Narco-Corrido: Gangsta Rap Music With A Mexican Flavor

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 15: Don Pedro Rivera pauses in front of the house built from profits of Narco-Corrido genre of music October 15, 2003 in Long Beach, California. Owner of Cintas Acuario, a small recording studio in Long Beach, Don Pedro Rivera, often nicknamed the godfather of Narco-Corrido, has given a start to many young Narco-Corrido stars. Narco-Corrido bands, a genre of music that includes a mix of crude lyrics about Mexican drug dealers, their exploits and traditional Mexican music, are hugely popular and banned from being played on the radio in several Mexican states. (Photo by Gilles Mingasson/Getty Images)