Peso Pluma isn't allowing controversy to stop him from taking over Corridos
Peso Pluma Talks About His "Éxodo" Times, Cardi B's Co-Signature, and Coachella Success
Despite his injuries, Peso Pluma is not letting anything stop him. The Mexican superstar, who is at the forefront of a fresh generation of corridos performers on both sides of the border between Mexico and the United States, broke his foot during his feature performance at the Governor's Ball in New York City earlier this month. Peso Pluma performed his act with great intensity before having surgery. He is adamant about continuing to popularize Mexican folk music, as seen by his next stadium tour and fourth album Éxodo.
"My hope is that people will remember us Mexican music artists for our hard work and pride in representing our nation and music globally," he says to SPIN. Reaching significant milestones for our music is fantastic, don't you think? It feels great to make everyone proud of our heritage.
Peso Pluma, who released his breakthrough album Génesis in June of last year, has elevated Mexican music and culture to unprecedented levels. Together with Eslabon Armado, he had the genre's first top 10 success on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Ella Baila Sola." With a peak position of No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, Génesis is the highest-charting album of Mexican music. Later on, Peso Pluma won his first Grammy Award for the album. He introduced the trap-infused corridos tumbados to Coachella's main stage in April. Peso Pluma addressed the controversies surrounding corridos' association with drug usage, gun violence, and narco culture on stage. A Morgan Freeman voiceover suggested similarities between corridos and the gangster rap movement while news items flickered across the screens.
Peso Pluma's Éxodo CD completes the cycle between corridos and rap. Hip-hop collaborations make up a second disk, which includes hits like “Put Em In the Fridge” by Cardi B and “Gimme a Second,” a swaggering song featuring Peso Pluma and Rich the Kid. Along with Anitta in the seductive "Bellakeo" and Kenia Os in the seductive "Tommy & Pamela," which pays homage to the nineties sex tape, he also dabbles in the reggaeton genre. The corridos tumbados on the first disk seem more ferocious and epic. He reassembles with Junior H and Eslabon Armado for the wild "La Durango," where they partake in pink cocaine, known as "rosa pastel," and Don Julio. Not that the celebration is over for Peso Pluma.
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