Sunday, October 29, 2023

Tejano Music Legend And Convicted Sex Offender Jose "Joe" Manuel López Gets Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 Recinded By The TTMA

The TTMA has previously announced that López, the well known Grupo Mazz Tejano lead singer was one of two recipients to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the October 21 43rd Annual Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio, but after a reported backlash from the Tejano music industry and community, the TTMA decided to recind López's award recognition on October 18.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 29, 2023

San Antonio, Texas - On October 21, the 43rd Annual Tejano Music Awards 2023 officially recognized only one of two recipients previously selected by the Texas Talent Musicians Association (TTMA) to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award 2023. Jose "Joe" Manuel López, 73, the lead singer for the Grupo Mazz had been selected along with Humberto "Beto" Ramon, 63, another Tejano singer and song writer to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd Annual Tejano Music Awards, but after the TTMA reported that they had received a backlash from the Tejano music industry and community for recognizing López, a convicted sex offender, the TTMA on October 18 decided to recind López's Lifetime Achievement Award. On the same day, López from the Grupo Mazz released a statement on his Facebook account that he and his Tejano group would not attend the 43rd Annual Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio due to organizers control to recind López's Lifetime Achievement Award.

It's the first time in the TTMA's history that a Lifetime Achievement Award has been recinded after an award recipient has been selected and recognized.

In 2018, López was released from a Texas prison after serving only 12 years of a 20 year sentence for raping his 13-year-old niece in 2014 at his residence at the town of Rancho Viejo near Brownsville, Texas. The victim, Krystal López gave birth to Joe's child after the sexual assault, but Joe López has always maintained his innocence and unsuccessfully worked towards exoneration.

López relaunched his Tejano singing career in 2019, but under conditions of his release from prison, he must register as a sex offender.

In addition, López was also nominated at the Tejano Music Awards for two categories, Male Vocalist Of The Year and Album Of The Year Tejano. López did not win any of the nominated categories.

43rd Annual Tejano Music Awards 2023 Winners -

BEST NEW ARTIST - GROUP
Mike Gonzalez & The Iconiczz

BEST NEW ARTIST - MALE
Leeroy Camarillo - Magnifico 7

BEST NEW ARTIST- FEMALE
Di Marie - Mike Gonzalez & The Iconiczz

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Jesse Turner - Siggno

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
Destiny Navaira

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Ricardo Castillon y La Diferenzia

ALBUM OF THE YEAR - CONJUNTO
Oddz - The Homeboyz

ALBUM OF THE YEAR- TEJANO
Sobrevivir - Siggno

SONG OF THE YEAR
Jay Perez  - "Necesito Odiarte"

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Sunny Sauceda Y Todo Eso  - Nino

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
No Me Olvides  - Monica Saldivar  & Shelly Lares

On Saturday, López in his Facebook page Joe López y Grupo Mazz launched a fan voting campaign and provided a link (https://forms.gle/VbTc7FyUy6UzxE7i9) for the Guadalupe Awards and is eargering his fan base to nominate him and his group for the following categories Song Of The Year "Igual Que Ayer", Album Of The Year "Love From The Heart", Male Vocalist Of The Year and Tejano Group Of The Year.

On Friday, Humberto "Beto" Ramon, who has been diagnosed with kidney cancer and is a Grammy Award Tejano singer and song writer that became the only Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 recipient at the 43rd Annual Tejano Music Awards this year was also recognized in his hometown of Laredo, Texas. Ramon received the Key to City of Laredo by Mayor Dr. Victor Treviño at a recognition event that took place at the American Legion Arturo T. Benavides Memorial Post 59 for his Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tejano Music Awards.

Ramon has been a Tejano song writer since the 1990's.


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