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‘Clika’ was poorly reviewed. Jimmy Humilde did not take it well

‘Clika’ was poorly reviewed. Jimmy Humilde did not take it well

Published by Sam Flores

It was a tough opening weekend for “Clika,” the first música mexicana film produced by Jimmy Humilde, founder and CEO of Rancho Humilde. Directed by Michael Greene, the film stars trap corrido singer Jay Dee as Chito, whose journey from a Yuba City farmworker to the frontman of Herencia de Patrones helped inspire the storyline and formally introduced the sound of corrido tumbados to Hollywood. For the record: 4:38 p.m. Jan. 28, 2026An earlier version of this article referenced director Michael Green. His surname is Greene. Also, an earlier version incorrectly stated that Humilde got the green light for the film from Columbia Pictures. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. But it appears that Humilde’s vision for the success of this film may have fallen short of his own expectations. Writing for The Times, film critic Katie Walsh notes that the issues with “Clika” come down to the script itself, which Humilde co-wrote alongside Greene and Sean Sullivan McBride. “The film tells without showing, its emotional stakes aren’t legible and the characters explain to …

In new film ‘Clika,’ singer-actor Jay Dee brings corridos to Hollywood

In new film ‘Clika,’ singer-actor Jay Dee brings corridos to Hollywood

Published by Sam Flores

For the trap corrido singer Jay Dee, there were never any shortcuts in life. Growing up in Yuba City, he would spend hours harvesting peaches in the Northern California orchards, stacking heavy buckets of the stone fruits while enduring high temperatures and pollen-induced allergies. But this arduous, back-breaking task instilled discipline in Jay Dee, whose real name is Jesús Diego Orejel — and eventually motivated him to launch a music career as the frontman of Herencia de Patrones, one of the first corrido tumbado bands in the late 2010s. “For me [harvesting peaches is] what pieced everything together to not want to continue that lifestyle. I wanted to do something different,” says Jay Dee on a Zoom call. Now, the singer is returning to his days working in the fields to fulfill a different purpose: this time as the star of a major motion picture loosely inspired by his own life. In “Clika,” aspiring musician Chito (Jay Dee) dreams of making it big with fresh corrido tumbados, a blend of traditional Mexican ballads that contain …