Jesús Roberto Laija García, known professionally as Tito Double P, is a Mexican rapper, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the cousin of fellow musician

Peso Pluma Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija (born 15 June 1999), known professionally as Peso Pluma, is a Mexican corrido singer and rapper. Learning to play the guitar during his early teens, he developed his craft by writing songs inspired by regional Mexi ...

and has written several songs within his discography. He released his debut studio album '' Incómodo'' (2024) on 22 August 2024, which debuted at number 20 on the US ''Billboard'' 200.

Life and career

Laija was born in

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Nayarit Nayarit, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nayarit, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Nayarit, 20 municipalit ...

, Mexico, and was raised in

Culiacán Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de ...

. In 2021, he began posting videos of him singing

corrido The corrido (Spanish pronunciation: Help:IPA/Spanish, oˈriðo is a famous narrative metrical tale and poetry that forms a Ballad (music), ballad. The songs often feature topics such as oppression, history, daily life for criminals, the vaqu ...

s on social media, later attracting the attention of his cousin,

, who was interested in starting a music career at the time and invited him to Culiacán. In 2023, after being convinced by Peso Pluma and other musicians, Laija endured in a solo music career, releasing his debut single "Dembow Bélico", with Luis R. Conriquez and Joel de la P on 3 June 2023, later appearing on two songs from Peso Pluma's third studio album '' Génesis'' (2023); "Gavilán II" and " La People". In February 2024, Laija made his first entry on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with " La People II", which debuted and peaked at number 69. On 22 August of the same year, he released his debut studio album '' Incómodo'' (2024), which debuted at number 20 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. Originally debuting at number two on both US

Top Latin Albums Top Latin Albums (formerly Latin 50) is a record chart published by Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the United States, American music market. ...

and

Regional Mexican Albums In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

charts, it later peaked atop both charts in its fifth week.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Guest appearances

Notes

References

External links

* {{AllMusic Living people People from Culiacán Regional Mexican musicians Mexican male singer-songwriters 21st-century Mexican male singers Year of birth missing (living people) People from Tepic Musicians from Sinaloa Musicians from Nayarit