Texas boy is the world's youngest mariachi. For his dad

Texas boy is the world's youngest mariachi. For his dad, it's a return to Mexican family roots

Mateo Lopez pulled on the collar of his shirt and tore his neck, as if trying to free himself.

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Then, as the violin played his part and the guitars rumbled in front of him in the gym at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

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he released “La Noche y Tu,” concluding with a burst of applause that caused a shout “Eso! Yes! ” All right!

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Like many mariachi artists, Mateo cherishes his Mexican heritage and loves to sing love songs, motherly love, apology and life and death in the countryside

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Mateo , only 7 years old, likes to throw baseball balls and see how fast he can run from one side of the hallway to the other.

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The bilingual second-grader has been singing since the age of four and 236 days, a mark that earned her the title of April as the youngest mariachi in the world by Guinness World Records.

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Mateo's star debuted after the spread of his singing video in a Mexican restaurant in late 2018. Since appearing in Mexico's version of "America's Got Talent"

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