A "Narcocorrido" (Drug Ballad) is a type of Mexican music that evolved out of the Norteno folk tradition of Northern Mexico and borderland US. Lyrics refer to particular events. Rosalino "Chalino" Sanchez, one of the best known composers/singers of narcorridos, was often called "the king of the narcocorridos." He was murdered 16 May 1992 following a performance in the village of LaPresita, near Culican, Sinoloa.
A "Narcocorrido" (Drug Ballad) is a type of Mexican music that evolved out of the Norteno folk tradition of Northern Mexico and borderland US. Lyrics refer to particular events. Rosalino "Chalino" Sanchez, one of the best known composers/singers of narcorridos, was often called "the king of the narcocorridos." He was murdered 16 May 1992 following a performance in the village of LaPresita, near Culican, Sinoloa.
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