The singer Daddy Yankeee claimed his origins in music in the Latin music forum of the magazine ‘Billboard’, which in some way are, as he said, the germ of the explosion of reggaeton at a global level.
“We create reggaeton”, defended the Puerto Rican in Miami during his participation in the second day of this activity, where he recalled that in the beginning, and before the slamming doors of the record companies, he was forced to produce, distribute and promote his own albums .
“I became a businessman out of obligation,” said the reggaeton player.
Owner of the master’s degrees of the recordings, he pointed out that with fewer copies sales than other colleagues of his, he could nevertheless receive more money, and when “Barrio Fino (the 2004 album) explodes, I being my own boss, because the check came well. “
‘Barrio Fino’, his third studio album, was catapulted in large part by the iconic track ‘Gasolina’, a song that “changed music, not Latin music, but world music,” because “established a culture and fixed reggaeton globally”, manifested.
About ‘Despacito’, the global phenomenon that he recorded with his compatriot Luis Fonsi, pointed out thate is an example of his openness to record both with emerging figures and with those whose proposal is not necessarily related to urban music, as was the case of the then ballad singer Fonsi.
“It was friendship that led us to work together. I respect Fonsi a lot, he is a great musician,” he acknowledged.
Regarding the new values, he stressed that unlike when he started, today they have a variety of tools and platforms to be able to create and distribute music independently.
“The artist who is starting and is complaining, I leave and I do not attend to him”, said Yankee, who highlighted the discipline as an indispensable tool also in the artistic field.
The singer, owner of his own record company (El Cartel Records), said that when it comes time to work he does not have a defined formula. “It happens by nature,” he said.
With a new studio album in the works, beyond music revealed that they will explore executive production of documentaries, among other audiovisual projects.
At the end of the talk, the Puerto Rican was given a plaque of recognition for having exceeded more than one billion reproductions on musical platforms with his recent song ‘Problema’.
Latin Music Week, which concluded today with a panel on social justice and an “intimate” talk with the Brazilian Anitta, has served as a preamble to the Latin Billboard awards gala, to be held on Thursday in Miami.
This year, the urban music singer Bad Bunny starts as a favorite, with 22 nominations. Behind him are Maluma, J Balvin and Karol G, with 11, 9 and 8 candidates, respectively.
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