Daddy Yankee

Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1977), is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and record producer. Alaya was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and was raised in the neighborhood of Villa Kennedy Housing Projects. Daddy Yankee is the artist who coined the word Reggaeton in 1994 to describe the new music genre that was emerging from Puerto Rico; he is known as the "King of Reggaeton" by music critics and fans alikes.