What do a Buddhist meditation teacher and a Thai policeman have in common? They both think they are “Mexican gangsters” because tats, Pendletons, leaning like a cholo and saying “Fuck the popo!” [NSFW lyrics and explicit subtitles in English.]
Ditto two Armenian gang-bangers who were deported from Southern California back to the Old World; these vatos locos are fighting for Bashar al-Assad in Syria:
These vatos are not Mexican, but they try — they even say “hynas.” [NSFW F-bombs etc.]
¡Mira! We’ve got Japanese cholos and cholas, too!
- Cholas turning Japanese? We really think so! Meet the J-Cholas
- Konichi-wa, homie, from Japan’s cholos, lowriders y Chicano rappers
- ‘Tokyo: Living La Vida Lowrider’ by Luis J. Rodríguez
And as a public service, we would like to remind our Thai, Syrian, and Nipponese friends about what to do when your vato loco gets TOO LOCO — call The Cholo Whisperer: