Daddy Yankee is retiring from performing and might be dedicating his life to his spiritual religion, the reggaeton artist mentioned on stage over the last date of his farewell tour, “La Meta (The Aim).”
In a video of the Dec. 4 occasion, which was additionally live-streamed, Yankee mentioned in a speech that he was embarking on “a brand new starting” after discovering success in Jesus. Yankee additionally reposted this speech on his Instagram and reiterated his message within the caption.
“Tonight, I acknowledge, and I’m not ashamed to inform the entire world that Jesus lives in me and that I’ll dwell for him,” he advised the group in his homeland of Puerto Rico. “For a few years I’ve tried filling a gap in my life that nobody may fill. I attempted discovering a goal, on many events, it appeared as if I used to be pleased however one thing was lacking for me to really feel full.”
He continued, stating that despite the fact that he had traveled the world together with his music, he nonetheless felt empty. “I took be aware of one thing the Bible says,” Yankee continued in Spanish earlier than reciting: “‘What good will or not it’s for a person to achieve the entire world, but forfeit his soul?’”
The singer, born Ramón Ayala, has lengthy been promoting this tour — which began because the “La Última Vuelta World Tour” (“The Final Lap Tour”) final summer time — as his ultimate run of dates forward of retirement. The tour was wildly profitable and earned a complete gross of over $125 million, based on Billboard’s 12 months-Finish Boxscore charts.
After popularizing reggaeton in 2004 with timeless hits like “Gasolina” and “Lo Que Pasó, Pasó,” Yankee mentioned plans to make use of “the instruments that I’ve in my possession reminiscent of music, social networks, platforms, a microphone — every little thing that Jesus gave me — for his kingdom.”
See Yankee’s speech and submit under.
