[2] Cartel de Santa started playing in 1996, when MC Babo and some friends began singing improvised rap songs.

[3] The album was produced by Jason Roberts[4] who had previously worked with artists such as Cypress Hill, Ice Cube, House of Pain, Guns N' Roses, Control Machete, and Plastilina Mosh.

2 counted with the collaboration of other artists, such as Tego Calderón, in "Conexión Puerto Rico", and Mr. Pomel, in "Crónica Babilonia".

The band released a compilation album, Cartel de Santa, Greatest Hits, aimed at raising funds to be used to set the vocalist free.

MC Babo was liberated from prison nine months later, with help of Sony Music,[1] after the group paid about 130,000 pesos as bail.

The song "Me alegro de su odio" had originally been released with vocal work from then group member Dharius in June 2013.

It was published by Babilonia Music, S.A. De C.V.[9][10] In 2017, the group received a gold record in Mexico for reaching 100,000 sales of the album.

[11] In April 2007, MC Babo turned himself in to Mexican police officials claiming that he accidentally shot and killed his fellow group member.

While at a house in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, MC Babo learned that a formal rival was headed to the home to settle a dispute.