Adán Santos Sánchez Vallejo (April 14, 1984 - March 27, 2004), was a popular American singer. Sánchez was born in Torrance, CA. He was the son of singer Chalino Sánchez. He was eight years old when his father was kidnapped and killed in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in 1992. Raised by his mother in Paramount, CA, he took up singing under his father's same nickname, "Chalino", and gained a strong local following among Mexican-American teenagers. Sánchez recorded his first full-length album in 1994, enti...