DJ Méndez

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

20

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-03-26 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Valparaíso, Chile

Also Known As

  • Méndez
  • Leopoldo Méndez
  • D.J. Méndez
  • Leo Méndez

DJ Méndez

Biography

After joining a counseling institution called Fasta and meeting sound engineer Jordi Fuste, DJ Méndez started his career as a Latin rapper, making his live debut in a local festival. Mixing hip-hop and traditional Latin American rhythms, and he was able to get a record deal, soon climbing charts in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and even Russia with his first hit "Chiki-Chiki", featured in his debut album Latino for Life. He had met the producer Robert Wåtz while working at Toys R Us. The emerging interest for the Latin American music in Europe was one factor in the acceptance and music like this Chilean market as closed as the Scandinavian market, which until recently were only local artists and popular English-speaking. Some of his songs like "Estocolmo", show-through a Latin song the attitude and opinion of Latin American migrants to lands so different from theirs as the Scandinavian countries. In March 2001 he visited his native country, carrying out a successful promotional tour. His songs are in Chilean Spanish with a mixture of English, was produced in conjunction with the popular DJ's Rob'n'Raz, have melodic choruses made by singers such as Emmanuel Contreras, Martin Thors, Pablo Javier Gonzalez Cepeda or (better known as Yei) choristers who were both in their studio recordings and in each of the live performances he does. Today is one of the best representatives of Chilean rap and hip-hop and one of the Chilean artists with greater international influence. Has accomplished many milestones and participated in several music festivals, highlighting 1 Award MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica Awards and 1 MTV Europe Music Awards, second place in Melodifestivalen Sweden 2002, the gull of gold in the Song Festival of Viña del Mar, participation in the famous festival Son Latinos in the Canary Islands, Spain with 350,000 people, a concert for more than 250,000 people in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, and participation to more than 100,000 people in La Pampilla of Coquimbo. He is currently managing his own label, Macabro Records, where he supports young emerging music, and together with his brother, DJ eMe, own school of DJ's largest in Scandinavia, Dj Macabre School. In 2009, Méndez is working in his upcoming album and the first single of the album titled "Lady" was recently released on radios in Chile.

Known For

Mamá Ya Crecí
3.2%

Mamá Ya Crecí

Feb 13, 2014

Melodifestivalen
4.4%

Melodifestivalen

Feb 26, 1959

Podemos hablar
4.0%

Podemos hablar

Mar 29, 2019

¡Qué dice Chile!
5.5%

¡Qué dice Chile!

Aug 16, 2021

La divina comida
4.0%

La divina comida

Jul 9, 2016

Mentiras verdaderas
5.5%

Mentiras verdaderas

Oct 11, 2011

Algo personal
2.0%

Algo personal

Feb 23, 2015

De tú a tú
2.0%

De tú a tú

Mar 1, 2021

De pé a pá
3.0%

De pé a pá

Jan 7, 1996

Pasapalabra
2.0%

Pasapalabra

Jan 7, 2018

Vértigo
2.0%

Vértigo

Mar 13, 2003

Sin dios, ni late
2.0%

Sin dios, ni late

Jul 7, 2008

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Acting

2022
Juego textual as Self - Guest
2021
¿Quién es la máscara? as Sapo
2021
¡Qué dice Chile! as Self - Contestant
2021
Pero con respeto as Self
2021
De tú a tú as Self
2019
El discípulo del chef as Self - Contestant
2019
Podemos hablar as Self - Guest
2019
Contigo en la mañana as Self
2018
Pasapalabra as Self
2016
La divina comida as Self - Contestant
2015
Algo personal as Self
2014
Estamos invitados as Self
2014
Mamá Ya Crecí as Fred
2012
La dimensión Rossa as DJ Méndez
2011
Mentiras verdaderas as Self
2008
Sin dios, ni late as Self
2003
Vértigo as Self
2001
Morandé con compañia as Self
1996
De pé a pá as Self
1959
Melodifestivalen as Méndez

Sound

1959
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