Mexican artist Peso Pluma has grown tremendously in popularity over the last year, but now he might be getting attention from the wrong people.
The Lady Gaga singer kicked off his Doble P Tour in June and has since been touring the U.S. Last week (Sep. 14), ticketing sites like Ticketmaster listed Pluma’s shows in Indiana, Alabama, San Diego, and Wisconsin, as postponed or canceled with no explanation from the singer.
As of today (Sep. 18), tickets for those concerts are available again on Ticketmaster, except for the San Diego show. Pluma did not provide an explanation for the short-lived cancellations and postponements, which came amid threats from Mexican cartels against his life.
Pluma sings corridos tumbados, a genre of music that originated in Northern Mexico and gave birth to the popular yet controversial “narcocorrido” subgenre, which often contains lyrics that often romanticize the actions of the cartel and its members. The 24-year-old singer has not strayed away from this subgenre and has made references to El Chapo in some of his songs. These references have gotten Pluma in trouble with El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel rivals who threatened the singer with death if he appeared at his Oct. 14 show in Tijuana. That show remains canceled and so does the
In the past, Mexican cartels have acted upon similar threats against other Mexican artists like Chalino Sanchez and Valentín Elizalde, who were both shot to death after their concerts.
Pluma’s next show will be in Reno, Nevada on Sep. 28. You can get your tickets here.