Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Akụkọ mbụ e dekọrọ banyere egwú Tejano a na-akpọ na Canada sitere n'aka Lydia Mendoza, bụ́ onye rụrụ n'Ememme Smithsonian Folklife na 1971 na Montreal. Mendoza gara n'ihu na-eme ihe nkiri na Canada, ebe n'afọ 1985 ọ kụrụ n'ihu igwe mmadụ buru ibu n'ụlọ ihe nkiri na ụlọ egwu. Mgbe Mendoza nwụsịrị, Selena - onye malitere ịchịkwa egwu Tejano na America - nọ n'ọnụ ụzọ nke ịgafe n'ahịa pop America ma nweta ndị na-eso ya na Canada mgbe ewepụtara album "Amor Prohibido" ya na 1994. Onye ọbụ abụ ahụ bụ
enyi ya na onye bụbu onye njikwa ụlọ ahịa ya gbagburu ya na March 31, 1995. Egwú ya nke a wepụtara mgbe ọ nwụsịrị "Dreaming of You" (1995), ruru n'ọkwa iri na asaa na Canadian "RPM" Top Albums chart, ma bụrụkwa ọla edo site na Music Canada na Disemba.