Natanael Cano, born in Hermosillo, Sonora in 2001, is the founding figure of corridos tumbados — regional Mexican corridos wired with trap and hip hop production. Corridos Tumbados (2019) is the genre's founding document, and Nata Montana (2023) shows how far he has taken it since. Shop Natanael Cano vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Natanael Rubén Cano Monge was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico on March 27, 2001. He launched his recording career as a teenager and signed with Los Angeles-based Rancho Humilde Records (operated by Jimmy Humilde). His 2019 album Corridos Tumbados is widely cited as the foundational document establishing corridos tumbados - the contemporary fusion of regional Mexican corridos with hip hop and trap production aesthetics - as a recognized genre. His foundational influence on the contemporary regional Mexican music revival and broader Latin music scene is widely cited. He has been associated with controversial themes around narco culture, leading to mainstream media debate. He launched his own label CT Enterprises.
Natanael Cano's sound is foundational to corridos tumbados as a recognized genre - combining corridos tumbados, regional Mexican, corridos, sierreño, trap, Latin trap, and Mexican hip hop with his distinctive vocal delivery and arrangements combining traditional Mexican guitar and tuba instrumentation with contemporary hip hop and trap production aesthetics (808 bass patterns, hip hop drum programming).
Rancho Humilde Records and CT Enterprises pressings of the Natanael Cano catalog have been issued in color variant editions.
Listeners new to Natanael Cano typically start with Corridos Tumbados (2019) or Nata Montana (2023).
