Eladio Carrión On Reaching ‘Super Saiyan’ Level With Ambitious ‘DON KBRN World Tour’ (Artist POV)

With the release of a critically acclaimed sixth album, DON KBRN, and the announcement of his most ambitious tour to date, Eladio Carrión has reached a new level in his career that could only be described using a term from an anime beloved by Latinos all over the world.

“People see me right now, but not in my ultimate form,” Carrión tells Pollstar. “If I was a Goku, I’m probably going Super Saiyan 3 right now. Potentially in the future, I’m reaching Super Saiyan Instinct. I’m going there.”

Goku is the main protagonist of the “Dragon Ball” series Carrión grew up watching, a member of the Saiyan race who eventually unlocks the ability to transform into a more powerful Super Saiyan state.

It’s a simplified explanation to an anime layered with complexity that touches on themes like ambition, redemption, power, discipline and legacy, all of which are also explored in Carrión’s 22-track DON KBRN. The Kansas City-born Puerto Rican concludes his DON KBRN saga—which began in 2021 with SEN2 KBRN VOL.1, followed by SEN2 KBRN VOL.2 a year later and 2023’s 3MEN2 KBRN— with his best effort yet, pushing the boundaries of Latin trap with raw lyricism and enough energy to transform into Super Saiyan. He even got a seal of approval from NBA superstar LeBron James, who posted a video on social media of him listening to Carrión’s track “H.I.M.”

“I really wanted to give the fans what they wanted,” Carrión says. “I wanted to finish this saga of trap albums, not that I’m not going to do trap anymore. … I was trying to raise the bar, trying to break barriers, trying to get these collabs, do little things.”

His latest LP celebrates trap by making it a global project and bridging cultures from all over the world with collaborations featuring Canadian singer Jessie Reyez, Mexican corridos standout Peso Pluma, Myke Towers, Peso Pluma, American rapper Big Sean, rising Puerto Rican star Young Miko and Lia Kali of Spain.

“I like to bring these artists to my part of the court,” Carrión says about his willingness to work with artists from other genres. “I like to see people out of their comfort zone going crazy, going hard. I love it when people hear it and say, ‘Oh shit, Peso is drillin’. That shit sounds crazy!’ I find that very satisfying.”

Carrión also went hard on DON KBRN by focusing on multiple mediums at once while working on the concept. On top of arranging the track list, weaving a narrative that harkens to the yakuza and samurai, the rapper was also mindful of the imagery of each song, adding visualizers for those streaming his tracks to get the full scope of his vision. He went as far as visiting Japan to record the footage.

“Making the album continuous and making the visualizers go with the songs was very hard because I like [the freedom] to put one song at the end and move another song here. I couldn’t do that on this album because we already had the visualizer,” Carrión said. “I had the story, and we couldn’t switch the song.”

The ambition on the album had to be matched by Carrión’s efforts on the road, which is why he’s embarking on his biggest tour yet with 32 dates and more to be announced across the globe. The Latin Grammy winner will visit U.S. venues like Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Rosemont Theatre in Illinois, Miami’s Kaseya Center and YouTube Theater near Los Angeles before visiting Latin America.

Production of the Live Nation-promoted tour runs from August through February 2026 and will incorporate anime-style visuals. The LATAM leg includes stops at all three Movistar Arenas in South America (Bogotá, Santiago and Buenos Aires), Costa 21 in Lima and Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City.

The South American shows in the fall will mark the first time Carrión visits the region since 2023.

“South American fans are crazy. I call them the mosh pitters,” Carrión says. “In Argentina, you can easily see 20 mosh pits going around in one song. … Every place that we go to has its magic, and we enjoy it.”

Carrión is booked by United Talent Agency worldwide and managed by Raymond Acosta of Habibi Management. The trap star performed several shows in the U.S., Mexico and Europe last year, including three sold-out nights in May at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in Hato Rey that grossed $2,535,520 off 39,236 tickets sold, according to Pollstar Boxoffice. He also had a successful showing at Mexico City’s Arena CDMX last August, grossing $824,484 off 13,696 tickets sold.

2025 is lining up to be a big year for the 30-year-old Latin music star, who’s looking to elevate his game on the road as he did in the studio.

“We’re just focused on the tour because we do a lot of stuff when on tour,” Carrión says. “I record on tour, and all that energy that’s given to me on tour, we process that energy and make that into new energy. We’re always trying to make new songs, and I always get new ideas when I’m on tour. There’s going to be a lot of stuff going on.”

Spoken like a true Super Saiyan.