All Eyez on Peso Pluma
From his breakthrough record 'Génesis' to his new album 'Éxodo,' tracing the biblical ascendance of La Doble P in GREATEST 09.
The story of Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija, known artistically as Peso Pluma, could be a movie. In just two years, his name has become globally renowned, topping Google search trend lists in the United States as people quickly learned to pronounce the two words that form his musical identity. The term—which translates as “featherweight”—was famously coined by Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera, a former champion in that weight class, as a nod to the singer’s skinny physique.
I titled [the album] Éxodo because it’s the book in the Bible when Moses leads the enslaved people out and parts the seas. That’s what we’re doing for Mexican music.
Peso Pluma