Kinito Mendez
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About
World music singer who went solo in 1995 and released the album El Hombre Merengue, which sold 1.5 million copies. He later released the album La Fábrica in 2008. He has more than 200,000 followers on his kinitomendez Instagram account.
Before Fame
He co-founded the Merengue Music band La Cocoband in 1988 with Alfonzo Vásquez and Bobby Rafael.
Trivia
He founded Rokabanda in 1992. They won the Orquesta Revelación del Ańo in Los Premios Cassandra in 1993.
Family Life
He married Magda Paniagua in 2003.
Associated With
He and Don McLean both wrote songs about famous plane crashes. His was called "El Vuelo 587."
