As part of Rolling Stone's Future of Music April 2026 covers, @FUERZAREGIDA's #jesusortizpaz (JOP) invites us in to his childhood home to chat about growing up in #sanbernardino, learning Spanish by writing songs, quitting music twice before a chance haircut led to the band forming, and a lot more. The members of the homegrown #musicamexicana band started out playing backyard gigs in the neighborhood. Now, they've built an empire made to last and have become the voice of a new American generation. #fuerzaregida #músicamexicana
JOP on when San Bernardino started to feel like home: "I was an outsider, they were punking on me and stuff. But you just can't let yourself, if you let yourself get punked, they're going to always punk you. Just getting used to the whole environment over here, I feel like I learned a lot. I feel like everything is meant to be in life. If I would have stayed in Riverside, I don't think we would have been where we're at now because I learned a lot of stuff over ...
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