Daddy Yankee announces his retirement: "It has been a marathon and I finally see the goal"

Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee (45 years old), self-proclaimed as 'The Boss' of reggaeton, has announced his retirement from music with the release next Friday of his latest album,

, and his concert tour,

which moment does not go through Spain.

“This race, which has been a marathon, I finally see the finish line.

Now I am going to enjoy with all of you what you have given me, what you have given me, ”explains the singer in a video that he has shared on his social networks.

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"In this genre, people say that I made it global, but it was you who opened the key to open the doors to make this genre the largest in the world," the artist continues in his message.

He also acknowledges that his fans have been "the greatest treasure" of his career, which spans 32 years.

"I always worked not to fail them, not to ask for problems, with a lot of discipline, to be able to inspire all the kids [young] to be leaders, to dream of growing, not to think about limitations and to work for their family and theirs. ”, he reflects.

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Daddy Yankee has also been satisfied with his legacy for the youth of Puerto Rico.

“In the neighborhoods where we grew up, most of us wanted to be drug traffickers.

Today, I go down to the neighborhoods and the hamlets and most of them want to be singers.

That is worth a lot to me,” he explains.

However, in the video he assures that he announces his retirement from music by delivering his "best production" and his "best concert tour".

The artist's musical career began with the album

, by music producer DJ Playero, and where the word reggaeton was heard for the first time.

Later, with his vision of taking the genre to another level, he continued to participate in other productions and also joined a duet with Nicky Jam, releasing his album,

.

However, the duo broke up and Yankee released

in 2004 , which included the song

, which catapulted him to worldwide fame.

Daddy Yankee continued to release several albums, including

,

and

, one of the most listened to songs in recent years,

together with singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi .