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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Prolific cumbia radical Cumbia Bass drew fans to Fulton 55 for a solemnisation of the "Cumbia Queen" Selena Quintanilla wherever attendees shared messages of emotion for the precocious vocalist and prime words for the pistillate convicted successful her death.
The radical hosted its 3rd yearly "Cumbia Queen" lawsuit conscionable 2 days abbreviated of the 30th day of the precocious singer's death.
Cumbia Bass members Hector Bueno and Tony Briseño accidental that for the past 12 years, their radical has worked to revive cumbia successful the Central Valley. Briseño says the euphony is simply a immense portion of their civilization and that Selena was integral successful bringing the genre to audiences successful the United States.
"Selena was the Mexican-American who brought cumbia backmost into the country backmost successful the 90s," Briseño said. "We beryllium her a batch for doing that. We wouldn't beryllium present doing this without her making it fashionable for the Hispanic assemblage successful the U.S."
Briseño and Bueno hold that cumbia was fashionable successful their younker but began fading into the inheritance until Selena roseate to prominence with hits including "Como La Flor," "Amor Prohibido," and "Si Una Vez."
Bueno says the “Cumbia Queen” lawsuit not lone honors Selena but besides uplifts different pistillate cumbia artists and unites fans crossed generations.
Fresno fans from each walks of beingness packed Fulton 55 connected Saturday — showing their emotion for Selena and speaking retired against her convicted killer, Yolanda Saldivar.
Saldivar was precocious eligible for parole but was ultimately denied. Fresno fans did not mince words erstwhile it came to their feelings connected Saldivar's freedom.
"She needs to enactment wherever she's at," Allen Juarez said. "We don't request radical that evil and acheronian retired here."
Juarez says Selena was " conscionable awesome" successful her inexplicable quality to summation mainstream popularity with Mexican and American audiences, "She was 1 of the ones that was conscionable gone excessively soon," helium added.
Young fans Andres Gonzalez, Sayra Vasquez and Jenny Licon accidental Selena was an icon who inspired them arsenic Mexican-Americans. They besides say, arsenic acold arsenic they're concerned, Saldivar tin "rot successful prison."
Licon says that Cumbia Bass shows punctual her that, contempt not being live during the heyday of cumbia, determination are inactive places wherever she tin observe her heritage.
"I emotion Cumbia Bass," Licon said. "I emotion to see, like, the cumbia country rising up and spot a abstraction that's meant for the younger procreation to observe their roots arsenic overmuch arsenic the older generation."
