The popular Mexican singer Carín León generated a shower of criticism this Monday, March 4, for advocating drug use following stating in the middle of a concert in Mexico that with one of her songs she always “craved” cocaine.
“The truth With this song (song) I feel like going to the bathroom and taking a drink (cocaine), So I’m going to tell you no, yes, as a good native of Hermosillo, right, and anyone who doesn’t like it is their problem, not mine, up with Mexican music, up with the shrink, up with the drunk compás! “, snapped the singer during their show over the weekend.
“We are not an example, we are musicians and we live from what we do, we like music. Do not compare us or make an example of us“he added.
The concert was precisely in Hermosillo, capital of Sonora (northwest Mexico), hometown of Óscar Armando Díaz de León Huez, stage name Carín León.
The presentation had caused great expectations, with more than 20 thousand tickets sold in minutes, and the organizers offered live streaming of the concert on giant screens for those who did not have a ticket.
⚠️ “The net with this song makes me want to go to the bathroom and THROW MYSELF, that is” “and anyone who doesn’t like it is their problem”… the singer’s words #CarínLeón during their weekend concert in #Hermosillo and that has the community dismayed 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/pWXOSDa2Tj
— Michelle Rivera (@michelleriveraa) March 4, 2024
Despite the public’s surprise at the words, The Sonoran singer himself anticipated the scandal by assuring that “this is going to go viral.”
Carín León, 34 years old and one of the most popular musicians of the regional Mexican genre, has two Latin Grammy awards.
The local chronicler, Ignacio Lagarda, criticized Carín by questioning who the singer is to define what a good Hermosillo native is.
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“For these artists, their cultural level does not allow them to measure the impact they have on society; and say what he said, that as a good Hermosillense he wanted to take drugs, since when has a good Hermosillense done that? Who is he to define who is a good Hermosillense? “questioned the journalist.
The Federal Penal Code, in its article 208, says that it is punishable by Mexican Law to incite vices or drug consumption in public, while in the state of Sonora, acknowledging drug consumption in public is also an offense provided for in the Law for the Celebration of Public Entertainments.
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