Editing Daddy Yankee (section)

=== 2000–2003: Early music and ''El Cangri.com'' ===
In 1997, Daddy Yankee collaborated with the rapper [[Nas]], who was an inspiration for Ayala, in the song "The Profecy", for the album ''Boricua Guerrero''. He released two compilation albums with original material: [[El Cartel (album)|''El Cartel'']] (1997) and ''[[El Cartel II]]'' (2001). Both albums were successful in Puerto Rico, but not throughout Latin America. Between those years, Daddy Yankee released a total of nine music videos, including "Posición" featuring [[Alberto Stylee]], "Tu Cuerpo en la Cama" featuring [[Nicky Jam]], and "Muévete y Perrea". In 2000, Daddy Yankee formed an unofficial duo called "Los Cangris" with Nicky Jam and released several successful singles together. Yankee and Nicky Jam fell apart in 2004 due to personal issues and creative differences.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6745299/nicky-jam-beef-daddy-yankee-drug-abuse-comeback|title=How Nicky Jam Triumphed Over Drugs, Weight Gain and Beef With Daddy Yankee: 'I Was Too Young'|date=September 20, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113021059/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6745299/nicky-jam-beef-daddy-yankee-drug-abuse-comeback|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/nicky-jam-breaks-out-2016-with-his-first-u-s-tour-73886|title=Nicky Jam Beaks Out 2016 with his first U.S Tour|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211201/https://www.axs.com/nicky-jam-breaks-out-2016-with-his-first-u-s-tour-73886|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Daddy Yankee and Nicky Jam reconciled and performed in various concerts together.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/nicky-jam-fenix-reggaeton-interview.html|title=For Nicky Jam, a Second Chance at Stardom as Reggaeton Surges Again|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113011038/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/nicky-jam-fenix-reggaeton-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2002, ''[[El Cangri.com]]'' became Daddy Yankee's first album with international success, receiving coverage in the markets of [[New York City]] and [[Miami]] with hits including "Latigazo", "Son las Doce", "Guayando" and other songs like "Enciende", which talks about different social problems of the era, mentioning [[9/11]], corruption and religion. In 2003, Daddy Yankee released a compilation album named ''[[Los Homerun-es]]'', which contains his first charted single ("Segurosqui"), five new songs and 12 remakes of DJ Playero's albums songs. that was later charted, "Seguroski", being his first charted single after six of them. In 2003, Daddy Yankee collaborated for the first time with the prestigious reggaeton producers [[Luny Tunes]] on the album ''[[Mas Flow (album)|Mas Flow]]'', with his commercial success song "Cógela Que Va Sin Jockey" (a.k.a. "Métele con Candela"), and ''[[Mas Flow 2]]''.