Meet this month's Latin Artist on the Rise: Fuerza_regida
Cali vibes, flyer parties, trap music and Mexican-American are some of the words that best describe , a four-member group hailing from San Bernardino, Calif., that’s helping push forward the urban corrido movement.
Composed of Jose Garcia , Samuel Jaimez , Jesus Ortiz and Khrystian Ramos , Fuerza Regida, which means “strength” and “govern,” officially became a group in March 2015, starting off as a local cover band who added East LA flavor to their music. “In the beginning, we performed at many flyer parties and people would stop what they were doing to pay attention to our set,” frontman Jesus Ortiz tells“After nearly two years, we started noticing that we had fans outside of our city and that our music began sounding in Los Angeles. We got really happy.”“What really got us out there was a song that I wrote called ‘Radicamos en South Central.’ It really opened the doors for us,’' he says.
“We sing both Regional Mexican and urban music, but we don’t want people to think that we play a specific type of genre,” guitarist Khrystian Ramos tellsThroughout 2019, Fuerza Regida landed on fivecharts: Hot Latin Songs, Latin Airplay, Regional Mexican Airplay, Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums charts. Their album
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