With an eye for drama and ear for a good track, the super middleweight champ has brought Latino artists to the biggest stage.

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in the middle of it all, amid the smiling patrons decked out in Mickey ears, you might spot 20-year-old Ivan Cornejo, the rising star widely considered the future of regional Mexican music ...

All eyes were on this new artist ... in 2013 — he’s had one of the most consequential careers in Mexican music since corridos icon Chalino Sánchez. Ask anyone from Peso Pluma to Fidel ...

For you to see Mexican music explode in the U.S. and worldwide, how big was that for you? Canelo Álvarez: It was huge for me, for all of Mexico, because the Mexican artists are competing with ...