Are Narcocorridos the Latin Gangsta Rap?

Not Your Father's Polka
The ballads have deep roots; Mexicans have been singing about drug runners since the 1930s. But the new wave of narcocorrido is more gruesome than ever, and it portrays the drug lord as a hard-partying, daredevil Robin hood fighting a corrupt system.

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