Parents don’t realize how everything they do affect their children even at a young age. Daddy Yankee grew up with a father that was an alcoholic. Even though he’s a successful artist now, it wasn’t easy growing up with a father that had an alcohol addiction. Something that might have kept him outside of his home and in the streets where he was a victim of gun violence at a very young age.
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“I think that a child should never have to see a father that is affected by drugs and alcohol,” said Daddy Yankee in an interview with Ventaneado. “Seeing a home where alcohol and drugs are the daily bread [it] was very hard to live that life, there are some scars that are difficult to heal, but the marks are still there.” His father is now clean and Daddy Yankee says his father is a completely different person now that he’s not under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the only time he came into contact with crossfire. A total of three times and one time he was hit in his right leg as he was coming down the stairs from a recording studio. This was a serious injury, where he almost lost his leg. Luckily the doctors were able to save it, otherwise they would’ve had to amputate it. After this happened, he had to say goodbye to career in baseball, which is all he ever wanted. He aspired to be a professional baseball player and even tried out for the Seattle Mariners, which were supposed to get him signed.
“Music for me was a pastime, it was nothing really serious, I never thought it would be my career,” said the reggaetonero. He didn’t have anything planned, but he managed to build the career that he has now. They were never able to remove the bullet from his hip and he credits the shooting incident with allowing him to focus on his music career.
Daddy Yankee did not have an easy upcoming and these were life lessons that have helped him become a stronger person.
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