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2:00Now PlayingMeet 7-year-old Mateo Lopez, the world's youngest mariachi | USA TODAY
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2:00Now PlayingMateo Lopez became the world's youngest mariachi at the age of 4. Living in San Antonio, Texas, he is inspired by his sister and his community.
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Mateo’s star took off after a video went viral of him singing at a Mexican restaurant in late 2018. He's since appeared on Mexico’s version of “America’s Got Talent” and NBC’s “Little Big Shots,” had a split-second cameo in a Super Bowl ad for Peacock's "Bel-Air" and has two singles on Apple Music.
“I want to be the best mariachi in the world,” he says. He also wants to own a pizza joint, “because then I can have it every day for lunch.”
In him, some see a future star, citing not just his abilities but the aura and confidence of a veteran artist. Mateo, who is charming and jaunty with short, dark hair parted to one side, can perform more than two dozen mariachi tunes without missing a beat, backs himself on guitar on four of them and dabbles with the harp – even if he can't yet tie his shoe.
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