Yng Lvcas will always wave the Mexican flag high. After the success of “La Bebé” with Peso Pluma, the Mexican reggaeton musician released his LP Super Estrellas Friday — and he hopes the LP will prove there’s authentic reggaetón coming out of Mexico.
“I came to this world to leave a mark, not to be just another one in the mix. More than representing Mexico, it’s about showing that as Mexicans we have as much talent as anyone else,” Lvcas tells Rolling Stone. “I’m. proud of my roots, my accent, and how I dress. That’ll never change.”
Across Super Estrellas, Lvcas shares space to some of Mexico’s most-promising artists such as León Leiden on “Antyblue,” Yubeili on “Imagínate,” Zizzy on “Sigo,” and Young Gallo on “Vida Malfiosa.”
“I want to prove to the world that there is talent in Mexico. It’s produced, written, and sung by Mexicans,” he says. “We didn’t come to revolutionize anything, but simply show that we’re here. We produce authentic, quality reggaeton.”
Lvcas says he’s most proud of his song “Instalártelo,” because it features four other reggaetoneros — El Bogueto, Yeyo, Sleezy O, and Young Gallo — who are “the most prominent” rising musicians in Mexico. He also loves the album’s title track, which he says is dedicated to “a very special person I sing to all the time.”
“The song reflects how we’ve evolved, how we’re being recognized, but always keeping that romantic essence,” he says.
Lvcas was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco listening to mostly música Mexicana and rock en español. At 15, he began experimenting with making his own music first with corridos, before moving on to reggaetón. “I feel a responsibility, like a baton, to represent Mexico,” he told Rolling Stone earlier this year after collaborating with David Guetta. “I want to be the leader of Mexico’s reggaetón movement and propel Mexicans to look at their own people for the genre.”