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Chingo Bling
Birth name	Pedro Herrera III
Origin	Houston, Texas, United States United States / Mexico
Genres	Mexican rap, Houston hip hop, Southern rap
Occupations	Rapper
Years active	2002-present
Labels	Big Chile Enterprises / Asylum Records
Associated acts	Stunta, Lucky Luciano, Paul Wall, Pitbull, Trae
Website	Chingo Bling Official Homepage

Chingo Bling was born Pedro Herrera III. He graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 2002 with a BS in business administration,^[1] was a member of the national business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi, and is CEO and founder of the record label Big Chile Enterprises^[2].

Contents 1 Label bidding war 2 Controversy 3 Media 4 Discography 4.1 Albums 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Label bidding war

In early 2006, Chingo Bling made headlines when he drew the attention of major record labels eager to sign him because of his unique lyrical abilities and profound swagger, including Bad Boy Latino, Thizz Latin Records, Universal Records, Asylum (owned by Warner Music Group), Capitol Records, and Atlantic Records.^[3] On April 1, 2006, he made the announcement on Chicano Radio Network that he has signed a distribution deal with Asylum Records.^[4] While he still maintains his independent status from the label, his $80 million distribution deal will manage to give him major financial backing for his up coming projects^[2]

[edit] Controversy

Chingo Bling had been criticized for the title of his second album They Can't Deport Us All. He was interviewed on CW39 News and said his family tamale truck has been shot at, vandalized and eventually on one occasion stolen. He also stated he has been receiving extreme racist threats from many Latinos, but still does not wish to change his album's title.^[5]

Chingo also alleges that he was refused the opportunity to appear at a scheduled in-store album signing at a Dallas shopping mall as a direct result of the controversy surrounding his clothing and album name.^[2]. He also asserts that he is the target of numerous Conservative journalists and bloggers who criticize him because of his music and marketing concepts related to immigration.^[2]

[edit] Media

He has been featured in an MTV documentary about Houston rap. He has been featured on several episodes of BET Series Beef. Chingo Bling was also featured with Nelly and Paul Wall on a remix of Nelly's "Grillz" song. He has made cameos in Chamillionaire's videos "Turn It Up" and "Ridin'". He was also featured in Pepsi's Yahoo! Houston Mic Pass with Lil' Flip, Chamillionaire, Trae, Bun B, Short Dawg, H.A.W.K, Magno and Mike D.[1] He is featured in the N.O.R.E. video "Más Maíz" along with Fat Joe, Lil Rob, Nina Sky, Lumidee, JT, LiL Fish, Big Mato & Negra of LDA.

Chingo Bling appeared in a short video entitled Chingo Bling: Fruit Picker on mun2. This video was later nominated for a Webby.[2]

Chingo Bling purchase a billboard in Houston, TX that read the statement, They Can't Deport Us ALL". This helped him receive national attention with a CNN Correspondent outraged by the posting

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Chart Positions				RIAA
		US 200	US R&B/Hip-Hop	US Heatseekers Albums	US Rap Albums
2004	The Tamale Kingpin	66	-	25
2007	They Can't Deport Us All	123	28	2	11
2009	Me Vale Madre	-	-	-	-

[edit] See also

• Houston hip hop

[edit] References

1. ^ Chingo Bling Signs With Asylum, Asylum Records press release, August 7, 2006
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Latin Hip Hop Interview - "Chingo Bling Knocks Down Industry Borders"
3. ^ Bolden, Janee. Chingo Bling Label Bidding War. SOHH.com. March 31, 2006. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
4. ^ Mears, Bill. Chingo Bling Signes Disribution Deal with Asylum. xxlmag.com. August 10, 2006. Retrieved on February 10, 2007.
5. ^ Houston Press - "Chingo Bling: They Can't Deport Us All"

[edit] External links

• Chingo Bling Official Homepage
• Chingo Bling interview
• Official Myspace