Daddy Yankee: Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot

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Check retired caller pics of the Latin fable arsenic helium returns.

Daddy Yankee photographed August 27, 2025 astatine Rein Studios successful Brooklyn.

At immoderate constituent during the past turbulent months, arsenic helium searched for intent and faced the pressures of a precise nationalist divorcement that engulfed some his idiosyncratic and nonrecreational life, the euphony stopped for Raymond Ayala.

“For the archetypal clip successful my life, the muse unopen down,” says the antheral agelong known arsenic Daddy Yankee. “That had ne'er happened to maine before. Ever.”

It wasn’t expected to beryllium similar this. In 2022, Daddy Yankee — that uncommon creator who has garnered some immense commercialized occurrence and respect from artists and the manufacture alike — amazed the satellite erstwhile helium announced his status from music. He released what was expected to beryllium his past workplace album, Legendaddy, and performed what was acceptable to beryllium his past tour, grossing $197.8 million and selling 1.9 million tickets, past the second-highest-grossing Latin circuit successful Billboard Boxscore history. But Ayala was spent.

Then, connected Dec. 3, 2023, astatine the tour’s last day astatine Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot successful San Juan, helium made yet different shocking revelation: “Tonight, I recognize, and I’m not ashamed to archer the full world, that Jesus lives successful maine and I unrecorded for him,” helium told the 15,000 fans that packed his hometown venue. “A communicative ends and a caller communicative begins.”

Daddy Yankee volition beryllium for his archetypal nationalist interrogation successful 3 years connected Oct. 22 arsenic portion of Billboard Latin Music Week 2025 successful Miami. For tickets, spell to billboardlatinmusicweek.com.

Read Daddy Yankee’s afloat Billboard screen communicative here.