6ix9ine Claims He Put La Raza Global, Calls Out Peso Pluma and Natanael Cano

6ix9ine has never been shy about taking credit, and his latest claim is one of his boldest yet. The rapper is arguing that he, not the wave of regional Mexican stars dominating the charts, is the one who truly put la raza on the map. In doing so, he name dropped heavyweights like Peso Pluma, JOP of Fuerza Regida, Natanael Cano, and Luis R Conriquez, suggesting they only broke through in Mexico while he carried Mexican representation to a global stage. Predictably, the take did not sit well with fans of the artists he called out.

His argument boils down to reach. 6ix9ine, who is of Mexican descent, says that while those artists built massive followings within Mexico and the regional Mexican scene, they never crossed over worldwide the way he did when he broke out in the rap world. He even offered a backhanded shout out, acknowledging the artists as his blood while insisting none of them went global outside of rancheras the way he managed to. It is a classic 6ix9ine move, equal parts compliment and challenge, engineered to get exactly the reaction it got.

The problem with the claim is that the data does not fully back it up. Regional Mexican music has very much gone global, and the streaming figures are hard to argue with. Streams of música mexicana grew by 440 percent worldwide on Spotify between 2018 and 2023, according to figures the platform shared, a surge that pushed artists like Peso Pluma and Natanael Cano onto international charts and festival stages far beyond Mexico. Saying these artists only put on for Mexico is a bit like insisting tacos never left the country, easy to say and simple to disprove.

There is also some bad blood baked into this. Peso Pluma and 6ix9ine are not exactly friendly, going back to the moment Peso Pluma called 6ix9ine a rat during an interview on the Agushto Papa Podcast. That comment nodded to 6ix9ine's well documented cooperation with federal authorities, a label that has followed him for years. With that history in the rearview, 6ix9ine putting Peso Pluma at the center of his put on for the culture argument reads less like a neutral observation and more like the latest chapter of an old feud.

Given the names involved, few expect this to end quietly. Observers online are already predicting that JOP in particular could fire back, and the regional Mexican community tends to defend its own when an outsider questions their global impact. Whether any of the called out artists dignify the claim with a response remains to be seen. What is clear is that 6ix9ine, as usual, has managed to insert himself into the middle of the conversation, which may have been the entire point all along.