Singer Netinho will be cremated and the wake will be restricted to family and friends

Voice of hits such as "Mila" and "Beijo na Boca", the artist was diagnosed with cancer of the lymphatic system on March 22, 2025, after being admitted to Hospital Aliança Star, in the capital of Bahia, with severe pain in his legs.

According to the singer's advisors, in recent months Netinho was facing type B non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which evolved into kidney failure and multiple organ dysfunction.

According to the press office, the artist left calmly. In the last months of treatment, he often said that he had a happy life.

Netinho was born in Santo Antônio de Jesus, in the Recôncavo region of Bahia, on July 12, 1966. At the age of 10, he moved with his family to the capital of Bahia. In the city, he came into contact with music and began his career early.

At the age of 14, he received his first guitar as a gift from his mother and, at 16, he entered the Civil Engineering course at the Catholic University of Salvador (Ucsal). At that time, he combined his studies with small shows at schools until he started playing professionally in bars, with the MPB and bossa nova repertoire.

In 1988, Netinho debuted as a singer for Banda Beijo at Salvador's Carnival and, in the same year, he exploded across the country with the hit "Beijo na Boca". He then scored other hits, such as "Estrela Primeira", "Barracos" and "A vida é festa".

The musician's biggest hit was "Mila", a symbol of axé music released in 1996, three years after he began his solo career. The singer became a national idol and helped spread axé music around the world, with performances in countries such as Italy and Chile.

As a businessman, he opened a large recording and mixing studio in Rio de Janeiro, where names such as Maria Bethânia, Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, Laura Pausini and Lenny Kravitz have worked. He also created a label to launch new Bahian artists.

Between 1997 and 2003, he was married to journalist Mariana Trindade, with whom he had a daughter, Bruna Trindade.