The rain couldn’t slow Fuerza Regida down. This past Friday, with the skies opening over Queens, the Grammy-nominated música mexicana powerhouse stepped onto the stage at a sold-out Citi Field for the final stop of its historic “This Is Our Dream Stadium Tour.” What could have been a damp ending to an otherwise iconic stadium run became a victory lap. As thousands of fans packed the ballpark, Fuerza Regida turned Citi Field into a pulsing collision of música mexicana, hip-hop, and Latin culture. The energy captured just how far the group and the music have come.
Then came the A-list guests, and the crowd was roaring with excitement. One after another, the night found new ways to surprise everyone in attendance. J Balvin appeared, bringing his global reggaeton energy to the stage. Hip-hop icon 50 Cent arrived with G-Unit, while New York favorite Bobby Shmurda and Shoreline Mafia’s Fenix Flexin added their own hometown and West Coast energy to the mix. Seeing artists from different corners of music share the stage with Fuerza Regida spoke to the space the group now occupies. Their sound has always pulled from regional Mexican music, hip-hop, street culture, and Latin music, and that mix has become central to their identity. At Citi Field, those worlds came together in one room, showing how Fuerza Regida has helped push música mexicana into a much bigger cultural conversation.
For frontman Jesús Ortíz Paz (JOP), the significance of the night was personal. Looking out at a sold-out Citi Field, he remembered a very different version of Fuerza Regida, the one that first arrived in New York to a crowd that barely knew who they were. “We remember when we first came here, and nobody knew who we were,” he told the audience. “And now we’re closing out the tour with a sold-out crowd.” That transformation has defined “This Is Our Dream,” Fuerza Regida’s first full U.S. stadium run and its biggest tour yet. From Petco Park in San Diego and Oracle Park in San Francisco to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and Globe Life Field in Arlington, the group spent the summer proving that música mexicana could command some of the country’s biggest stages.
By the time the final notes rang out in Queens, the rain had become part of the night. Fuerza Regida was celebrating how far its dream had traveled, from smaller crowds in New York to a sold-out Citi Field and stadiums across the country. The band has become one of the biggest names pushing música mexicana forward. Their influence reaches beyond the numbers. Fuerza Regida has helped bring the attitude, fashion, slang, and energy of música mexicana into the same conversation as hip-hop, reggaeton, and contemporary Latin music. Standing onstage at Citi Field, JOP left the crowd with a message that summed up the moment: “If you have a dream, chase it. Don’t wait for the right moment; time is money, go get it.” For Fuerza Regida, the dream is already filling stadiums.
