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Codiciado’s Corridos Transcend Borders

April 26, 2024
Mexican singer Codiciado on how crossing the border inspired him to fuse corridos with hip-hop, and why he identifies with his Cybertruck.
Show transcript
00:00
You know what is up to familia?
00:01
We have the one and only called the Seattle in the building
00:09
Oh OK. OK.
00:11
Nice. Well, no,
00:12
Mucho Gracia de Meo.
00:13
Welcome, bro. So you're blaming Mexican music,
00:17
like traditional Mexican music with alternative corridos.
00:20
I guess people are calling it like,
00:21
how do you come up with that sound?
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Well, I'm sorry when I have like 16 years.
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So I'm listening like Mexican real Corridos,
00:30
you know, so I christen the border when I have eight
00:33
So I hear hip hop another kind of music.
00:36
So I try when I have like 2021 I'm start to mix
00:39
It is like this happens.
00:41
So you know the hip hop real grande but Pera Mio San
00:49
Diego me listen this music.
00:52
He is like, oh,
00:53
it's a rocky to,
00:55
it's a rocky. OK,
00:56
because I'm start to make my videos like different trip because that
00:59
guy nice. So the corridos hip hop is like a
01:06
Inacio. So I mean,
01:07
that kind of answer my next question.
01:09
So your homie from San Diego kind of put the,
01:11
put you on hip hop?
01:12
What other inspirational like,
01:15
like what other artists inspired you.
01:16
You said ASAP Rocky Snoop Dogg.
01:19
Like, you know Ice Cube,
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Ice Cube, the Ogsogog,
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the Masques Kendrick. I,
01:30
I, I'm wondering Pors hip hop de ID M or no
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Los Corridos era Uno.
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You know Sa lo Unidos Un its pere Nuno.
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Hi HD. You know,
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so lamento cultura, lament comun Los vibes,
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los lyrics to pf OK.
02:03
Yo que much gente when a lot of old people or even
02:07
traditional people are like,
02:09
nah you know like go back to corridos or no,
02:11
I like this better.
02:12
How do you deal with the,
02:14
the, the credits,
02:16
the music is evolution sas I la gente Quesa a meta because
02:24
he's singing cars but it's a lot of is much gente
02:27
a la Schar, you know Tere A 10 mix 10 and
02:34
you know, it's something fun but I I lo lo reac
02:39
con alo meca paar your cyber truck,
02:42
right? And says,
02:43
and then la calle either a pen vjs.
02:45
He said what car is that one?
02:47
It was like Tesla,
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it's really ugly. It's like I know but it's the future
02:50
you know says is no music.
02:54
Que canta like Corridos,
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como Los Cadetes como chain.
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No como Nata or P is like what the what is this
03:03
You know, but as it as part of the,
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you know the kid Aano ECU maz Los que anti ante los
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que consum la music and 23 of 3040.
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Now the the people that listen,
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music is like 1715,
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16. Well, I think this generation specifically like the
03:19
era we're in, I feel like everyone's so proud to be
03:22
Latino to be Mexican that their culture is like,
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again and their upbringing,
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I feel like Corrido me growing up,
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I hate it. And my dad's like,
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OK, la que,
03:30
I'm like dad to Los Los Mazo.
03:35
Ines de USTA ma.
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So I think that's kind of,
03:37
I think, I think that's,
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that's dope. So,
03:39
I mean, you're in the,
03:40
in the trend like,
03:40
what do you think about Coachella?
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I know we're going into week two.
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Is it kind of played out?
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Like is it I go to Coachella this weekend,
03:49
last weekend. We compo Meto Just chilling.
03:53
Porque can drop. He's singing Friday.
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I think so. And Saturday,
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if I DJ Snake A a this is ye yeah
04:21
Nice. Coachella.
04:24
Porque, hip hop rap,
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rap. No. Yeah.
04:29
Robert, the Artas meas,
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a car. Peso Mao.
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Santa Fe is like amazing,
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Muchas, Muchas Banderas.
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Latinas. Yeah.
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Super. A No.
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See Como Ve de Puesta.
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Cultura and Sotos. Yeah.
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On the main stage and Las Puerto is open the doors
04:52
for everybody now. Yeah.
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So hopefully, I mean,
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I don't know, we'll see you there next time.
04:54
Let's go. And so I guess,
04:56
yeah, I wanna ask you like,
04:57
what's next for you?
04:58
My tour. Oh,
05:00
you're going on a tour,
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right? You go to is my first tour in America.
05:03
Like solita just,
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I'm excited, more money and where can people find you on
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social media? coo official everywhere,
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Instagram, Facebook,
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Que Mazo whatsapp. No,
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whatsapp, tiktok hotline,
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text me whatsapp. You'll find him and so keep an
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eye out for him on his cyber truck.
05:24
He's going on tour in the US and maybe a Coachella.
05:27
Who knows. But thank you so much,
05:28
man. I appreciate it.
05:28
Thank you too. Yeah.
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All right, cool.