.com went to become his second studio album released in 2002.

Barrio Fino

A year later, he released his compilation album titled, Los Homerun-es. The same year, he collaborated with the producer, Luny Tunes and released his third album, Barrio Fino in 2004 with the hit single, Gasolina.

Know about Daddy Yankee's Career Highlights:

His other studio albums include El Cartel: The Big Boss(2007), Mundial(2010), Prestige(2012), and El Disco Duro the next album to be released. His other album includes Talento de Barrio(2008) and King Daddy(2013).

Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi

Daddy Yankee's singles like No Me Dejes Solo, Rompe, Gangsta Zone, Impacto, La Despedida, Ven Conmigo are the hit ones. His collaboration with artists like Fergie, Prince Royce, Natti Natasha, Bad Bunny, Snoop Dogg are the major ones.

He has also worked as a featured artist on songs like Luis Fonsi's Despacito, Janet Jackson's Made for Now, Ricky Martin's Drop It on Me, Tito El Bambino's Mia, Nova & Jory's Aprovecha, Inna's More Than Friends, and many others.

Ayala at acting

Not only music but Daddy Yankee is also an actor and a producer. His acting debut came in 2004 with the film, Vampiros. He starred as the main character in the film, Talento de Barrio in 2008. He was also the executive producer of the film.

Talking about his acting capabilities, Ayala had a recurring role in the 2010 series, The Bold and the Beautiful. He also appeared in an episode of the show, Hell's Kitchen in 2015.

When and where was Daddy Yankee was born? Let's know:

DY was born with an original name of Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez on February 3, 1977, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He grew up in the neighborhood of Villa Kennedy Housing Projects.

Ayala Rodriguez

Before music, Ayala wanted to be a professional baseball player. He also went on to a trail for the Seattle Mariners of MLB but before he could officially sign, he was shot by an Ak-47 rifle.

Is Daddy Yankee married? 

This multi-talented artist is a married man.

DY with his wife

He is married to Mireddys Gonzalez in 1994. They have three children together.

Is Daddy Yankee active on social media? Let's check his accounts:

DY loves using social media as he has tweeted 20.2K times on Twitter and he has got around 11.7M followers over there.

Daddy Yankee

Likewise, on Instagram, he has posted 4,138 times till the date and around 22.9M people have followed him over there.

He also owns his YouTube Channel with an unknown number of subscribers and more than 620 million video views.


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