If you don't know what narcocorridos are, they're basically ballads for cartel gangsters - or as I like to say, the "gangster rap" of Mexico. They glorify drug trafficking and violence, with many singers being paid by cartel gangsters to record songs in their honor.
Well, some Mexican states have cracked down on narcocorridos, and here's what happened when singer Luis R. Conriquez refused to play them at a concert near Mexico City on Friday night:
From Billboard:
A concert by popular Mexican corrido singer Luis R. Conriquez ended in chaos on Friday night (April 11) when the musician announced that his performance at the Feria del Caballo in the State of Mexico would not include narcocorridos due to a ban on expressions that glorify violence implemented in several municipalities in the central region of the country.
Singers of these narcocorridos have also had their visas threatened by the U.S. should they play the pro-cartel songs. If they play the songs, they risk losing access to the United States, which can be an important stretch during major tours. The band Los Alegres del Barranco found this out the hard way a few weeks ago after playing a song in honor of the drug lord El Mencho.
So if you wanna know how Mexican culture is adjusting to this ban on glorifying cartels, well, just watch, rewatch, and then watch again those videos above.
To the artist's credit,
Major vibe shift here, though the Mexican people don't seem to be enjoying themselves as a result.
And should the people keep up this behavior, they might just end up being the 52nd state, after we annex Canada.
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