After his family moved to California in search of better work and to escape from Texas's radical racial segregation, De La Cruz slowly got to know other guys mixed up with the Norteños, and the prison gang that they pay tax to and take orders from, Nuestra Familia.
He's a show-biz guy mixing it all together.
You'll notice in guy mixes you don't have to follow that "three of a kind" rule.
His is a cautious, agreeably textured after-hours selection, peppered with offerings from impeccable boutique labels like Trapez, Bruchstuecke, Perlon and Phictiv, so nonchalantly cosmopolitan you can't quite believe an English guy mixed it.
Boxing commentator Teddy Atlas gave San Jose Mercury News columnist Tim Kawakami this take on Oscar De La Hoya: "He reminds me of that movie 'The Fly,' where the guy mixed up his molecules with a fly and as time went on he became more of a fly than he was a person.
In the video above, watch as YouTube's The Piano Guys mix the Jackson 5's 1969 hit "I Want You Back" with some classical Bach numbers.
A lot of guys mix up being confident with being arrogant and awful.
Simon (drums): Yeah, you guys like mixing shit up in your shops, like those triangle packets of cold sandwiches.
Guys are mixing Ralph Lauren Polo jackets and shirts with typical hood staples like New Era caps and gold jewellery, with the more adventurous fellas taking that 90s look all the way and getting Kid 'N' Play-style flat top haircuts.
I follow him to the Party Stage where there's a moving screen for a backdrop, created by a guy mixing oils on a plate in time-honoured 60s style.
