Los Tigres del Norte

Grammy winners Los Tigres del Norte (1987; Best Mexican-American Performance; Gracias! America Sin Fronteras) is one of the most popular Mexican norteño bands from Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The group was started by Mexican immigrant Jorge Hernández, his brothers, and a cousin after he heard a song in the early 1970s about a couple of drug runners. This kind of song was unheard of and too controversal for the modern public (at that time), but Jorge saw the hit potential and ran with it. After getting permission to record this song, Los Tigres del Norte released "Contrabando y Traicion" (Contraband and Betrayal) in 1972. That song was also recorded by, who is by far considered the premier norteño artist in the history of the genre, Ramon Ayala. At the time, America's youth were getting high in large numbers, and Mexican immigrants were seeing drug trafficking daily as they crossed the border. The song quickly hit huge, kicking off one of the most remarkable careers in Spanish-language pop music. The career downfall for Los Tigres del Norte started after their 1998 release called "Herencia de Familia", which proved to be a tremendous artistic failure.

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Grammy - 1987 - Mexican-American - Mexican - Norteño - 1970s - Drug runners - 1972 - Getting high - Drug trafficking

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