The announcement that Daddy Yanquee made just a week ago that he was leaving music to dedicate himself to preaching the word of Christ has caused a great surprise. In fact, the 46-year-old rapper coined the term reggaeton in 1971, whose lyrics are the opposite of any religious message.
The artist from Puerto Rico who was shouting about how women/cats/bitches like gasoline will now bless them with holy water. But Dadee Yankee's decision is not an isolated event in the world of music, especially in that of reggaeton. Farruko, 2 years ago, at a concert in Miami, asked for forgiveness for the lyrics of his songs: “God is a fair being, he allowed me the bad and the good and wants to use me as an instrument for everyone who perhaps has many doubts,” he announced. . Other singers of Latin rhythms like El General or Héctor El Father also left songs for prayers a long time ago.
The Dominican Juan Luis Guerra in the mid-nineties was one of the most recognized bachata figures worldwide, but despite his successes he was not happy. He confessed that he felt the call of God and converted to Christianity: “Then I accepted Jesus and he came to give me much more than peace, he gave me life in abundance.” After a few years away from music, he returned although he confessed that his priority is his spiritual life, and that all the successes he has achieved since then “are provided to me by Jesus, my Lord and Savior.”
In the 1980s, in Spain, a very young Mexican woman who sang That love is no longer touched became very popular. But a decade later she embraced the evangelical church, changed the lyrics of her songs to dedicate them to God and began giving talks on faith. With the arrival of 2000, Yuri returned to pop music, although she continues her work spreading the love of Christ.
Cat Stevens is another example of a musician who temporarily abandoned her career for faith. In 1977 he converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam. After several years dedicated to teaching him, he returned to music in 2006 under the name Yusuf.
In Spain there is the case of Peret. The father of Catalan rumba and author of hits such as Una lágrima cace en la arena or Borriquito, in 1982 he became Brother Pedro in the Barcelona section of the Philadelphia Evangelical Church. For 9 years he was dedicated to this work, until 1991 when he returned to music.
Who did not return to the cinema was Dolores Hart, she co-starred with Elvis Presley in Loving You and King Creole. She was nominated for the Tony Awards and the Golden Globes, but in 1963 at the age of 25 she broke with Hollywood and the businessman Don Robinson whom she was going to marry and became a nun in a Benedictine abbey in Connecticut. At 85 years old, she is the only nun with the right to vote at the Oscars.
Mondeño was a very popular bullfighter from Cádiz in the late 50s and early 60s, and he even participated in some films. In 1964 he surprised many by deciding to cut his ponytail to enter a convent as a friar, although 2 years later he returned to the ring. In 1970 he retired.
In sport there are also many examples, such as the Catalan Carlos Ballbé who participated in the 2012 Olympic Games as a field hockey player. 4 years later he was ordained a priest in the church of Santa María de Mataró. And now, at 38 years old, Father Litus is responsible for the Pastoral Care of Sports, for the Episcopal Conference.
