[1] At the 1997 Tejano Music Awards, radio announcer Luciano Duarte and Manuel Davila, Sr. were both honored with a Lifetime Achievement.
According to the organization, the email wrongly attributed Grammy Awards won by Jimmy Gonzalez, lead singer of Grupo Mazz, during his solo career from 1999 to 2018 to Joe Lopez, in a biography falsely crediting him as the recipient.
Allowing Lopez to claim these honors, they argue, is misleading and undermines Gonzalez's contributions to Tejano music.
The TTMA explained in the email that they had obtained the biography information from "in-the-know sources" but recognized that certain crucial details may have been misleading or incorrect.
Fans of Tejano music and industry professionals have expressed their anger and disappointment at the TTMA's decision to give a Lifetime Achievement Award to Lopez, given his criminal history.