corridos and private corridos. Commercial narcocorridos are recorded made by famous artists who idolize a certain drug dealer and release a song about him, while private narcocorridos are usually commissioned by the drug dealer himself.[10] While commercial corridos are available to the public, private narcocorridos are restricted to nightclubs that are frequently attended by drug dealers, or through CDs bought on the street. Drug lords often pay singers to write songs about them, as a way to send a message to rivals. These songs are found to be most popular on YouTube, many that have a banner "Approved by the cartel". These types of corridos are changing from the formula historic and typical corridos would usually take. A first-person voice is now being sung instead of the historic third-person point of view.[11] The Mexican government has tried to ban narcocorridos because of their explicit and controversial lyrics. Most of the Mexican public argues that crimes and violence are to blame for narcocorridos.[12] However, despite the efforts of the Mexican government to ban narcocorridos, the northern states of Mexico can still get access to these songs through US radio stations whose signal still reaches the northern states of Mexico. Narcocorridos are also widely available on websites like Youtube and iHeartRadio. Today, narcocorridos are popular in other Latin American countries like Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala and Honduras.[13] Narcocorridos have been growing in popularity in the United States and they have been targeted at the American public. More recent narcocorridos are even targeted toward the American public and some are even written in English. Like many artists, narcocorrido singers have chosen American cities to perform concerts because the American public can buy concert tickets for a higher price than the average Mexican citizen.[14] Trapcorridos "Trapcorridos" is a Southern California corrido ballad influenced by hip-hop.[15] Story of Gregorio Cortez This section may require copy editing. (December 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Gregorio Cortez was a Mexican man born on a ranch near Matamoros, Mexico in 1875, as the "seventh child to a family of eight."[16] However, Gregorio, his parents, and his eight siblings moved to Manor, Texas in 1887. In 1889, Gregorio joined his older brother, Ronaldo, in Karnes county, near Gonzales, Texas. They both worked for farmers as ranch hands and farmhands. They even worked as vaqueros. in 1900, Gregorio and Romaldo went to settle down and married.