Editing Daddy Yankee (section)

=== 1992–1999: Career beginnings ===
Often considered to be one of the pioneers within the [[reggaeton]] genre,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Daddy Yankee – Reggaeton Pioneer and Entrepreneur|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/daddy-yankee-reggaeton-pioneer-and-entrepreneur-2141098|access-date=May 17, 2017|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821125405/https://www.thoughtco.com/daddy-yankee-reggaeton-pioneer-and-entrepreneur-2141098|url-status=live}}</ref> Ayala was originally going to become a professional baseball player but he was shot in the leg while taking a break from a studio recording session. The bullet was never removed and he credits this incident with allowing him to pursue a musical career. He first appeared on the 1992 DJ Playero's Mixtape, Playero 34, with the song "So' Persigueme, No Te Detengas".<ref>Cristián Meza, [https://www.eldinamo.cl/entretencion/2022/03/26/daddy-yankee-sus-32-anos-de-carrera-en-7-momentos-clave/ Daddy Yankee: sus 32 años de carrera en 7 momentos clave], eldinamo.cl, Chile, March 26, 2022</ref><ref name="billboard2014"/>  Daddy Yankee would then rise to prominence after his appearance on "[[Playero 37]]" which includes his first hits "Donde Mi No Vengas" and "Yamilette" which he continued to perform live in concert throughout his career until his recent retirement.  His first official studio project as a solo artist was ''[[No Mercy (Daddy Yankee album)|No Mercy]]'', which was released on April 2, 1995, through [[White Lion Records]] and BM Records in Puerto Rico.<ref name="amg" /> Early in his career he attempted to imitate the rap style of [[Vico C]]. He went on to emulate other artists in the genre, including DJ Playero, [[DJ Nelson]], and [[Tempo (rapper)|Tempo]] taking elements from their styles in order to develop an original style with the [[Dembow]] rhythm. In doing so, he eventually abandoned the traditional model of rap and became one of the first artists to perform reggaeton.<ref name="Cultura">{{cite web| url=http://www.prpop.org/biografias/d_bios/DaddyYankee.shtml| title=Biografias: Daddy Yankee| author=Miguel López Ortiz| publisher=prpop.com| access-date=January 5, 2008| archive-date=December 1, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201233717/http://www.prpop.org/biografias/d_bios/DaddyYankee.shtml| url-status=dead}}</ref> Throughout the 1990s, Daddy Yankee appeared in several of DJ Playero's underground mixtapes which were banned by the Puerto Rican government due to explicit lyrics; these songs would later be among the first reggaeton songs ever produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://remezcla.com/features/music/dj-playero-profile-rbma-que-bajo-barrioteca-nyc/|title=DJ Playero, The OG Who Paved the Way For Reggaeton As We Know It|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=May 22, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113011045/https://remezcla.com/features/music/dj-playero-profile-rbma-que-bajo-barrioteca-nyc/|url-status=live}}</ref>