Narcocorrido
Narcocorridos (drug ballads) are a musical sub-genre of the Corrido in northern Mexico and the Hispanics in the USA . They are also known as the Mexican version of gangsta rap .
History and background
While the corridos at the beginning of the 20th century sang stories about the heroic deeds of the Mexican revolution, since the early 1980s the songs of the Narcocorridos have addressed the world of Mexican narcos , "in which daredevils, thugs and vulgar show-offs in search of easy money as Role models apply ”. The lyrics of the songs can either glorify the lifestyle of a drug smuggler or the deeds of well-known criminals in the Mexican drug war , as well as critically address the problem of drug trafficking ; one of the most popular songs is called "Smuggling and Treason". The number of deaths reveals that this turned out to be a tightrope walk for composers and musicians: between 2007 and 2010, fifteen musicians were murdered by the cartels. Although the politicians accuse the musicians of cynicism, the singers of the Narcocorridos see themselves as "chroniclers of the problem", according to Jorge Hernandez from the group Los Tigres del Norte .
Musicians and bands
Among the best-known performers of Narcocorridos are the group Los Tigres del Norte , Los Tucanes de Tijuana, founded in 1968, as well as Reynaldo Martínez , Lupillo Rivera , Jessie Morales , Valentín Elizalde , El RM and Sergio Vega, who was murdered in 2010 . The current star of the genre is El Komander .
The songs forbidden on the radio are marketed in the compilation series Corridos prohibidos ; In 2010 the 13th episode appeared.
literature
- Lisa Rüth: The Mexican Narcocorrido. Part 1 - 6. Quetzal. Online magazine. August 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Narcocorridos. (No longer available online.) Arte.tv, January 30, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 26, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c Camilo Jiménez: Mexico: Music and drug mafia. Sing or die, hombre! Süddeutsche.de, July 19, 2010, accessed on February 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Wolf-Dieter Vogel: Mexico forbids drug ballads. The poetry of crime. taz.de, January 28, 2010, accessed on February 26, 2012 .
