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Puerto Rican recording artist and songwriter Daddy Yankee has an estimated net worth of $15 million.

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Also popular as El Papi Vaquero, Daddy Yankee, was born as Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez was born on February 3, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At a young age, Daddy Yankee aspired to become a professional baseball player. In fact, he tried out for Seattle Mariners of the Major League Baseball. However, he accidentally shot by an AK-47 rifle which permanently halted his baseball career. This led him to focus more of his attention to music, and since then, he has already released more than ten million albums.

Daddy Yankee was previously associated with numerous record labels which include Dream Team Killer, El Cartel Produccions, Los Cangris Music Inc., Machete Music, Universal Music, Interscope Geffen A&M, and El Cartel Records. Since 2012, he has been signed by EMI Latin and Capitol Records. Since 1995, he has already released six studio albums which include No Mercy, El Cangri.com, Barrio Fino, El Cartel: The Big Boss, Mundial and Prestige. 

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2011

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Prestige (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

2009

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Mundial (certified gold by CAPIF)

$20,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from hiscompilation album Talento de Barrio (certified platinum by RIAA)

$2,000,000

2006

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album El Cartel: The Big Boss (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by AMPROFON)

$1,030,000

2005

Contract

Contract with Interscope Records

$20,000,000

2004

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from hiscompilation album Barrio Fino en Directo (certified gold by RIAA)

$500,000

2003

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from his album Barrio Fino (certified platinum by RIAA, AMPROFON and CAPIF)

$1,100,000