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:
Que doble moral es la gente, primero lloran qué por culpa de los narco corridos el país está podrido y cuando un cantante (Luis R Conriquez) decide ya no cantarlos se le hechan encima, pinche gente mierda pic.twitter.com/ErubZ3LeDo
— Javier (@nolazcojavier_) April 12, 2025
Singer Luis R Conriquez refused to sing narco corridos at a show in Texcoco – perhaps in reaction to a report that the U.S. could cancel visas of those who sing them. The crowd went mad and smashed up the venue. This says a lot about narco culture in Mexico in this heated moment pic.twitter.com/LlGJqbeGsR
— Ioan Grillo (@ioangrillo) April 12, 2025
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.
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Approved ~ MJM
