El treinta y uno de mayo/ May 31st

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¡Feliz cumpleaños a ... Cheyo Carrillo (Xavier "Cheyo" Carrillo)! (1998-     )

A singer and songwriter from Los Angeles with Mexican roots (his grandparents are from Sinaloa, Mexico), Carrillo started singing at festivals and family parties at the age of 4. When he was six, he self-recorded an album of 10 songs to give out to friends and family. And in 2006, at the age of 8, he won first place in a singing competition on El Show de Don Cheto. That same year he got an accordion and started playing. Several years later he became the accordion player for the group Bukanas de Culiacán, and then, a year after that, for Alfredo Ríos "El Komander." From there, he branched off and began a solo career. His 2016 music video No Es Normal (click HERE) has nearly 6 million views on YouTube, with the videos for songs such as El Más Grande Amor and Estando Contigo also amassing millions of views. In a 2017 interview (in Spanish) with Los Angeles radio personality Pepe Garza (click HERE to see), Carrillo says that he got his nickname, Cheyo, from his grandmother and the foster children she cared for. He also talks of his musical childhood ("I think I was en utero strumming the umbilical cord like a guitar!"). Pepe Garza calls him trabajador, amable, educado, and músico, adding that he has an impecable attitude and is surely on the road to big-time success.

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