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                     Los Tigres Del Norte                                                                                                                 Los Tucanes

           Super-groups like Los Tigres Del Norte and Los Tucanes have adapted themselves, at least some of their repertoire, to the narcocorrido craze. In an interesting parallel to the hip-hop scene of the US, many of these corridos are banned from radio play due to their excessively bold, and in the case of Los Tucanes, comically outrageous drug references with songs such as "One Gram Nostrils." Though these bands derive the majority of their sales from non-corrido material, many corrido songs are heavily boot-legged, so it's impossible to find even a rough audience figure. It's impressive, though, to say the least.

           Numerous small individuals and groups sprang up, many going so far as to mimic Chalino's vocal style themselves. These became known as Chalineros. All, however, followed the trend of the super-macho 'valiente'. Cintas Aquario is the largest corrido label in the US, located in LA. The Rivera family which runs the organization has many members who emulate the new corrido image, so long a part of urban music culture-guns, fancy cars, gold chains, pretty women. The super-macho theme flourishes. Looking at their website one sees the name of bands such as Rebelion Nortena and Toros de la Mafia; typical tough-guy image. Most revealing of all may be the group simply listed as Banda Culiacan. So in a sense, Culiacan, the capitol city of Sinaloa is now nestled in the heart of Los Angeles. It shows no sign of departing any time soon.