Alfredo Rios, aka El Komander, is the Jay Z of Mexican drug balladeers. He says government pressure, in the form of fines and banned or canceled concerts, is forcing him to think about retirement. El ...

Alfredo Ríos, “El Komander”, compuso el tema “Cayó El Chapo”, sobre la captura del narcotraficante, el cual incluirá en su próximo álbum. “Estamos grabando un nuevo disco de corridos y estamos ...

The city of Tijuana is refusing to allow three popular musicians who sing violent lyrics about Mexico's drug war to perform at its annual fair. The singers are Alfredo Rios, who goes by the stage name ...

The verse draws raucous cheers from the capacity-plus crowd, which I’m told is thick with members of the Sinaloa Cartel, the most powerful drug trafficking syndicate in the world. I’m still scanning ...

Narcocorridos, or “drug ballads”, are songs that soundtrack the world of narcoculutra. Since the Mexican drug war began in 2006, the genre has exploded in popularity and the lyrics have kept pace with ...