In the region known for bumping música Mexicana genre into the global mainstream, Southern California is the birthplace for some of the most popular acts.
Southern California isn't just the biggest U.S. market for música Mexicana; it also has contributed greatly to the genre by serving as the birthplace or home base for many of its stars, both past and present. Here's a quick rundown of artists — and one record executive — with connections to the region. Sinaloa-born singer Rosalino 'Chalino' Sánchez followed the American dream to L.A.
Three years after forming as a cover band, Fuerza Regida would pen its first YouTube hit in 2018, “Radicamos en South Central,” a corrido tumbado about building a drug empire straight out of the L.A. neighborhood. The band has released four albums and one EP in the last two years, all of which have reached the Billboard 200 top albums chart. “I feel like people in the U.S. identify themselves with Fuerza Regida,” said frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz in an interview with The Times.
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