Mexican singer Sergio Vega "El Shaka" killed
By Remezcla Posted Jun 28th 2010 01:51PM
Famed Mexican singer Sergio Vega was killed on Saturday June 26 at night in a hail of gunfire from unknown perpetrators near the city of Los Mochis, in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa. At the time of the shooting, the singer was on his way to perform at a local festival when a truck began to follow his red Cadillac. Gunshots, presumed to be from the truck, injured the singer and led to his loss of control of the vehicle, eventually crashing and killing him.
Curiously, only hours before, the singer also known as "El Shaka" had dismissed rumors that he had been assassinated. The grupero singer had told an entertainment website that "It's happened to me for years now -- someone tells a radio station or a newspaper I've been killed or suffered an accident. And then I have to call my dear mom, who has heart trouble, to reassure her."
Vega's death adds to the string of
grupero musicians - including Valentín Elizalde and Sergio Gómez - who have allegedly been caught up in the violence among drug trafficking empires which are at war with the federal government and each other.
"El Shaka" was known for performing a unique subculture of grupero music called
narcocorridos, which are dramatic ballads commissioned by drug cartels to heroically recount the criminal activities, risk taking and violent battles of drug-traffickers. However, musicians who become associated with one narco group by writing narcocorridos for them, can also become targets of rival narco groups.
A singer who often won awards voted on by the public, his fans are joined in their mourning by some of Latin music's top stars - including Jenni Rivera and Diana Reyes - who've publicly expressed their outrage and sadness with this tragedy.
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1 28 06
By NAVYMIKEUSN
PLEASE EVERY ONE IS SICK OF THAT NO TALENTED KIM KARDASHIAN. AND THE REST OF THAT SICK,WIERD FAMILY. kIM IS NOTHING BUT A LOOSE GOLD DIGGING WOMAN WITH NO MORALS.
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1 28 06
By charipop
How is she a gold digger when she comes from a wealthy family and owns her own boutques? Just wondering...
1 28 06
By mondo
and you love her....hehe
1 28 06
By Marc Anthony
I agree totally....
1 28 06
By Hegone
I think this guy worked at the local Taco bell.
1 28 06
By No1'sname
@ caripop just b/c she comes from a wealthy family doesn't mean the wealth belongs to her as I recall her father was the wealthy one & why would she degrade herself by posing for playboy if she is soooo wealthy?
1 28 06
By CJ
AMEN!
1 28 06
By Dennis
I agree, and take that trashy Kate Gosslin with her. Get them off my TV and off my computer.
1 28 06
By XG
Drug Cartels that OBAMA wants is letting run over this country.
OBAMA needs to bring the entire troupes home or at least give them rules in which they can win the war. First the General is exactly correct about OBAMA and his people second in another article on Oil and the Judge; well OBAMA has interests in Oil too. HE TOOK 2 BILLION IN our TAX DOLLARS AND GAVE IT TO BRAZIL FOR DEEP WATER DRILLING. This began on AUGUST 18, 2009, 1:45 P.M. ET. This is not a Green President. OBAMA and others in his administration have money in the company, Brazil's state-owned oil company, Petrobras. Meanwhile oil continues to destroy our economy as our children die in foreign countries. This president is corrupt to the core and so are his advisors. Hide your guns and stop paying taxes until we receive representation. OBAMA is letting the criminals in under the disguise of immigration law.
The American Civilians do not have confidence in OBAMA and his socialist party and the military does not have confidence in OBAMA and the socialists.
Grow up America. Tell the truth MSNBC, CNN, ETC. Look up and Discuss PETROBRAS and OBAMA. The politicians are getting rich as Americans become poorer. Make the immigrants that want to stay have to serve in the US Armed Forces like Athens did when defeating Sparta. OBAMA is a joke and a dangerous one to anyone that has a child, illness or a mortgage.
This war and his past actions are the ruin of AMERICA. He needs to be impeached.
PETROBRAS!!
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1 28 06
By Becky
WOW