The curtain has officially fallen on Daddy Yankee’s music career. The singer is retiring from music to pursue a spiritual path. He announced this decision a year ago, but now, after finishing his last world tour, he bid farewell to his fans definitively. “This day is the most important of my life… Tonight, I acknowledge, and I’m not ashamed to say it to the whole world, that Jesus lives in me and I will live for Him. This is the end of one chapter and the beginning of a completely new one. All the tools I have, the music, social media, a microphone, are now for the kingdom… Don’t follow a man, I am just a person. To all those who have followed me, follow Jesus Christ,” said the emotional 46-year-old before dropping the microphone to the ground as a sign of conclusion.
“Some say, ‘When one door closes, another one opens,’ because despite the difficulty of leaving behind a wonderful audience that surrounded me with love for so many years, the rapper seems convinced of the decision he has made,” said some. “This career has been a marathon. Finally, I see the final goal. Now, I will enjoy with all of you what you have given me. People say I made this genre global, but it’s you who gave me the keys to open doors and make this genre the biggest in the world.” In the barrios, where we grew up, most of us wanted to become drug dealers. Today, I go to the barrios and they want to become artists, and that means a lot to me. I will always work to not fail, to inspire all the kids.””
Despite fame and worldwide success, Yankee felt a void in his life: “For a long time, I tried to fill a void in my life that no one could fill. I was trying to complete and find meaning in my life. Sometimes, I seemed very happy, but something was missing to complete me. And I must confess that those days are over,” he added. The announcement of his retirement from the big stages saddened millions of fans who deep down hoped that this day would never come for one of the pillars of the reggaeton genre.
