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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Quezada, the second or maternal family name is Jasso.

Santa Fe Klan
Santa Fe Klan in 2023
Background information
Birth nameÁngel Jair Quezada Jasso
Born (1999-11-29) 29 November 1999 (age 25)
Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Genres
Occupations
Years active2016–present

Ángel Jair Quezada Jasso,[1] known professionally as Santa Fe Klan, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and rapper.[2][3][4] He featured on several songs which were highly certified by AMPROFON in Mexico, including 4× Platinum for "Por Mi México" by Lefty SM and 3× Platinum for "El Catrín" by Gera MX.[5] He was ranked 31st on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "50 greatest rappers in the history of Spanish rap," published in 2024.[6]

Early life

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Ángel Jair Quezada Jasso was born in the Santa Fe colonia in Guanajuato, State of Guanajuato, Mexico, the origin of his stage name.[7] Quezada grew up breakdancing and spraying graffiti on walls in his city. He learned to record his own songs at age 13, and by 14 years old, he had his own studio.[8]

Career

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He later moved to Guadalajara to pursue his artistic career, where he joined Alzada Récords, a group dedicated to promoting Mexican hip-hop. He recorded his first productions with the group, and later left in 2020.[9]

In April 2021, he released the single Grandes Ligas, in collaboration with Snoop Dogg and Lupillo Rivera.[10] In August 2021, he released a collaboration with Calibre 50 and Beto Sierra named Cuidando el territorio, which reached millions of plays in a few days. [11]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he started playing a Colombian accordion and focused his music on cumbia, a genre he heard as a child from his parents and the sonideros in his neighbourhood.[12] In this period, he released the album Santa Cumbia, produced by Toy Selectah and Camilo Lara of the Mexican Institute of Sound. The album was reportedly recorded in one week. [7] During this period, he also released a single named Ultimate, in collaboration with Steve Aoki and featuring Snow Tha Product.[13]

Discography

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  • Por Costumbre (2017)
  • Seguimos Radicando (2017)
  • El Inicio Vol. 1, 2, and 3 (2017)
  • Bendecido (2019)
  • Necesidad (2020)
  • Santa Cumbia (2021)
  • Mundo (2022)
  • Todo (2023)
  • Blanco y Negro (2024)[14]

Awards

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  • Independent Song Award by the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico, 2021[10]

References

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  1. ^ Arrona, Juanita Crespo (2 March 2023). "Santa Fe Klan anuncia su segunda gira más grande en Estados Unidos y portada en la Rolling Stone". Am.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ Roiz, Jessica (18 August 2022). "Latin Artist on the Rise: How Realness Turned Santa Fe Klan Into Mexico's Breakout Rapper". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  3. ^ Raygoza, Isabela (7 March 2023). "20 Questions With Santa Fe Klan: The Mexican Rapper Jumps to Arenas Stateside". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ Mier, Tomas (1 March 2023). "Santa Fe Klan Brings His 'Mundo' to the U.S. With New 'Todo y Nada' Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 29 August 2024. Type Santa Fe Klan in the box under the ARTISTA column heading.
  6. ^ "50 grandes en la historia del rap en español". Rolling Stone (in Spanish). 2 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  7. ^ a b Trejo, Nicole (5 February 2021). "Santa Fe Klan regresa a la cumbia y al acordeón" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  8. ^ Ibarra, Juan (27 July 2019). "Cada vez hay más aceptación del rap porque la gente percibe verdad, dice Santa Fe Klan". La Jornada (in Spanish). pp. a11.
  9. ^ "Confirmado: Santa Fe Klan se sale de Alzada". Ritmo Urbano (in Spanish). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Lupillo Rivera y Snoop Dogg revolucionan el ra con una "fusión histórica"". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 May 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  11. ^ E., Fernando (3 August 2021). "Calibre 50, Santa Fe Klan y Beto Sierra acumulan millones con 'Cuidando el Territorio'". Bandamax (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  12. ^ Torrijos, Rodrigo (19 February 2021). "¿Quién es Santa Fe Klan?". Rolling Stone (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  13. ^ Agencia EFE (9 February 2021). "Santa Fe Klan pasa del barrio del rap al barrio de la cumbia con nuevo disco". Yahoo! News (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  14. ^ García, Diana (26 October 2024). "Santa Fe Klan sueña con grabar al lado de Los Tigres del Norte y Los Temerarios". The Arizona Republic (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2025.
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