Kinito Mendez

World Music Singer

Birthday November 18, 1961

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Dominican Republic

Age 62 years old

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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 220,000 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."