{"id":2042890,"date":"2026-07-14T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042890"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:31:35","slug":"dancer-who-performed-with-rosalia-rauw-alejandro-found-dead-at-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2042890","title":{"rendered":"Dancer Who Performed With Rosal\u00eda, Rauw Alejandro Found Dead at 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tMichael-Anthony \u201cMykee\u201d Leones Espino, a dancer who performed with Latin artists including Rosal\u00eda and Rauw Alejandro, has died. He was 28 years old.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement to\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0that Leones Espino was located Monday (July 13) in the area of Southwest 162nd Avenue and Southwest 138th Terrace, where he was pronounced dead. Detectives determined the death was an apparent suicide.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHe was last seen Sunday at about 12:30 p.m. leaving the 14200 block of Southwest 161st Court in Miami, according to authorities. The sheriff\u2019s office had previously issued a missing persons flyer.<\/p>\n

\n\tLeones Espino, who used the handle @mykeemooves on TikTok and Instagram, had about 54.5K and 26.2K followers across the two platforms, respectively. His social media accounts documented his work as a professional dancer, with videos and photos showing him rehearsing, performing and traveling with major Latin artists.<\/p>\n

\n\tPosts on his accounts showed him with Rauw Alejandro and backstage preparing for the Puerto Rican superstar\u2019s\u00a0Cosa Nuestra\u00a0tour, which ended in November 2025. He also appeared onstage with Rauw during the singer\u2019s\u00a0Saturno\u00a0tour and in the music video for 2024\u2019s \u201cTouching the Sky.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tRauw Alejandro shared a missing persons flyer for Leones Espino on his Instagram Stories after authorities asked the public for help locating him. <\/p>\n

\n\tHis social media also documented his work with Rosal\u00eda. In posts shared in late 2022 and January 2023, Leones Espino appeared dancing alongside the Spanish singer during her\u00a0Motomami\u00a0tour, including in a clip set to \u201cDespech\u00e1\u201d and in photos with Rosal\u00eda and fellow backup dancers.<\/p>\n

Billboard<\/em>\u00a0has reached out to representatives for Rauw Alejandro and Rosal\u00eda for comment.<\/p>\n

If you or anyone you know is in crisis, call 988 or visit the\u00a0Suicide & Crisis Lifeline\u2019s website\u00a0for free, confidential emotional support and resources 24\/7.<\/em><\/p>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rauw-Alejandro-Michael-Anthony-Mikee-Leones-Espino-Touching-the-Sky-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Michael-Anthony \u201cMykee\u201d Leones Espino, a dancer who performed with Latin artists including Rosal\u00eda and Rauw Alejandro, has died. He was 28 years old. The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement to\u00a0Billboard\u00a0that Leones Espino was located Monday (July 13) in the area of Southwest 162nd Avenue and Southwest 138th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-2042890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2042890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2042890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}