Ángel Jair Quezada Jasso, known professionally as Santa Fe Klan, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and rapper. He featured on several songs which were highly certified by AMPROFON in Mexico, including 4× Platinum for " Por Mi México" by Lefty SM and 3× Platinum for "El Catrín" by Gera MX. He was ranked 31st on the ''

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'' magazine's list of the "50 greatest rappers in the history of

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," published in 2024.

Early life

Ángel Jair Quezada Jasso was born in the Santa Fe colonia in

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, the origin of his stage name. Quezada grew up

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and spraying

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on walls in his city. He learned to record his own songs at age 13, and by 14 years old, he had his own studio.

Career

He later moved to

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to pursue his artistic career, where he joined Alzada Récords, a group dedicated to promoting

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. He recorded his first productions with the group, and later left in 2020. In April 2021, he released the single ''Grandes Ligas'', in collaboration with

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and

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. In August 2021, he released a collaboration with

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and Beto Sierra named ''Cuidando el territorio'', which reached millions of plays in a few days. During the

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, he started playing a Colombian

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and focused his music on

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, a genre he heard as a child from his parents and the sonideros in his neighbourhood. In this period, he released the album ''Santa Cumbia'', produced by

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and Camilo Lara of the

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. The album was reportedly recorded in one week. During this period, he also released a single named ''Ultimate'', in collaboration with

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and featuring

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Discography

* Por Costumbre (2017) * Seguimos Radicando (2017) * El Inicio Vol. 1, 2, and 3 (2017) * Bendecido (2019) * Necesidad (2020) * Santa Cumbia (2021) * Mundo (2022) * Todo (2023) * Blanco y Negro (2024)

Awards

* Independent Song Award by the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico, 2021

References

External links

* {{authority control Living people Mexican male rappers People from Guanajuato (city) Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Guanajuato 21st-century Mexican male musicians