The narcocorrido is a Mexican style of ballad that draws from mariachi, blues and country music elements, with a tempo and accordion accompaniment straight out of polka. It s a strange brew. Stranger still are the lyrics, which find melodious ways to exalt violent, ruthless drug dealers, the kind who assassinate cops and decapitate snitches. Actual drug trafficking gangs often commission the songs, both inspiring and taking inspiration from their grisly lyrics. In the documentary Narco Cultura narcocorrido producers and musicians brag that their folksy genre is about to become the next hip hop, a popular form born in the dreams and frustrations of poor people. The narcocorrido has corralled legions of fans in America.