NATANAEL CANO

When the 21-year-old Cano cobbled together his first corrido tumbado — a regional Mexican guitar ballad, sung with a hard-nosed, hip-hop bravado — he inadvertently spawned a mass movement of streetwise singer-songwriters in the genre, eager to integrate their love for trap music into their folky heritage sound. As a transplant to Los Angeles from Hermosillo, Mexico, Cano rose up the ranks of the Billboard charts while signed to local label Rancho Humilde — then, one Bad Bunny collab, a Coachella debut and several hit songs later, he launched his own boutique label, Los CT, on which he released his 2022 electrotrap album, “NataKong.” Featuring guest stars Steve Aoki, Junior H and Lil Mosey, the album makes for a formidable declaration of Cano’s independence.