And It Continues: Daddy Yankee’s People Never Talked To Barack Obama’s People, Say Some People

First came news that Daddy Yankee had endorsed presidential hopeful John McCain. Then, news came out that he had initially approached audaciously hopeful presidential hopeful Barack Obama, but Barack’s people did not want to be publicly associated with the reggaetonero. Now, Daddy Yankee’s camp has released a statement saying, no, he never approached the Democrats to begin with even though they wanted him so bad. Ay, guatever:

Daddy Yankee’s spokeswoman, Mayna Nevarez, agrees with the McCain rep, telling Post Rock that the Yankee-offered-to-endorse-Obama-first story “is completely false.”

“Our camp never approached the Obama camp,” Nevarez says. “The Obama and Clinton camps were calling our office before the Puerto Rican primary, trying to get Yankee to endorse them. The McCain camp approached us, as well.

Everyone wants a piece of Daddy, you see, because Latino voters are all urban, reggaeton fans who are easily swayed by celebrity and sweet-ass dance moves. For their part, the Dems are calling Nevarez’s claims “totally gay” because if they had wanted to take Daddy on board as part of their campaign, they would have had to contend with the following:

“Daddy Yankee Involved In Shooting. According to Newsday, ‘Daddy Yankee took a bullet in the leg walking out of a recording studio one night.’ In addition, ‘at 17, he was caught in the crossfire of a barrio gun-battle and shot twice.’ [Newsday, 7/24/2005; The Guardian, 8/1/2005]

“Daddy Yankee Accused Of Assault. According to People en Espanol, ‘Daddy Yankee was accused of hitting a soccer player at his hotel just minutes before his Friday night concert at Alejandro Serrano Aguilar stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador…The soccer player alleged that the singer and members of his group got upset when he came to their hotel room and asked them to quiet down. The “Gasolina” singer then attacked Adum, and hotel security had to intervene to defend the athlete. Adum filed a police report against Yankee, noting the supposed incident and that the artist’s room smelled like marijuana.’ [People en Espanol, 11/20/2007]“

Which is all well and good if you’re running for president, but not if you’re endorsing a candidate.

Did Daddy Yankee Offer To Endorse Obama? [Washington Post]