Bad Bunny fans were in for a real treat when earlier this month he announced a collaboration with his “compas” (friends) in Grupo Frontera. To everyone’s surprise, Bunny — who has been on a musical break — unleashed a romantic cumbia-norteño track called “un x100to,” co-produced by Edgar Barrera and MAG. The song, about having one percent charge on the phone and using it for an important call, debuts this week at No. 3 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.
But this isn’t the first time the Puerto Rican trap star dips his toes in the música Mexicana realm. In 2019, he teamed up with corrido tumbado pioneer Natanael Cano on “Soy El Diablo (Remix),” which incorporated hip-hop sensibility with rapping and chanting and narrating the story of a man who runs the streets.
In recent years, other urban and regional Mexican stars have tested out the game-changing trend. Rising act Peso Pluma, for example, has already released collaborations with Colombian rapper Blessd (“Las Morras”), reggaetón hitmaker Ovy on the Drums (“El Hechizo”), and even Argentine star Nicki Nicole (the remix of his “Por Las Noches”).
Farruko does not stay too far behind either. In 2020, he teamed up with T3R Elemento for the corrido sierreño track “Del Barrio a la Ciudad,” which was made possible thanks to DEL Records founder Angel del Villar, T3R Elemento’s label, and producer Alex Gárgola, who sent the song to Farruko.
Below, check out 16 urban and Regional Mexican collaborations, in alphabetical order of artist name.
