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How Ariel Camacho Inspired a New Generation of Música Mexicana Hitmakers
Ariel Camacho, who died 10 years ago, has inspired a new generation of música mexicana artists, including Peso Pluma and Jesús Ortiz Paz.
Ask anyone from Peso Pluma to Fidel Castro (Grupo Marca Registrada), Christian Nodal and Jesús Ortiz Paz ( Fuerza Regida), and they will all categorically say that it was Camacho who paved the way for them. He was making space for us outside of Mexico, and as someone from California with Mexican roots, that hit close to home,” he tells Billboard, adding that his favorite Ariel Camacho song is the emotionally-charged “Hablemos.” Castro and Camacho met in Sinaloa through a colleague: “When he arrived to the house we were meeting at, he was listening to a song of mine called ‘La Vida Ruina,’ and in fact we re-recorded it together.
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