Daddy Yankee is formally retiring from reggaeton to commit his life to his spiritual religion, the rapper mentioned after ending his farewell tour, La Meta (The Objective), Sunday evening in his homeland Puerto Rico.

The 46-year-old singer made the announcement in a prolonged speech following a larger-than-life efficiency of his international hit “Gasolina,” a tune that marked the start of the globalization of reggaeton and catapulted him into mainstream success again in 2004.

“My folks, at the present time for me is an important day of my life. And I need to share it with you as a result of residing a lifetime of success just isn’t the identical as residing a life with function,” the artist, who additionally popularized the 2017 megahit “Despacito” with Luis Fonsi, mentioned in Spanish.

Regardless of sporting trendy sun shades onstage, the tears streaming down his face had been seen to the 1000’s of followers around the globe who watched him carefully through livestream.

In his message, Daddy Yankee cited this Bible verse in Spanish: “What good will it’s for a person to achieve the entire world, but forfeit his soul?”

“That’s the reason tonight, I acknowledge, and I’m not ashamed to inform the entire world that Jesus lives in me and that I’ll stay for him,” the singer mentioned along with his hand to the sky, including that he would embark on “a brand new starting” as Ramón Ayala, his delivery identify.

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