Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:28 AM EDTentertainment, people, puerto-rico, daddy-yankeeAssociated PressSAN JUAN — Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill — and Daddy Yankee?
The 31-year-old reggaeton star shed his trademark sunglasses to help moderate a televised debate Thursday among candidates for governor of Puerto Rico, in an effort to lure young voters to the polls Nov. 4.
The artist, whose real name is Ramon Ayala, read questions submitted through social-networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace, but went off-script at the end of the debate.
Best known for his song "Gasolina," Daddy Yankee already has delved into national politics by endorsing Republica Sen. John McCain for president as "a fighter for the Hispanic community." Residents of this U.S. Caribbean territory, however, cannot vote in the presidential election.
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