Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
On Tuesday, hundreds of mourners turned out for a service in the San Fernando Valley for the singer Ariel Camacho, who died last week in a car accident in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Camacho led the popular Norteño group Los Plebes del Rancho and developed a strong following in the US.
He was part of a wave of new, young musicians who were bicultural and pioneered a new, hybrid sound, said Leila Cobo, Billboard's executive director of content and programming for Latin music. "He sang corridos and also romantic stuff and that's part of his appeal," said Cobo.
Camacho's hit, El Karma, from his new album drew millions of viewers online.