Daddy Yankee Announces His Split From Wife Mireddys After 30 Years of Marriage

Puerto Rican superstar Daddy Yankee has been topping the reggaeton charts since the release of his breakout single, "Gasolina" in 2004 — and has been collecting awards left and right for nearly two decades.

However, the rapper usually attends award shows solo, and has kept his relationship with his wife of nearly 30 years, Mireddys González, out of the spotlight.

The couple tied the knot in 1994, but are seldom photographed together, beyond the occasional post on Instagram. Despite being together for 30 years, Yankee (real name: Ramón Ayala) announced his divorce from Mireddys amid breakup rumors in December 2024.

Keep scrolling to get to know Yankee's wife, and why the couple decided to split.

Mireddys González is 47 years old and works as the CEO and manager of El Cartel Records, per her LinkedIn bio. She was born in 1977 and shares two kids with Yankee.

Yankee announced his divorce from Mireddys on Instagram on December 2, 2024, with a lengthy statement, and Mireddys has since deactivated her personal Instagram account.

Before their split, Mireddys defended her choice to not attend award shows with her famous husband, responding to fans in Spanish at the time, "I'm here but I'm where I am supposed to be because the star is Daddy Yankee. I feel happy watching him shine from my place."

She has also defended their private marriage sharing an Instagram post that read, "Your relationship does not need to make sense to anyone, except you and your husband. It's a relationship, not a community project."

Daddy Yankee announced their split, shocking fans, and revealed that it was Mireddys who filed for divorce.

"With a heart full of respect and honesty, I want to share some important news about my personal life," he wrote in Spanish. "After more than two decades of marriage and after many months of trying to save my marriage, which my wife and I share, today my lawyers responded to the divorce petition received from Mireddys."

He continued, "I respect Mireddys' decision. I appreciate the time we shared, full of blessings and values, of love and with a beautiful family that will continue to be our priority. This is not an easy time, but I understand that it is part of my life process."

Previously, Yankee has shared how his family is his top priority, even before he retired from music.

"My family is the most important," Daddy Yankee told People en Español in the past. "In order to be successful you first have to have a successful personal life. I am not a man of many vices. I’ve always been clear about my one weakness and that’s women. Once I made the decision to get married, I knew that everything would change. I have a responsibility with my wife and I want to keep it for the rest of my life."

Daddy Yankee and his wife also make sure their children, Jeremy Ayala González and Jesaeelys González are out of the spotlight — for the most part. His daughter, Jesaeelys, showed off her weight loss on social media back in 2023.

"It was so hard and I even cried out of frustration because I had attempted to lose weight so many times and nothing worked. I was told I weighed 227 pounds [and] I decided to change my routine and watch what I ate," Jesaeelys wrote. "I started working out and eating clean. Above all, I received so much support from my family and they helped motivate me until I reached my goal."

She continued, "It's not easy to get your body used to a new and different routine because it requires time. If you're reading this and are in a similar situation, I want you to know that I understand what you're going through and that this journey is not easy." She now has a YouTube channel dedicated to makeup tutorials and also posts them regularly on Instagram.

As for Jeremy, he is literally the spitting image of his famous dad, captioning a photo that has since been deleted of himself with his father, "Me and my old man getting back to basics." Daddy Yankee also has an older daughter, Yamilet, from a previous relationship. He was 17 years old when he welcomed his first child.

When asked in 2006 why he doesn't talk about his family, the "King of Reggaeton" told Telemundo reporter Maria Celeste Arras it was because his family is, "the only thing that is reserved for me."