ARTIST

Daddy Yankee

from 1995San Juan
THE STORY

Ramón Ayala. From San Juan’s marquesina tapes to “Gasolina” in 2004 — he carried the underground into the light without forgetting the street that made it.

EXPLORE
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Updated 2026-09Ranges kept honest · contested dates marked “c.”