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Fierce Enough to Bite
Los Tigres del Norte, which includes Jorge and Hernán Hernández, have maintained a close tie with fans through their music and post-concert photo opportunities.
(By Sarah L. Voisin -- The Washington Post)
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Baby brother Luís, 32, a onetime soccer scholarship student at Stanford who joined the band 10 years ago, says, "Being in this band, you're not allowed to make mistakes."
But Los Tigres have become adept at navigating fault lines, balancing concerns about their personal privacy with a desire to be accessible to their fans; juggling their activist passions with business concerns; to remain relevant to younger audiences while staying true to their musical roots; to enjoy American citizenship while maintaining their Mexicanidad, or "Mexican-ness," and above all, keeping things tight at home while touring 10 months a year.
A few years back, when Jorge became an American citizen at the urging of his two children who were born in the States, he found it was something he didn't like to trumpet.
"I have two patrias," he says, though a part of him feels as though he betrayed Mexico by becoming a U.S. citizen.
"But when you're born in another country, you have to let it go."
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No me llamen traicionero
Que a mis dos patrias las quiero . . .
Don't call me a traitor
because I love my two countries . . .
