Natanael Cano

About

Nathanahel Rubén “Natanael” Cano Monge (born 27 March 2001) is a Mexican rapper and singer. He is known for his fusion of trap music and regional Mexican corridos, known as corridos tumbados. The idea to fuse the two genres was proposed by Dan Sanchez who wrote Cano’s first corrido tumbado, “Soy el Diablo”.

Cano was born in Hermosillo, Sonora. When he was seven, he showed off his talent at family events and parties or wherever he was invited. When he first taught himself to play the piano at thirteen, he learned Mexican band Maná’s “Rayando el Sol” off of YouTube. Then he focused on regional Mexican corridos like the ones by Ariel Camacho who was his main source of inspiration. Three years later at 16, he released his first song on YouTube “El de los lentes Gucci” where he first fused hip-hop/trap with corridos, which he now refers to as corridos tumbados.

Cano began his music career in 2018 by uploading guitar covers to YouTube and later grew into performing underground. In 2019, he eventually signed to the independent label Five Music, where he released his debut single…