Adán Zapata

Adán Zapata Mireles, or simply Adán Zapata (October 20, 1990 – June 1, 2012), was a Mexican singer and rapper within the genre of hip-hop/rap. He was born and lived in the colony Mexico Lindo in San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León. From 2006 he belonged to the group called Mente En Blanco (MEB), where he was lead vocalist and the one that raised the group, until his murder in the colony "Los Morales" San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo Leon on June 1, 2012, at the age of 21, by an armed command of organized crime together with 3 other young members of the same group "Blank Mind" — two of them children of a former secretary of public security.^[1]

Adán Zapata
Background information
Birth name	Adán Zapata Mireles
Also known as	Adán Zapata
Born	(1990-10-20)October 20, 1990
Died	June 1, 2012(2012-06-01) (aged 21) San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico
Genres	Hip hop gangsta rap
Occupation(s)	Rapper, singer
Years active	2006–2012
Labels	Zapata Producciones
Formerly of	Mente En Blanco
Website	Mente en Blanco

Murder

Adán Zapata was killed on June 1, 2012, at the age of 21, in the work of organized crime. He was in a van with 3 other members of the Blank Mind: Iván de Jesús Serna González, 25, known as DJ Esus, and brothers Diego Salvatore and Hector Daniel Almaraz Huerta, aged 20 and 19, respectively. The latter were children of the former Secretary of Public Security of the municipality of Guadalupe José Santos Almaraz.^[2]

Studio albums

• 2006 Anticuados^[3]
• 2007 Zapata Producciones^[3]
• 2010 Borrachos y Grifos^[3]
• 2011 The North Side Kings^[3]
• 2012 Soy de Barrio^[4]

See also

• List of murdered hip hop musicians