Mexican rapper draws record 310k concert crowd

Rapper Natanael Cano has smashed Mexico’s attendance record after attracting more than 310,00 people to his performance at the 2024 San Luis Potosí National Fair (FENAPO).

The 23-year-old, who has almost 24 million monthly listeners on Spotify, is considered an innovator in the new wave of regional Mexican music, specifically the corridos tumbados genre, and surpassed all previous records at Foro-Teatro del Pueblo on 28 August.

Considered one of the country’s most important fairs, the three-week-long FENAPO also featured international acts such as Black Eyed Peas, Maluma, Steve Aoki and Vanilla Ice.

The attendance record was confirmed by state governor Ricardo Gallardo Cardona on social media, as well as state civil protection.

“This night will always be etched in our memory”

“310 thousand thanks,” Cardona wrote on his Facebook account. “Natanael Cano breaks a record at the best fair in Mexico, #FENAPO2024. This night will always be etched in our memory.”

Days earlier, on 23 August, Cano’s Tumbado Tour sold out the 65,000-cap GNP Seguros Stadium (formerly Foro Sol) in Mexico City, which was livestreamed on Disney+. The Mexican is represented by WME.

In June last year, Argentina’s Los Fabulosos Cadillacs set a new Mexican attendance record by drawing 300,000 fans to a free show in Mexico City. The eight-piece band performed in the Plaza de la Constitución (Constitution Square), known as the Zócalo – the world’s second largest public square after Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Previously, Mexican band Grupo Firme drew a then record 280,000 to the square in September 2022.

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