Narcocorrido

Drug cartels appeared in Mexico during the time of the U.S. Prohibition when liquor was smuggled into the United States over the Rio Grande. When the U.S. Prohibition ended these cartels saw a drop in liquor profits so began to use marijuana as a new cheap and effective cash crop. Drugs really started to get going when the U.S. began to clamp down on drugs in the 1900’s (stratfor). And so many of the Mexican gangs that had smuggled other items started smuggling marijuana and other drugs across

What could our culture be without music today? Music has been around for thousands of years, but it wasn't the same as what we have today. Music would be classified differently back in the “Stone Age”. It would composed of various sounds and crafted into a single music piece. As centuries went by, music evolved without holding back. Day after day, music is still growing at a tremendous rate. So should music that glorifies a criminal lifestyle be banned? A very controversial topic among social media

I. Background Chalino Sanchez was born and raised in la Chilla known as “el rancho” the ranch. Chalino had six brothers, and a sister, named Juana. Chalino lost his father at age six, and lived in poverty at a young age with his mother Sannorina Felix. and siblings. It was always a struggle they either had to pick tomatoes or become a drug trafficker in Sinaloa. Chalino would tell his mother “don’t worry, with my body and voice in California you will not be without” page 23 in the book “A Chronicle

These ballads tell the story of famous narco leaders and members, and help to trace the history of cartels in México. Gangsters also use narcocorridos as a way to assert themselves and get positive publicity out about their “hardcore” ways, which on occasion has gotten ordinary gangsters membership into a cartel. The final thing I learned from El Narco is how the drug legalization argument

In the article “Welcome to Tijuana”: Popular Music on the US–Mexico Border. Sociology and Social Researcher Elena Dell’Agnese studies popular music on the US-Mexico border. This study shows that classic corrido is the most popular along with other hydbrid types of music. These different types of music show that the US-Mexico border is very mixed. Elena starts off the article stating that since the sixties there have been many different branches of research over popular music focusing on a certain

Casas 2 Struggles I grew up in a Mexican family listening to corridos, which are a type of song, due to the fact that at every party, every celebration, and every occasion, that’s what the family would play. As I became more aware and conscious, I began to realize what these songs were actually saying. Corridos are a narrative song that showcase topics such as poverty, hard times, success, immigration, social and political problems, and/or life in general. A prominent and recurring theme that I

Danny Mendoza 3/5/13 English 14 Prof. Mareneck Informative Speech Joaquín Guzmán Loera Thesis Statement: How Joaquín Guzmán Loera became a mythical figure in Mexico, both a narco folk hero and a villain Main Points: His beginnings/ Birth Rise to Power/ Control of the Sinaloa Cartel Legend of “El Chapo” • Born on April 4, 1957, to a poor family in the rural town of La Tuna Badiraguato, his abusive father kicked him

Despite the buchona’s importance as a business woman and as the main character in En La Sierra Y La Ciudad’s music video, Javier Rosas, obtains more time on the screen than “La China.” During the 235 seconds of the music video, “La China” appears only for 66 seconds, from which 20 seconds she shares with Javier Rosas, who obtained a total of 157. This shows that, regardless of “la China’s” power, it is a male who obtains all the credit for her work. Thus, she is unable to represent her own story

the In-between. The final person I was fortunate enough to listen to was Julian Cook, he shared his newly published paper called, Niggaz Wit Attitudes vs. BuKnas de Culiacan: Conceptualizing Otherness through the Imagery Created by the Rap and Narcocorrido Musical Genres. This session, personally, was very confusing to understand and follow, but I was able to enjoy and learn about the new research and concepts presented by these three very intellectual graduate students. The following day was also

The Mexican government’s past pacifism has enabled cartel strongholds throughout the nation. With agreements between the Mexican cartels and the PRI ruling political party, extreme violence was considered under control, in the 1970s through the 1990s (Madrid 2013, 100). However, in a 2015 Congressional Research Service (CSR) report addressing crime and drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, the document reveals Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO) are not a new trend, and in fact have been around