‘I Had To Keep Going’

AFTER HIS VISA WAS REVOKED, MEXICAN SINGER-SONGWRITER CODICIADO THOUGHT HE’D NEVER MAKE MUSIC AGAIN. BUT HE’S TRANSFORMED A CAREER-THREATENING OBSTACLE INTO FUEL FOR CHART AND TOURING TRIUMPHS

BY ISABELA RAYGOZA

IN EARLY 2018, the future looked bright for corridos singer-songwriter Codiciado. Grupo Codiciado, the band he’d co-founded three years prior, was rapidly rising: After breaking onto Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart in 2017 with “Gente de Accionar,” the act reached No. 8 on the Regional Mexican Albums chart with Miro Lo Que Otros No Miran (I See What Others Don’t). And with its success, the group was helping define the urban style of Rancho Humilde, the Los Angeles-based label known for its modern take on música mexicana. Then, on a cannabis possession charge, Codiciado’s visa was revoked at the U.S.-Mexico border that April. He’d migrated to the States in 2016, working in Southern California’s agricultural fields to support himself as he tried to get his music career off the ground. Now,…

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Billboard (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 14, 2024

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