When the pandemic hit in 2020, the world â and @daddyyankee â slowed down. He had been going for almost 30 years straight by then, and he had become intimately familiar with the grind of the industry. Though heâd always spent a lot of time in Puerto Rico, he wanted to spend even more time with his family. He felt that he was in a place where he could walk away and be proud of the work heâd done.
"I was like, 'Itâs my turn to live instead of working, working, and working,'" he says. "When I got into that reflective state, I said, 'I need to live, too. I need an opportunity to actually enjoy everything Iâve achieved. Iâm healthy, Iâm good, Iâm young.'"
Hit the link in bio to read our digital cover story in which he talks about the new wave of reggaeton, staying independent, a final world tour, and more.
Photographer @_carlosjaramillo_
Writer & Senior Editor @julyssa_raquel
When the pandemic hit in 2020, the world â and @daddyyankee â slowed down. He had been going for almost 30 years straight by then, and he had become intimately familiar with the grind of the industry. Though heâd always spent a lot of time in Puerto Rico, he wanted to spend even more time with his family. He felt that he was in a place where he could walk away and be proud of the work heâd done.
"I was like, 'Itâs my turn to live instead of working, working, and working,'" he says. "When I got into that reflective state, I said, 'I need to live, too. I need an opportunity to actually enjoy everything Iâve achieved. Iâm healthy, Iâm good, Iâm young.'"
Hit the link in bio to read our digital cover story in which he talks about the new wave of reggaeton, staying independent, a final world tour, and more.
Photographer @_carlosjaramillo_
Writer & Senior Editor @julyssa_raquel