Friday the 13th in San Jose was far from ordinary at the SAP Center, where an eerie, oversized, purple-and-pink spider on the street greeted Peso Pluma’s devoted fans for his anticipated return to The Bay.
Born Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija in Guadalajara, Mexico, the 24-year-old is a prominent figure in the surging Mexican corridos scene, ignited by hits like “La Bebe” with Yng Lvcas and a collaboration with the Mexican-American group Eslabon Armado on “Ella Baila Sola” — which made history as the first regional Mexican track to reach the top five on the all-genre chart.
Peso Pluma teased his set with a pre-recorded video of each of his band members sharing what Peso Pluma meant to them: family, companionship, a lifestyle. Then came a black-and-white countdown projected onto a white stage curtain, displaying spiders crawling downward, as if into the crowd. As soon as the curtain dropped, the young artist was greeted with screams.
