Jess Ortiz Paz and Jimmy Humilde took their legal dispute to Instagram. Here's the breakdown

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Set us as preferred What started off as a trailblazing music partnership between música mexicana band Fuerza Regida and L.A.label Rancho Humilde has now fizzled into a sticky online drama.On Saturday, Fuerza Regida frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz, better known as JOP, took to his personal Instagram account to post a statement addressing the band’s ongoing legal battle with the independent label led by music mogul Jimmy Humilde, who signed the band in 2018.“To everyone who supports Fuerza Regida, you deserve to hear our music,” Ortiz Paz wrote in a public statement.

“You deserve to see us perform at the World Cup.You deserve to listen to us on the MLB [Major League Baseball] album.”This statement, which has since disappeared from JOP’s Instagram post, alleged that music created by the música mexicana group “keeps disappearing.”Among the songs that have been taken down from streaming platforms by Rancho Humilde are “Triston,” “Todos nos Shipean” and “67,” according to the band’s publicist.San Bernardino band Fuerza Regida has broken records on the Billboard charts and is up for its first Grammy in 2026 — but frontman Jesús Ortiz Paz has a bigger agenda.In September 2025, Rancho Humilde filed a lawsuit against Fuerza Regida, alleging breaches of contract for unilaterally collaborating with artists outside the label — such as Chino Pacas and Drake — and signing exclusive live performance deals with Apple Music and Live Nation.Fuerza Regida countersued, alleging that Rancho Humilde withheld millions in royalties and attempted to “sabotage” the band’s success, including by neglecting to submit its music for consideration ahead of the 2024 Latin Grammys.The case is still making its way through the courts.

“Everyone knows [what’s] going on[.] [You see] it [in the] media, [that’s] why I’m...