Clave Ali says Santa Ana's Lalo the Giant shifted corrido culture and doesn't get credit

Clave Ali wants Santa Ana to give Lalo the Giant his flowers. In a Juice Unlocked podcast clip posted Feb. 28, 2026, he said @lalothegiant helped reshape the corrido scene and doesn't get credit for it.

"Lalo turned that, like, Mexican culture into, like, a rap culture with videos," he said, adding that Lalo was in the corrido scene at the time.

From rap photographer to corrido videos

Clave Ali said he didn't know who Lalo was when they first met. All he knew, he said, was that Lalo was in Santa Ana and had a lot going on. He described Lalo as a photographer for rappers and said Lalo had lived with Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa.

He called Lalo one of the first "actual popping people in the Spanish scene."

“Lalo turned that, like, Mexican culture into, like, a rap culture with videos.”

Go back and watch

His argument rests on the videos. He told viewers to go back to some of the first videos Lalo shot: "Look how he was dressed, look how the artist was dressed, and watch the culture shift."

"People just don't know, like, he don't get credit for that," he said. He framed the sit-down as a way to put the city on the record: "We are here stamping the Santa Ana names."

“Go look at Lalo shooting some of his first videos. Look how he was dressed, look how the artist was dressed, and watch the culture shift.”

Who's talking

Clave Ali, who posts as @ahhlicks_, is the subject of Junior H's corrido "Clave Ali," a song about his real life. In earlier Juice Unlocked podcast clips posted Feb. 22 and Feb. 25, he talked about building the Sad Boyz clothing brand and told the story behind the song.

“People just don't know, like, he don't get credit for that.”