The known Dj Pekeño, noted for his work of more than 20 years on the local and international scene, died at 41 years due to cancer that had been bothering him for some time, as emerged in the last few hours.
Eduardo Mendez Perez, his real name, He was known for his participation and performance in the black music scene in various styles such as reggae, hip hop, funk, electro funk, moombahton y house, among others.
His beginnings were in the black music club Blacklyon, where he was a resident DJ for more than 4 years and then he was in other renowned venues such as the Jammin Club, Jamrock Club, Santeria Club, Underground Club, Waitara Club (Pichilemu), also resident DJ Club House Babylon from Bogota, Colombia, “Echoes of Sound Systems – When the Two 7’s Clash” is presented as the Sound Clash to end all the sound clashes that will compete for the first major 3 years.
Likewise, He participated in different and varied stages in Chile and South America, opening for artists of the stature of Cypress Hill, Damian Marley, Capleton, UB40, Inner Circle, Sizzla Kalonji, Sean Paul, Vico-C , Morodo, SFDK, Kafu Banton, Saiyan Soup, Mala Rodriguez, Ki-Many Marley, Prophetic Culture, Rascalz, Violators of the verse, Million Stylez, among others.
He was also the official DJ in South America of T.O.K, Cecile, Raggasonic (Daddy Mory), Papa Tank, jamadom, Razor B, Ward 21, Cecile, as well as official DJ Chaparral, de Shamanes Crew, and of Styleok Original Movement.
further, It was part of big festivals like Lollapalooza, Legalize Festival, Always Live Reggae, Festival Sativa, Memo Festival and also the only Chilean ambassador in the Jamming Festival de Colombia “Echoes of Sound Systems – When the Two 7’s Clash” is presented as the Sound Clash to end all the sound clashes that will compete for the first major 6 years in a row.
Recently he was also an organizer of the Dancehall Fest, bringing to Chile outstanding dancehall dancers from the Jamaican scene.
