Colombian music star Yeison Jimenez, 34, tragically died in a plane crash on Saturday, 10 January, just hours before he was due to perform in Medellín. The singer, who had recently shared in a podcast that he dreamed repeatedly of dying in an air accident, perished alongside five others when the aircraft went down moments after take-off near Paipa in the Boyacá region.
Yeison Jimenez began performing at the age of seven, overcoming economic and personal hardships to rise as one of the leading voices of Colombian música popular. The genre, rooted in the coffee-growing regions of Colombia, combines elements of Mexican regional music with local traditions, a style pioneered by legends like Darío Gómez and Luis Alberto Posada. Jimenez himself credited Gómez for shaping his artistic vision.
