Writing 2 Final

  While I was doing research to find a topic to talk about I found a very different and unique \

case that I thought was interesting. This is the interesting story about Ramon Luis Ayala

Rodriguez (Daddy Yankee). I think a lot of people know him because of his famous song

called “Gasolina” which was his international hit single. Many people only know that he is a big

artist but; how did he achieve his goals, was it easy, did he ever experience any failures or

everything was easy.

On February 3rd, 1977, Daddy Yankee was born. He is a former actor, singer, composer, rapper, and native of Puerto Rico. The "King of Reggaeton" is Ramon, according to both music reviewers and followers. In the Villa Kennedy Housing Projects community of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Daddy Yankee was born and reared. Because he liked baseball so much when he was little, he always had the dream of becoming a professional player. His Big League Baseball tryout was with the Seattle Mariners. However, while taking a break from a studio recording session with a reggaeton singer, he was shot by a bullet from an AK-47 weapon and was seriously hurt before he could officially sign, which led to stay singing instead of being a professional athlete. 

Raymond Ayala went through a lot of things, not only he got shot but also he had a lot of plans and he had to wait a year and a half to be able to recover from the wound. The bullet affected his dreams of playing baseball and it was never removed from his hips. In one of the interviews with CNN en español, he said that it traumatized his life because he was only 16 years old. Also this is something that not everyone knows but Daddy Yankee spent a lot of time trying to get a song to become famous, he was struggling a lot, and he didn't have any money to be able to do music. He also had a kid at 17 years old which made him struggle even more because of the big responsibility of having a kid.

Overall we can see that his life was very hard and frustrating, but we can also see how he never gave up and kept going. First, his dream of being a professional baseball player was gone due to the incident, he also had his first kid around the same time everything happened and he couldn't walk for 4 months and after that he had to use a wheelchair and after that he was using crutches to be able to walk and finally a walking stick. After all of this, he was able to have a normal life again and his music started to sound in every country and everywhere. He also not only stay in the music career but also got very involved with the sport of baseball, and even though his dreams of being a professional player didn't became true, he still got to know everysing ile professional baseball player, Also one of the most recent thing that he did was to be an ambassador for the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

This is a great example because sometimes we think that just because we are not famous people, that is the reason why we fail all the time. Well, I think this case is a great example because of how hard his life was and how many failures he experienced to be able to become the person and artist he is nowaday. This artist never gave up even when his major dream was destroyed by something that was not in his plans. He could have easily given up and stopped there, but otherwise he decided to follow another path and started to do music to see if he could have a future in it. Even when he went through a lot of economic issues and health issues he never gave up and kept going. His songs did not get famous until a couple years and even with that, he continued his career even though that's not what he loved the most. Daddy Yankee had to accept that his career as a professional baseball player was over and there was no going back. I think it's a very hard decision because I am an athlete and I can't imagine a life without my sport.

In conclusion, I choose Daddy Yankee’s story because I think that he can be an inspiration for many people that think they can achieve their goal. Everytime I think about my future and see how hard it is going to be, or everytime I fail, I think about Daddy Yankee and a lot of other artists who also went through failures; and in my head I tell myself “If they were able to do it, I can do it too”. In my opinion, no matter all the stuff you go through you always have to think that to achieve something you always have to go through the hardest stuff. Failure teaches us how to self grow and offer us opportunities to see new paths and is important to always stay positive and think about what could happen if you don't give up.

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Bibliography:

 “Daddy Yankee's Interview.” [CNN Spanish] YouTube, 17 Jan. 2012, https://youtu.be/WGdpRmdQXOc. Accessed 16 Mar. 2023.

Daddy Yankee - Age, Songs & Wife - Biography. https://www.biography.com/musicians/daddy-yankee. 

 “El Balazo Que Me Dieron.”  [The Bullet They Gave Me] YouTube, 17 Jan. 2012, https://youtu.be/WGdpRmdQXOc. Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.