During this morning’s press conference, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed his concern and questioned the corridos lying down and the drug culture that glorify violence, drug trafficking and drug use. Without directly mentioning the singer’Featherweight‘, President AMLO was mentioned in against of this genre after stating that does not like this type of music and made reference to the importance of guiding young people so that they do not fall into the hands of crime.
President AMLO has emphasized the importance of providing guidance to young people, especially in relation to the musical genre of corridos lying downbecause they present a distorted and glorified vision of violence and drug culture, as commented this morning in his daily press conference. Without directly mentioning the singer’Featherweight‘, the president stressed the need to convey a clear message that drugs and irresponsible consumption can have devastating consequences, such as addiction to fentanyl, which can lead to death in a short period of time.
Guiding young people, nothing that the music of certain corridos is very cool there, there is a very famous singer and they paint everything rosy and very virile, very successful, no! Anyone who is addicted to fentanyl can die in 6 months, it is a terrible drug… Let them be guided, nothing about the fact that drugs lead to paradise, no, they lead to hell.
In this way, the president AMLO He highlighted the campaign ‘If you get high, you get hurt’ and the implementation of programs such as Young People Building the Future and Sembrando Vida, with the aim of preventing addictions. In addition, he emphasized that, unlike the United States, in Mexico there is no crisis of drug use such as fentanyl, but he urged the prevention of addiction among young people after hearing corridos lying down and normalize the drug culture.
The president took the opportunity to express his disagreement with the idea that those who get involved in the drug culture and crime live a happy and luxurious life, as shown in some television series, the corridos lying down and singers like ‘Featherweight‘. He stressed that this image is ephemeral and false, and that the reality is the suffering of the young people and their families involved in these activities.
The musical genre of corridos lying down It is a fusion of traditional corridos with other genres such as rap, trap, hip-hop, and reggaeton. It arose in the border cities between the United States and Mexico, and combines themes such as drug use and drug culture. ‘Featherweight‘, a young Mexican singer, has stood out as one of the main representatives of this genre, achieving international recognition and a large number of views on digital platforms.