(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A performance by a Mexican singer that was to have taken place tonight at the Rosemont Theater has been rescheduled following threats from a drug cartel.
Peso Pluma’s songs glorify the world of drug trafficking. They’re known as Narcocorridos or drug ballads.
A newer take on Corridos, which date to the 1800's and originally recounted heroic stories about outlaws.
Some of his songs praise Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, the imprisoned founder of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
That doesn’t sit well with a rival, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. The cartel hung banners ahead of a show planned in Tijuana, Mexico threatening the singer.
One read, “refrain from presenting yourself because it will be your last show due to your disrespect and loose tongue.”
A number of planned shows in the U.S. have been rescheduled. The concert at the Rosemont Theater has been rescheduled for October 29.
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