(Normally only the winner of each face-off performs at the show.) Although Daddy Yankee won that battle, with 15,242 votes to Omar’s 12,194, Omar agreed to perform at the DIMA, too. In December, he went head-to-head against his fellow Puerto Rican singer Daddy Yankee in the first episode of The Road to DIMA, a televised reality series on Fox.

Omar will head to the emirate for the second Dubai International Music Awards (DIMA) in November this year. Omar himself is famous for his many crossover hits including Danza Kuduro, which featured in Fast Five, and for his role as Rico Santos in the franchise. Keep up the good work.’ He was such a gentleman.”Īlthough an established actor, Walker was best known for his role as Brian O’Conner in the series. We work for the family and we work to create a memorable name for ourselves. He looked at me and said: ‘Don, the real things in life are those that we work for. “I remember once I was about to quit the movie,” admits Omar, who, as a singer, was finding the transition to acting difficult. And he claims he wouldn’t have finished his role in the series if it wasn’t for the actor’s intervention. Omar says life on set with Walker was always fun. “He was, is, and will always be an overall amazing human being.” “Paul was a great friend, father, son,” says Omar.

The cast is still due to shoot here, likely this spring. Walker, 40, was due to start filming the seventh instalment of the movie franchise in Abu Dhabi with the rest of the cast in January. The Puerto Rican singer, actor and producer starred in the fourth and fifth instalments of Fast & Furious – as well as contributed to their soundtracks – alongside Walker, an American actor who was killed when the Porsche Carrera GT he was riding in hit a tree in California. The Latin superstar Don Omar has opened up for the first time since the death of his friend and co-star Paul Walker in November last year.

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