The Latin music icon was joined by L Cool J, French Montana, Diljit Dosanjh, Feid, Bizarrap, Bad Gyal and more<\/p>\n
\n\tPuerto Rican icon and Latin Grammys<\/a> Person of the Year Daddy Yankee<\/a> proved why he\u2019s the king of reggaeton during a star-studded, show-stopping Latin Grammys performance on Thursday night. He revisited classics from across his catalogue and brought out a parade of guests that included everyone from LL Cool J, French Montana, Diljit Dosanjh, Feid, Bizarrap, Bad Gyal and more.<\/p>\n \n\tThe night before the awards show, Daddy Yankee was honored by the Latin Recording Academy as the Person of the Year<\/a>. To show that he is not resting on his laurels, he put on one of the biggest and best performances of the night. In a nod to Michael Jackson, Daddy Yankee wore one white-studded glove. He had the crowd on their feet as he performed his seminal hits like \u201cElla Me Levant\u00f3\u201d and \u201cLo Que Pas\u00f3, Pas\u00f3.\u201d He performed duets of \u201cDura\u201d with Bad Gyal and \u201cRompe\u201d with Feid. LL Cool J then emerged with his iconic line: \u201cDon\u2019t call it a comeback.\u201d Daddy Yankee then jumped into a hip-hop version of his breakthrough hit \u201cGasolina\u201d that was mashed-up with \u201cMama Said Knock You Out.\u201d Daddy Yankee\u2019s headlining set at Coachella can\u2019t come any sooner.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tBeyond Person of the Year, Daddy Yankee is also up for Best Urban\/Fusion Performance at this year\u2019s ceremony for his Bizarrap session. It would mark his eighth career win.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tIn February, Daddy Yankee celebrated<\/a> his 50th birthday. The milestone helped kick off an exciting year for the Latin artist, which marks three decades in the industry. Last month, Daddy Yankee released 10th studio album La Postal<\/a>, which highlights his Christian values and concurrently honors his reggaeton prowess. The Puerto Rican rapper was also named one of the headliners for Coachella 2027<\/a>, marking his debut at this festival.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI think that at this stage of my life, I\u2019m really enjoying how I can contribute, and how I can continue growing as a human being. That\u2019s my mission now,\u201d Daddy Yankee said in an interview with Rolling Stone<\/a> earlier this year. \u201cI think maybe it comes with age, this constant desire to improve in every aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Latin music icon was joined by L Cool J, French Montana, Diljit Dosanjh, Feid, Bizarrap, Bad Gyal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":915608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[119778,88,17837,380405,216],"class_list":["post-915607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-daddy-yankee","tag-entertainment","tag-latin-grammys","tag-latin-grammys-2026","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}