In 1986, Méndez, his two brothers and his mother left for Sweden; they lived at various places before settling down in the suburb of Farsta in Stockholm.

He went to school in the Larsbodaskolan, in Farsta Strand, joined a gang and was a small-time criminal, though he always had the goal of making it in show business.

[2] 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, 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.

His songs are in Chilean Spanish with a mixture of English, produced in conjunction with DJ Rob'n'Raz, have melodic choruses by singers such as Emmanuel Contreras, Martin Thors, Pablo Javier Gonzalez Cepeda (better known as Yei) who were both in their studio recordings and in live performances.

In 2013, he sang the main theme of Chilean soap opera "Dos por uno", a song called "Me estoy volviendo loco".

In 2015 he sang the official songs for the two football tournaments held that year in Chile, the 2015 Copa América and the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.