Shakira returns to music with Fuerza Regida with the song The boss. The singer announced during the MTV VMAs that she would release the song El Jefe alongside
Mexican corridos dominate the international market.
Every time artists like Featherweight They lead the lists for their combination of tradition and avant-garde. Another example of this folk music is Ruled Forcea group with which Shakira has joined for her long-awaited return withThe boss. After sweeping the MTV VMAs and winning the Video Vanguard award, the Colombian is committed to entering a style that she had never tried.
The beginnings of Fuerza Regido in music
This is a curious step for the interpreter of TQG because in recent months he has chosen to collaborate with stars of great international success such as Karol G, Ozuna, Manuel Turizo or Rauw Alejandro. In fact, the band Fuerza Regida is quite recent and was formed in 2015.
This group – made up of Jess Ortiz Paz, Samuel Jaimez, Jos Garca, Moiss López and Khrystian Ramos– They began covering songs by other artists and played as a hobby at local parties or weddings in their hometown of San Bernardino (California). In 2017, they began uploading songs written by themselves to their YouTube channel, the turning point that allowed them to gain fame and followers.
They met by pure chance. The leader of the gang (Jess) worked as a barber and one of his clients told him that he knew of a group that was looking for a bass player: “I came in, I played bass in rehearsals. Then they asked me: Hey, do you sing? I sang them a song and they said: Do you want to be the singer? And I : Yes, we are a group,” he said to Billboard.
What was your first viral single? Fuerza Regida released the song in 2018 We live in South Centraland became a success on social networks and platforms.
“What really got us noticed was a song I wrote called We live in South Central. It really opened the doors for us. Thanks to that song, Ramón Ruiz (leader of the band Legado 7) discovered us and we managed to sign with two labels,” they said in the aforementioned interview.
A year later they released their debut album From the neighborhood to here and made it into the Top 10 on the list Top Latin Albums from Billboard.
In recent years, Fuerza Regida has launched six more albums –Addict, Another fart, another world, Christmas with the Regida, From the neighborhood to here, Vol. 2, Keep talking and So let them talk– and all of them have had an excellent reception among their fans.
What does ‘Ruled Force’ mean?
His style is committed to a fusion between regional Mexican music and the most groundbreaking urban music: “Fuerza Regida is a transgressor of Mexican musicwhich really shows us how the new generation of Mexican Americans in the United States have a language, they know how to execute it, they know how to reach it, and I believe that currently they are the voice of the people.
What is the origin of your name? According to the same interview, they consider that “denotes a dominant or governing force” and that not using the accent in the word Rigid gives them that urban touch.
Right now, her future plans include a collaboration with Karol G, although – or so it seems – they have not yet convinced the Colombian: “We are trying to achieve it. We have the song ready for when you want to come on. “We would love to expand our relationship with other genres and make this bigger than it is now, always pushing forward while breaking new barriers.”
The arrests of Jess and Khrystian
The group has not been without controversy, since several of its members have been arrested by the police in the US recently. The first of them was the leader and voice Jesuswho on July 17 was arrested in California during a search of his vehicle.
The agents They located a weapon without a license and he confessed that it was his, so he was taken to the barracks.
But a few days before, the news spread that guitarist Khrystian had been arrested in the same city for possession of illegal fireworks. Local media report that the artist uploaded a video to his social networks in which these prohibited artifacts could be seen and the Police inspected his house until they found them.
In this search, they also found an illegal weapon.
The shooting attack against Fuerza Regido
Another of the scandals that has indirectly affected the band was when at the end of August of this year several of their team’s trucks were victims of an armed attack in Mexico.
During this shooting, a member of the security team was killed.
Fuerza Regida has managed to establish itself as one of the most relevant groups of regional Mexican music.
