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Timoteo, "El Charro Negro"

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Timothy Pollard (born in Dallas, Texas), more commonly known by his stage name Timoteo, "El Charro Negro", is a musician currently recognized as the first musically-published African-American mariachi of non-Mexican ancestry or nationality. His musical purview spans a number of Regional Mexican genres, including mariachi and Son jalisciense to ranchera, tejano, and bolero. Timoteo has performed with multiple notable Mexican regional musical artists, among them the likes of Vicente "El Rey" Fernández.

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