Chalino Sanchez is up there for one of the most unfortunate cartel deaths. Called the king of corridos too, and he wounded up dead for simply performing. His expressions before his performance after reading the letter is scary, especially as he wiped his brow before singing. Maybe he wanted to make a statement about the cartels through his martyred death, but no one ever found out what truly happened...
@@rbae lmao no I'm not but it is well known that he killed the high ranking cartel member when he was young and then fled the United States. I'm pretty sure they didn't forget
One mistake you made bro, Narcocorridos are not also known as “corridos tumbados,” they’re separate things from eachother. Corridos tumbados just refers to the new wave of corridos heavily inspired by hip-hop flows and subject matter started by Natanael Cano in ~2019. True narcocorridos are a product of the cartels and most of the time have nothing to do with tumbados.
Corrido tumbado can be a narco corrido once you throw in narco lyrics into the song. Like you said, corrido tumbado is a new corrido style that has hip-hop influence. Before that we had corridos alterados and corridos progresivos, which can still be considered narco corridos.
Yea bro but alot corridos tumbados are narco corridos to. And those guys you mentioned that also “started” the style according to you also make narco corridos and incorporate the style into those corridor tumbados aswell. I wont dont think they have rap flows i think they are finally seeing the American influence chicanos have on mexicans aswell. Almost every mexican speaks english but not alot of Americans speak spanish, alot of mexicans come to America, not alot of Americans go to mexico so customs and styles get crossed see how that works?
Corridos these and corridos that Corridos Deez n*ts lol jk But Foreal the Banda still gets more views that narcocorridos which it ain't going nowhere Corridos tumbados are the wave that blew up in mainstream check out Junior h and peso pluma and also Banda like grupo frontera are up there
Trap or corridos tumbados are for drug users and Narcocorridos are about drug sales. Same way as oldschool rap was about selling drugs and newschool rap is about using them.
As a mexican I am so glad you covered this topic. Not many people know whats going on in the music industry in Mexico. I enjoyed the video and keep it up mattyballz! I always enjoy ur videos but this one hit different because its about my people 🙏🏽
Lmao "as a Mexican" 😂 Wtf does that have to do with anything?😂😂😂 if you're so proud of your people then why don't you let someone else feel proud? Search about African music or hiphop music and actually deep dive like this so an African person or hiphop person can feel proud the same way you do. I'm Mexican I just find it so annoying how Mexicans are always "so proud" of themselves. Proud of what exactly? You're proud that he covered nothing but corruption with your race? You're proud that your race is the only race killing off it's own more than any other race? You're proud that your race glorifies cartels, drugs, money, and death? 😂you really must be 12. Based on your pfp you are.
none of this was close to true at all though… he tried comparing it to gangster rap, did minimal research. and concluded it with little to no cultural background
@@seabass5082 no one’s crying lol. everything he said was made up 😭 narco corridos will always be made it’s impossible to censor, there is nothing we can do about it either.
as a Mexican Music Producer, and as someone who lived through the violent times of the 2000's living in Ciudad Juárez, (very famous for being "the most violent city in the world") I enjoy the research and impartiality that you've shown on the video!
The person you mentioned that was accused of killing Valentin Elizalde is the subject of a Netflix series called “somos”, he’s known as “el zeta 40”. The show is about a TRUE and tragic story of a town in chihuahua that was slaughtered by los zetas. They literally slaughtered a whole town of innocent people.
Los Zetas we’re the worst. They kidnapped a bus full of migrants and forced them to fight to death amongst eachother. They did absolutely barbaric things Not to mention the original members were all ex-special forces
I’m surprised you didn’t talk about how many of these artist have MET some of the biggest narcos in the country of Mexico, Jenny Rivera did a show for La Barbie a few weeks prior to her jet crashing.
Cartels also have a big influence in the construction industry here in Texas. I work in concrete and I’ve meet lots of sub contractors who are very successful because they have cartels funding their business as a way to launder their money. They openly talk about it at times and as a small business it’s kinda unfair when you’re trying to do things legit..
Hey at least you won’t have to respond to every call of another person. It is unfair but sooner or later those people will realize they can’t escape the cartels funding them and it will just be worse off in the end. You can’t disagree with those types of people.
Yeah but youre better off, these dudes could be snatched up and made to disappear by those same people if something goes wrong. Or theyll get thrown in the slammer if investigated. Life and freedom over money
That's like 65 percent of Mexicos businesses .if you wanna be honest. Its pretty much a narco country ppl wanna be in denial because there are good people that don't get involved with that stuff but being extorted or working for a business owned by them(damn near all in mexico) is working with them technically.
Right or wrong, music has always had a connection to the concept of the outlaw. And people will always be fascinated by songs that tell crime related stories. Good on you for broadening the content you talk about.
@@yungfroglegthe thing is in Mexico, they’re hands are tied that’s why they are trying to get the US to help, and what I mean by hands are tied is because A. There are a lot of cartel groups and some even underground that we don’t know about, let alone cartel groups that may be best buds could go after Mexico, and B. Cartel groups used to not be bad, from my mom has told me is that they used to be used for justice purposes. If the police didn’t do crap about a situation, the cartel would, they also would protect people of the pueblos if life over there ever went into chaos. There’s many other reasons but those are the ones I know of that could be a reason why you don’t see cartel groups being taken down, not to mention. once lets say they were taken down, what would do you think would happen? There would be more, they’d still pop up
Narco corridos:corridos that talk about narcos/activities Corridos tumbados: corridos that talk about sad shit/breakups Corridos verdes: talk about smoking weed etc Corridos: on their own usually talk about life and what they went through
Narco corridos are *not* “also known as” corridos tumbados. Corridos tumbados are typically sung by younger artists because it’s a fairly new version of the corridos genre. They’re slow ballads (usually about drugs or being high. Hence the word “tumbado” which kinda translates to ‘tripping’) Narco corridos are ballads about narcos. Completely different. However there are narco corridos tumbados, which is a mix of the two genres.
Love to see someone out of the culture get an interest and research about our culture. This video is amazing and done so gracefully and respectfully. Thank you
Honestly pretty solid of you to say, beforehand, that you’re not familiar with either category and you just wanted to share something you came across to the best of your abilities. More youtubers should be like this.
Peso Pluma’s grandfather was a famous cartel gunman from Sinaloa known as El Culichi. Chalino Sanchez even has a song about him called Eleodoro Elenes.
Chalino Sanchez was definitely killed by the cartel. He got passed a note on stage saying he would get killed, and then gave one of the greatest (if not greatest) live performances he had ever given. He was later found dead with 2 gunshots to the back of the head. I don’t know if he was tortured or not but from what I can remember he was definitely kidnapped and his def was cartel related
@@mvante-wh9bq I looked into his story but it’s been awhile now and I saw his last performance trending on instagram randomly everywhere some years ago. Crazy how some real fucked up shit is happening out there even as I type this.
I’m Mexican so I appreciate this inclusion into your music topics. Keep up the good work dude! These unique video ideas will for sure make you stand out, always
Same here but it just gets the negative image of mexicans, I mean its sad these criminals are wandering the streets conducting illicit business and will do any threatening tactics ro get what they want?
Jenni Rivera received the same threats Peso Pluma did for holding a concert in Mexico however, unlike Peso Pluma, she went through with the concert. There are theories that the cartel was the one who caused the plane crash and the circumstances of the pilots and how bad the crash was so odd
The most well known explanation as to why Sergio Gomez was targeted was because he had performed for a rival of the Familia Michoacana Cartel, and the M.C threatened him not to perform in Michoacan, specifically Morelia. He did so anyway and got picked up, unfortunately.
Been waiting for a video like this from you ! I myself am in a Mexican band and have always find it crazy how involved the cartel is with this genre of music ! Hope to see more videos of you covering the genre !! 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
the death of sergio gomez has always been very sad to me. he literally had NO connections to the cartel whatsoever but he still suffered that brutal death
I was boutta say to you as yt man who may not know about these things, “careful bro even talkin bout this type of stuff can bring you unwanted problems if you know what i mean” but tbh youre super cool and really respectful. Shouts to you for being a neutral stand point and not putting our culture down. Thank you for doing your research before speaking! 🎉 seems uncommon nowadays. Great video my dude 👍🏽
Al Matty no le va pasar nada carnal. Esta bien parado acá en Coahuila con nosotros 😎 Saludos pinche Matty cará de papá ‼️Déjate caer a la carne asada carnalito‼️Much love from Mexico 🇲🇽💀🇲🇽 #coahuila
Note: Narcocorridos and Corridos Tumbados arent the same. Narcocorridos have been in the scene and culture since the 80s, while Corridos Tumbados are a recent mix of Trap and Narcocorridos that started to get popular 4 years ago.
@@drostarosta No they weren't that was a different thing. Corridos belicos is corridos tumbados that have to do with cartel stuff or drugs,violence etc
@@troll707 im sorry? lol i know because i’ve been back and forth from méxico lol, i may be born here but doesn’t mean i am aware of cartels that dominate the mexican music industry
@@OkayLyo lmfao wdym ? did i not come out of your uterus? oh im sorry i didn’t know you were my parents 🤭 how are you to tell me im not mexican enough?
Im surprised I seen an English speaker talk about regional mexican music. Hell, im more surprised the genre is gaining popularity outisde of mexican community. I knew about this earlier this year. It's crazy to learn this Hopefully muscians from latin Americas gets more outside of freaking reggaeton. I would love to see spanish rock exploded in popularlity
I'm in small town indiana and have listened to them off an on for probably 10 years now,really enjoy the Latin vibes! Any other artist or music you can recommend to me?
@@Professionalminutestealer I'm not an expert on regional Mexican music. I only listen to a few. I'm going to include rock, pop, etc in the list - los horoscopos de durango - pedro infante - javier solis - Thalia - El Tri - Gloria estefan - Caifanes - OV7 - Leonora post punk - La texana Musicians outside of Mexico - CNCO - Hombre G - Mago de Oz - El General - Pitbull's hip-hop discography (I hear people only talking about his pop music) I'll add later. I can't think of my head right now.
@@Professionalminutestealer I have a playlist on this topic ru-vid.com/group/PLeGxYjXohgIhIOmLak84J2eKyjafFP1tQ&si=ZEKQ5D8jdWspAIoC What type of genre or musicians do you hear to when listening to spanish music?
Thanks to Bad Bunny this happens, many musicians across Latin America in different genres gaining more popularity. He in 2019 he do a song with corridos with Nata, he’s one of guys who gettin Latin Music in other level also peso pluma and nata say it in a interview, Bad Bunny in 2020 say that this genre have 2020s sound when he do a minidocumentary with beats and most of y’all didn’t like regional Mexican music like rn.
I listen to a lot of Mexican regional and I think it’s impressive that you were able to cover a topic that it so public but not talked about. I feel like a lot of people don’t think twice about the cartels because we’re so used to it
Remember when Skrillex made that one song called "El Chapo" feat. The Game? I'm surprised he slipped under the radar considering how often he goes to Mexico.
As a Mexican American I appreciate the accurate and in depth analysis you made on this topic…I keep up with the violent news down there daily and it’s devastating what Mexican society is having to go through. Thank you for bringing awareness
It does nothing but continue for us being seen as entertainment for americans and stereotypes of our country. “Bringing attention” to “problems” in our region is actually entertainment for wealthier white countries. For These people we are not a real place just 20 mins youtube videos of real crime documentaries.
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I grew up listening to narcocorridos (my dad played them) growing up but I never payed attention to the significance behind the music until I hit my teenage years) I personally also don’t mind listening to them but I definitely do agree that they influence many people. Thank you for covering this it’s honestly crazy but not shocking. I love the way you did your research.
Omgg MartyBallz i’ve been a a fan of your content for a while now and as a Mexican American I really appreciate you giving Corridors a spotlight. There’s a bunch of crazy stuff that goes on, and won’t get talked. I say you did a great job talking on the subject and your research must’ve been kinda hard it being in Spanish.This video was great, and I really appreciate it!
I live in Tamaulipas and we had a big rap artist coming out our city who rapped for the Cartel and its members, very promising and he already had made a name for himself, but his life got ended when he made music for the wrong crowd, I used to see him around the city all the time. Crazy.
I was born in tamaulipas, we got away years ago but i remember some of my family were narcos, despite that they always listened to narcocorridos w/ us and laughed at the dissing lyrics. It’s a weird thought,
@@8177Lr I’m saying in general, there’s a lot of Hispanic songs that are played in parties that people dance to but if you read the lyrics, it’s sometimes the most depressing shit you’ve ever read
luckily, the zetas cartel dont longer exists, due to the brutal way they used to move around, the governent and other cartels teamed up and finished them
Something similar happened in India during 80s until mid 90s. A major part of the Bollywood industry was funded by Underworld organisations and Gangsters. Entire films were used to Launder Illegal Money into White Money. Being a Filmmaker, Actor etc sucked hard in that time frame. It got so bad, that majority of Bollywood started being dependant on the Criminals. A prominent Actor from that era was even arrested and tried for having alleged involved in Bombay Bomb Attacks of 1993. He was also tried for purchasing Illegal Firearms from a Prominent Gang Member (the latter of these charges turned out to be true). The Media even had recorded Phone conversation between that Actor and that Underworld Gangster. Things calmed down after Public and Political pressure on authorities to remove such criminals via crackdown. Currently, the industry is “relatively” free from this. But it left a mark on it for sure. The entire industry is corrupted with Drugs, Sex, and Nepotism. Either way, this was an amazing watch. Perhaps you will cover the topic in my comment someday.
Much of the same happens in Hollywood too. The criminals there are just very good at spreading their tendrils into the political and news media spheres too, so their misbehaviors, or even existence really, are never widely publicized
Some of the other songs/artist you forgot to cover that actually got censored or something along the lines there is notably: El azul- junior H ft peso pluma( official song has lyrics removed and many have been wondering what is actually said there) Cuerno azulado- Natanael cano ft Gabito Ballesteros( Natanael has allegedly said that he can’t talk about the song or play it due to fear of actually being threatened by rival cartels) Other than that, I liked the video a lot
I like how you put a picture of the three legends that really opened my eyes to this violence. RIP Valentin, Chalino and Sergio Gomez. If yall wanna listen to a corrido, i have my uncles on my page. He passed due to the cartel violence in Chihuahua.
@@sparky9044 I thought you meant the whole world but still, rap has been very ass lately so it’s normal spanish speaking ppl moved on to a genre that’s different sonically but the image and topics are very similar
absolutely didn't expect you to touch on this subject but enjoyed it so much. wouldn't mind if you ventured into some global music subgenres and stories more often
I Love Corridos. The story telling is amazing but sooner or later a lot of artist will start transitioning into a different style while still having that same feeling
I saw somewhere that chatino was stopped by a fake police car and that’s how he was kidnapped and eventually assassinated. Also peso pluma has kinda spoken up a bit where he implied that they have no choice in saying no and it was kinda sad to hear, I’m pretty sure it was a podcast. You could tell by his voice that is a topic he isn’t allowed to speak up on.
I'm traveling through Latin America rn and spent 4 months in Mexico. After the first time listening to corridos I also thought that they are uplifting songs haha thanks for summarizing this topic and explaining it
@@maxplattner6264 because, look Im not forcing you to do anything; in fact, I’m a Mexican myself.. however, the narco corridos aren’t good music. They are catchy but the lyrics are not good at all. Even if you don’t understand it, I wouldn’t recommend listening to violent corridos. Try to find the ones that don’t promote violence.
I remember watching a documentary from vice long ago of this where they showed El Kommander and how he only sang corridos bc it’s what made money instead of his love songs
Chelino Note said “If you don’t stop preforming, you will be executed and killed” as they wanted his career to fail and gave him a chance but he didn’t take it and kept singing
This is untrue. His daughter did an interview where she confirms that only Chalino himself knew what the letter said “not my mom, not my uncles, because no one else saw it other than him”
hola bro, aqui un mexicano, solo para aclarar que Narco corridos no es igual a corridos tumbados, corridos tumbados es una expresion de que un corrido te encante y te haga sentir empoderado, pero no es necesariamente uno que sea de narcos, saludos
The reason why there is not much information or documentation on this topic is that compared to mariachi or ranchero music a lot of music that comes from Northern Mexico like banda and corridos are seen as sub-par, low brow culture, and is associated with narcos and violence even when the songs don’t talk about that.
You should’ve included Tito torbellino he also had a tragic ending to his career he was shot up while eating out his son carry’s on his legacy now his name is Tito torbellino Jr none the less good video 👌🏾👌🏾🔥🔥
My friends dad is one of the lead members of Los Tigre’s De Norte. I’ve been to their house, I actually had no idea they had involvement with the Narcocorridos genre
Wait what? Lol los tigres have some of the most famous narcocorrido songs! They have performed for cartels multiple times. They don’t really sing narcocorridos as much now though
valentin Elizalde was warned not to play “a mis enemigos” before his show or there would be consequences and to show he wasn’t scared he opened the concert and closed the concert with that song before his death
Sergio from k-paz de la sierra allegedly got killed because his wife at the time had connection with the cartel and he ended up cheating on her or she was cheating on him with a cartel member, something like that, so she ordered the cartel to kill him even though he never sang corridos in his life.
Nice video Matty I always wanted to make a video about this topic as it a great topic. I'm happy you made this video I always wanted to but I know I fail thank you for making this you fucking killed it.
I remember a few months ago, my family and I went to Tijuana to visit family. Peso Pluma was scheduled to play that weekend. We don't listen to him. That weekend, there were notices from the cartels everywhere that if he came to Tijuana, they would kill him
Great video, enjoyed the research that was done to make this video. It’s definitely not a talked about topic but a lot of Mexican people know that the cartels have a heavy influence in Mexico in almost anything wether it’s politicians or the music industry
the glorification of the narco life is true, as i live in the norte of méxico i see it everday. my younger brother even jokes about it. its very easy to target young boys with money, women and drugs, guns and cars. a life so "easy" that they do not see the dark side of it. its so disappointing to see young boys taking that path and for them pop out later lying on the side of some road, dead and beaten up by the enemies of the narcos they "worked" with or the cartel itself. also, pretty dope to see this type of content in english, its such a difficult topic to talk about since most sources are if not in spanish, common knowleadge in méxico.
I remember when Valentin was murdered. I really liked him and it honestly made me really scared. After a few years los zetas started coming to my small town so we had to leave and come to Cali. It’s gotten worse. I’m ngl I do enjoy corridos and it makes me so so happy that they are being recognised more and more but at the same time I feel strange about artists singing about drugs and stuff and kids listening to them. Ofc not all of them sing about that but yea narcotrafico has ruined many lives
Mexican here. Just to clarify, Narcocorridos and Corridos Tumbados are not the same. Narcocorridos are corridos but about druglords, while Corridos Tumbados are corridos (more musically than lyrically though) with Urban Music influences.
The information is generally correct, but I suggest you be more transparent and direct with your sources. Each video fragment, each article, each interview, cite them onscreen and in the video, or at least in the description. That way people can get more context on the topic from the source material and check it out themselves if they want.
I’m happy someone bright light into detail about this subject, heck many of the songs (narcocorridos) have double meaning that give details about crimes and much more… sadly this is the society we live in. Good Video though!
Great video for not knowing the genre. Chalino's car was rammed and taken and killed. He had a son Adan Sanchez also a narco singer. Died at 19 he got in a car "wreck" he wasn't wearing his "seatbelt". Who ever hated chalino wasn't playing.
I can’t believe you didn’t mention the EBE Bandz case. Basically EBE Bandz was a Chicago drill rapper who supposedly ran off on the Plug (stole drugs) worth thousands of dollars from a couple guys in Rockford, Illinois. Then one day they agreed to meet up to resolve the debt however things took a turn for the worst and EBE Bandz was beaten to death and his body was found burned.
Great journalism. I’m Mexican American and you basically kept it factual and your storytelling is very accurate. Other than corridos tumbados and narcocorridos… Corridos tumbados is the music flow/rap sounds Narcocorridos is music talking about narcos. The different is as big as gangsta rap and r&b
