2024-01-11 18:42:07
The Chilean sociologist Alberto Mayol questioned the presence of a person who had ties to the world of Mexican drug trafficking to close the Viña del Mar festival. This is the artist from Mexico FeatherweightArgentina’s current partner Nicki Nicole. “Don’t forget, on March 1st, on the screens of the State channel, we will hear the voice of the drug trafficker”, the intellectual from the neighboring country wrote provocatively.
It is true that 24-year-old Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija, better known as Featherweight, He said on some occasions that the narco aesthetic and his narcocorridos were his first inspirations when it came to making music.. That that context and scene constituted its natural environment.
Peso Pluma’s first album was released in 2020 and was titled Oh and what?then it came Side effects, released a year later and in 2022 he released an EP titled Sembrando. Thanks to TikTok, his song “El belicon” began to go viral and with the popularity came criticism for his violent and explicit lyrics related to the world of drug trafficking. However, in an interview with the influencer Julio Orozco on YouTube, he acknowledged that after “El Belicón” He decided to “settle down” and not “not be one more” and that he would no longer use those expressions.
Currently his music is heard almost all over the world, he received multiple awards and has a growing bond with Argentina due to his love relationship with Nicki Nicole.
It was in October 2023 when, from the social networks of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival They confirmed that the Mexican singer would be one of those who would take the stage. “From the deepest roots to the most modern sounds, Peso Pluma will make you feel the true essence of Mexican music! Her lyrics full of emotion and her powerful voice will transport you to a world where tradition and innovation meet. With a unique and unmistakable style, the Mexican has conquered number 1 on all the charts, setting records and leaving an indelible mark on the music industry,” they indicated in the Instagram publication.
Mayol’s criticism of Peso Pluma about his presence in Viña del Mar
“Don’t forget, on March 1, on the screens of the State channel, we will hear the voice of the drug trafficker. It’s just so we can get used to it, I guess. But of course, nobody wants to fight against Featherweight because he is famous, because removing it from the festival could be contrary to electoral logic, because the young vote could be lost,” the sociologist noted in an opinion column published in Biobio.
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To deepen the provocation, Mayol compares Peso Pluma to an artist who claims pedophilia. Their criticism points, above all, to the fact that the Viña del Mar Festival is owned by a public entity and that it is broadcast on the state television network.
“On March 1, 2024, the closing day of the Viña del Mar International Festival, something strictly equivalent will occur. Yes, a fact equivalent to having a singer who promotes pedophilia. A promoter of narco culture will take the stage (and we must all pretend that we are before an artist), ”the essayist points out.
“And all of this will happen in a public event, in a public space, broadcast on the public channel. Yes, all of this will happen with the high sponsorship of the Republic of Chile,” he lamented.
“When will Chile have paid so that millions of Chileans can learn about and admire the narco culture? A lot of money, by the way,” he highlighted.
In relation to the musical genre that the musician usually chooses, Mexican corridos, Mayol recognizes that they were a cultural bastion of the “commemoration of milestones such as Mexican independence and its revolution,” but that today they are part of the epic of drug trafficking.
“ Although perhaps, in a moral act, the new President of the Board of Directors of TVN will lower the artist and change him for someone who is not financed by drug traffickers. and that he does not sing music in favor of drug trafficking,” he said as a wish that the Festival programming be modified.
“Apology for drug trafficking”
The column points out that Peso Plumma “advocates drug trafficking.” “He has worked for drug traffickers, who unscrupulously names them in his songs, who systematically talks about weapons and their use, the one who talks about how much women with small waists are worth, the one who defends the great names of historical drug trafficking,” he describes.
“There are songs that would have been commissioned by specific cartels, the most referred to being the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). Although apparently the case of Peso Pluma is special, since he would have worked with the two main cartels (rivals to the death): the aforementioned CJNG and the Sinaloa Cartel,” he warned forcefully.
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