Mexican pop star Peso Pluma is canceling several shows amid threats from the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). Ahead of the singer’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) appearance on Tuesday (September 12), the cartel reportedly hung a banner from a bridge, threatening that if he shows up for his October 14 tour stop in Tijuana, “It’ll be your last show because of your disrespectful and loose tongue.”
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It’s reported that the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) (or in English, Jalisco New Generation Cartel (JNGC)) has hung up four banners across Tijuana, warning Peso Pluma that he better not come to the city, which happens to be in his home state of Jalisco. The 24-year-old singer, born in Guadalajara as Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija, rose to fame in the last year, but he’s also garnered some unwanted attention.
In the early hours of Tuesday, the CJNG placed a banner from a bridge located in Prolongación Calle Segunda and Mirador Boulevard, of the La Isla neighborhood, in Tijuana. In English, the message, written on a blanket, reads, “This goes to Peso Pluma, refrain from presenting yourself on October 14, because it will be your last show due to your disrespect and loose tongue. You show up and we are going to [beat you the f**k up].”
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Now, on October 14, the Mexican pop star had been scheduled to perform at the Caliente Stadium in Tijuana, Mexico. However, per the Ticketmaster website for Peso Pluma’s ‘Doble P Tour,’ there is no October 14 date showing to purchase tickets as of Wednesday evening (September 13); but on StubHub, a date does show. Meanwhile, a date on October 27 in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico still remains on Ticketmaster, plus four other stops elsewhere in Mexico.
Additionally, as of Wednesday evening, six other stops in the United States have either been canceled or postponed, per Ticketmaster. Those cities include Indianapolis, Indiana (x2); San Diego, California; Birmingham, Alabama; Rosemont, Illinois; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. According to the venues, they’ve all cited “unforeseen circumstances,” per USA Today.
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As mentioned, all four banners were hung by the CJNG, which has been in a years-long war with the Sinaloa cartel for control over Tijuana. It’s reported that the Sinaloa cartel, which was formerly run by the imprisoned Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, is considered the number one Mexican cartel, with CJNG right behind it.
However, Peso Pluma has been known to openly reference the Sinaloa cartel in several of his narcocorridos (a subgenre of the Regional Mexican corrido (narrative ballad) about drug trafficking).
One song, “Siempre Pendientes,” includes lyrics about El Chapo, and is sung from the perspective of a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, his home state’s rival. The Mexican pop star says, “Cuido la plaza de Señor Guzmán” (“I take care of Mr. Guzmán’s ‘plaza’”). “Plaza” is reportedly used as a slang term for a territory owned by a cartel; and as for Señor Guzmán, he’s either referring to El Chapo or his son, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, who currently runs the cartel and has a $5 million government bounty on his head.
Peso Pluma also has another reference to El Chapo and his son in the song “El Gavilán” where he refers to the younger Guzmán as “Don Iván.” While Peso Pluma was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, it is said that he has ancestry in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, the small town where El Chapo was born.
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