Monday, March 8, 2010

MINSTRELS IN THE COURT OF THE KINGPIN

Read Josh Kun's unsettling article on narcocorridos in this March 5th New York Times article. These hugely popular Mexican songs -- which celebrate drug trafficking and its brutal violence -- provide a lucrative, if uneasy, living for the singers and bands who perform them. Then check out the video for "El Más Bravo de los Bravos" ("The Most Vicious of the Vicious"):

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