How Peso Pluma and Tito Double P Made ‘Dinastía,’ and Changed the Sound of Corridos

How Peso Pluma and Tito Double P Made ‘Dinastía,’ and Changed the Sound of Corridos 'Dinastía' is their first joint album. Trending on Billboard Peso Pluma (real name Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) and Tito Double P (real name Jesús Roberto Laija) might have been second cousins, but they never actually met in their native Mexico until Peso moved to Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in Northwestern Mexico. There, at a party, the 18-year-old Peso met his 20-year old cousin Tito for the first time. Both were aspiring musicians, but Peso already came with a sound and a style: he sang the corridos tumbados that were beginning to make the rounds with the likes of Natanael Cano and Junior H, about lifestyle and drugs, a far cry from the “corridos de hombres” about heroes and anti-heroes that most Mexicans had grown up with. Even then, his nasal, piercing vocals struck a chord. And, more than anything, says Tito, so did his energy. “I made music as a hobby then,” says Tito today. “And from the moment he arrived, I said, come here. I’ll write, you sing.” It was the beginning of a musical partnership and a close friendship that first propelled Peso to super-stardom (with Tito co-writing many of his biggest hits) and more recently, Tito. The cousins ended 2025 at No. 4 (Tito) and No. 5 (Peso) on Billboard’s year-end Top Latin artists chart , and are considered leaders of the new Mexican music movement. Now, more than five years after their first encounter, the two are releasing their first-ever album together. Dinastía, released right after Christmas, at midnight on Dec. 26, features Tito and Peso dueting in 14 tracks, ranging from ballads and love songs to hard-hitting corridos that tell tales of life and heartbreak, all rooted in Mexico and its rich arsenal of tradition. Many of the songs ooze musicianship, from the virtuoso chops required from the accompanying musicians to a level of sophisticated execution that’s uncommon in any pop genre. Listen carefully to focus track “dopamina” and enjoy the initial ambient background vocals, the crescendos and decrescendos of the tuba, the contra punctual syncopated beats under the percussive vocals, Peso’s higher tenor in contrast to Tito’s more aggressive delivery. The album, in the works for over a year, got a major rehaul this summer following Mexico’s growing ban on narcocorridos, a staple of both Tito and Peso’s repertoire. Instead, the cousin re-worked lyrics to reflect other, equally compelling realities, from life on the streets, to sheer bragadoccio to pain of loss. Rich in symbolism, the album’s cover features dueling biblical brothers Jacob and Esuú, who in their Peso-Tito reading are also different but bonded by family, friendship, music and country. The album was teased with an “intro” video , featuring lucha libre imagery and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo (who played the lead in the series La Reina del Sur) and shot in stunning black and white cinematography. At the end, Jasiel Núñez and Chivo, part of...

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