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Daddy Yankee Retires From Music To Dedicate His Life To Jesus
Just don't be surprised if at some point he drops a reggaeton gospel album or something.
Daddy Yankee’s Manager Raphy Pina Sentenced To Prison For Firearms
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty One of Reggaeton’s most influential executives will have to do a bid. Daddy Yankee’s manager Raphy Pina has been sentenced to prison for possession of firearms. As per Digital Music News the power player was hit with some stiff numbers by Puerto Rico courts. Back in 2020 he was pinched for having automatic weapons and an array of ammunition. This was in direct violation of his prior 2016 conviction. Pina was found guilty by a federal jury on December 22, 2021. On Tuesday, May 24 U.S. District Judge Francisco A. Besosa sentenced Rafael “Raphy” Pina-Nieves to a term of 41 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, 200 hours of community service and a fine of one hundred fifty thousand dollars for firearms violations...
Daddy Yankee Announces That He’s Retiring From Music
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / Cartel/Republic Just as gasolina prices soar to new heights, the man that ascended to superstar status in 2004 because of it is calling it a career. According to People, Reggaeton triple OG, Daddy Yankee a.k.a. the “King of Reggaeton” has announced that he will be retiring from the music game after three fruitful decades in it. The man who burst onto the music game with his smash hit “Gasolina” back in 2004 (whew! Feel old?), is ready to hang up his microphone and chill on the shoreline of a beach in Puerto Rico, but not before dropping off one last project and giving his fans a few more live performances. “The musician, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, went on to note plans for a farewell album. “I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 ye...
Nigerian doctor named one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world
TIME named Nigerian physician Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are available now at time.com/time100, and Mr Funsho’s TIME100 profile is available here. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honour for the organisation’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020. “I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabl...
