Sandy, a member of the deceased duo “Sandy y Papo”, died of a heart attack, according to friends and colleagues of the singer.
Sandy’s death took place in New York City, as this newspaper has been able to confirm.
Mariano Lantigua, lead singer of the Aljadaqui group, and close to Sandy’s family, confirmed the information to this newspaper and pointed out that the corresponding documentation was drawn up between the hospital and the police to start the funeral.
There is no information as to whether he would be transferred to the Dominican Republic.
“He died of a fulminating heart attack, they found him dead in his homeAccording to journalist Robert Sánchez.
The Merenguero Jandy Ventura He offered his condolences to the family: “I’m on a plane and I just got the sad news that Sandy, from the duo ‘Sandy and Papo’ has just passed away. I am very sorry, peace for your soul and conformity with the family ”.
For a bit, Rufino SantosSandy’s friend confirmed the sad news via social networks: “Rest in peace best friend Sandy Adalberto Carrillo Rojas (1972-2020) May God welcome you into his sacred bosom. Now you can sing with papo from heaven #paquegoceconsandyypapo ”.
+ His career
Sandy Carriello, 48, known for his successes in the duo of merengue house and hip-hop, formed a rap group that performed in small concerts, clubs and television, and competed with similar groups for the choice of who would dance and rhyme better.
On one of these occasions he met Papo with whom he developed a close friendship, even though he was a member of different groups.
Later, Sandy MC joined Mariano mc, Careta, Skunk, Chinito and Berman to form the group Boogie Down Rap and by 1989 they started appearing on television shows such as “Sábado de Corporán”, where they became known in the country. From there the true history of Dominican hip hop begins.
In 1991 he had the opportunity to move to New York. Although with some sadness, he settled in the Babel de Hierro, always thinking of his friends and his dreams, which would remain only as memories of the good times of his youth. There he met his friend Papo.
In 1992 they were discovered by Pavel de Jesús and Porfirio Piña, during an audition called to replace members of groups such as Proyecto Uno and Clan De La Furia.
They also took part in the remix of the song “La dueña del swing” performed by Los Hermanos Rosario.
It was around October 1995 when they finished their first record production for the Parcha Records label, which is distributed by Antilla Records Distributors.
The duo Sandy and Papo mc have become famous nationally and internationally. As one of the pioneers of Urban Dominican music, they recorded rap, merenhouse, reggae, hit hop, etc. She toured Venezuela, Colombia, the United States, Mexico and Canada, as well as Central and South America.
Papo, died in a car accident in 1999when I was traveling through Santo Domingo with some friends.
In 2000 Sandy released the album Homenaje a Papo dedicated to his late partner Papo MC in a car accident in Santo Domingo Este. Later in 2005, Sandy returned to the music world with the album “El Duro Soy Yo” where songs like “El Hijo De Doña Beba (Your Woman)” and “Pa ‘Qué Me Tiras” are released; the latter refers to Magic Juan, an artist with whom he has a musical quarrel.