Daddy Yankee to Perform at Urban Dance Festival

The Urban Dance Festival to be held at the Monumental Stadium in Lima, Peru on June 6, is a unique blend of music and a type of concert that has not been experienced by Peruvian music fans before.

While several reggaeton artists have come to Lima, the country has not seen a Dance Hall or English-speaking Hip Hop singer live.

The Urban Dance Festival is to be a combination of the three genres, Dancehall - a popular Jamaican music with a fast beat and a deejay singing, Reggaeton - a blend of Jamaican reggae with dancehall combined with Latin American music, and Hip Hop - a genre of music developed in New York City.

The three artists to come to Peru for the Urban Dance concert are Sean Paul - a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist, Daddy Yankee - a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and Tego Calderon - a Puerto Rican rapper.

Sean Paul, who comes from a family of talented athletes, has been nominated for four Billboard Music Awards, including male artist of the year and pop single of the year.

He has also won an American music Award and recorded four albums.

Ramón Ayala, who is known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is one of the pioneers of reggaeton. He has won a Latin Grammy Award and recorded over a dozen albums.

Tego Calderón, a Puerto Rican rapper who is also appearing in movies, has been heralded by The New York Times as "the most forward-looking performer".

These internationally renowned artists will be in Peru to share Urban music and further its spread across the globe.

Livinginperu.com