Pepe Aguilar

Pepe Aguilar carries one of the heaviest musical legacies imaginable, born to Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre, and he has honored it rather than coasted on it. Playing Madison Square Garden at age three is the stuff of legend, but what impresses me is that he turned that birthright into decades of genuine artistry in ranchera and mariachi traditions. The Hollywood star and Billboard Latin Hall of Fame nod are recognition of substance, not nostalgia. I see him as a custodian of Mexican music who modernized it without diluting it, and that earns deep respect.

Name (English)

Pepe Aguilar

Name (Japanese)

ぺぺ・アギラール

Reading

ぺぺ・あぎらーる

Born

August 7, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Occupation

singer / recording artist

Awards & achievements

• 2012 Lo Nuestro Excellence Award
• 2012 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Premios Oye!
• 2024 Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.pepeaguilar.com.mx
• Xhttps://x.com/pepeaguilar
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe%20Aguilar
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7166214

Tags

• Texas
• singer
• recording artist

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.