Los Tigres del Norte

About Los Tigres del Norte

Los Tigres del Norte, a family band founded by brothers from Rosa Morada in Sinaloa, became the most important norteño group in Mexican music after settling in San Jose, California in 1968. Their 1972 single Contrabando y Traición turned the narcocorrido into a commercial form and reframed the corrido as a vehicle for working-class migrant stories on both sides of the US-Mexico border. They have released more than 50 albums, won seven Grammys, and built an audience among Mexicans, Mexican-Americans, and Spanish-speaking immigrants from California to Chicago. Their MTV Unplugged record in 2011 and their Folsom Prison concert in 2018 reframed them for new generations.