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Dom Deshawn aka Dominique Mattox is a rapper from Columbus, OH. As for his biggest influences, Dom lists Nas, Little Brother, Slum Village, Aaliyah, OutKast, Kendrick Lamar, and Fly Union
Phonzz is a rapper and designer from St. Louis, MO. Phonzz says that he got into music in the summer of 2007, around the age of 13, when he decided to try to record over Lupe Fiasco’s “The Coolest” instrumental.
Malik Moses was announced in November 2021 as the first signee to mixing engineer, MixedByAli’s label, NoName Recordings.
Peachcurls is a multi-instrumentalist from Cleveland, OH. His influences range from OutKast, Missy Elliott, and Timbaland to Erykah Badu, Melanie Faye, and D’Angelo to Prince, Jimi Hendrix, and Sly Stone to his very own parents.
Brian Brown was originally supposed to have a feature on “Park” from Isaiah Rashad’s 2016 album, The Sun’s Tirade.
Benji. was announced as the eighth member of the Spillage Village collective in 2020 as part of the roll-out for their album, Spilligion.
HDBeenDope aka Darius Henry is one of the most interesting young rappers to sprout from the rap mecca, Brooklyn, NY.
Tiing is a Bronx, NY rapper who is the son of Grammy-nominated drummer, Greg Bandy, and the roommate of 1/2 of Brasstracks, Ivan Jackson.
Bums are a hip-hop collective from Richmond, Indiana inspired not only by rap greats like Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Jay-Z, but also, genre blending, new artists like Jean Dawson and Roy Blair, and even movies like Goodfellas and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
You can thank Vory (formerly King Vory) aka Tavoris Hollins, Jr. for some of your favorite songs because his pen has made its way around the industry.
Elliott Trent has penned songs for some of your favorite artists - Usher, Chris Brown, Trippie Redd, Tinashe, and more.
Founder of Ice Cold Records, IceColdBishop is one of the most interesting rappers coming out of LA.
Marlon Craft is a rapper that sounds nice over classic, boom-baps, but is at his best over more jazz-inspired beats, oftentimes live instrumentation.
“I’m not the J. Cole of South Africa, I’m the Shane Eagle of the world,” said Shane Eagle after being asked about comparisons to rappers like Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake.
The protégé of Macklemore, Travis Thompson has a familiar, yet unique sound. The Seattle rapper got his start via Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Seattle youth program.
Don’t listen to Tanerélle if you’re not ready to have your heartstrings tugged. The Atlanta actress and singer has a short, but growing catalog that is guaranteed to get you in your feels.
Fana Hues took early inspiration from greats like Dionne Warwick, Anita Baker, Beyoncé, and Mary J. Blige while growing up with 8 siblings.
Josh Levi was first introduced to mass audiences in his recurring role as Darius Merriweather in the television series, Friday Night Lights. Josh appeared in 8 episodes over 2 seasons and 2 years later, became a contestant and finalist on The X Factor.
Mac Ayres provides his fans with music that is a little bit R&B, a little bit jazz, and a little bit funk.
Dave Coresh is a genre-blurring artist that was born in DC, grew up in Chicago, and now resides in LA.
You may remember Leven Kali for his 2017 feature on Playboi Carti's "Flex." Kali has also racked up credits on G-Eazy, Snoh Aalegra, and more's projects.
Beam released his debut EP, 95 in 2019, nearly 7 years after winning his first Grammy at the age of 17.
With placements like Madden 20 and HBO's Euphoria, Grip aka Kyle Clow sounds like he would be one of the more well known rappers out of Atlanta.
Kaash Paige is the type of artist that is able to land features from 42 Dugg and Isaiah Rashad on the same album and still have it sound like a cohesive project.
Listing his biggest influences as 2pac, The Foo Fighters, and The Smashing Pumpkins, Kenny Mason brings an interesting new sound to Atlanta's rap scene.
Armani Caesar is the first lady of Griselda, the hottest indie-label in the game based in Buffalo, NY.
Mahalia (Burkmar) is a British singer who signed her first deal with a major label at age 13 after drawing attention from artists like Ed Sheeran.
Bri Steves first caught hip-hop's attention when Kendrick Lamar brought her out during his set at Made In America Festival in 2018.
In 1999, Kevin Briggs produced “No Scrubs” for TLC. A few years later, he got his nephew, Deante’ Hitchcock into music around the age of 12.
From singing in church as a child to earning 4 Grammy nominations in 2020, Lucky Daye is ready to be the next R&B superstar.
In 2019, Joey Bada$$ announced the launch of his label, Badmind with its first signee, N.A.O Quelly.
Cleveland singer, Alina Baraz released her first official project in 2015 with Urbana Flora, teamed with Denmark producer, Galamatias.
The season 1 winner of Netflix's Rhythm & Flow, D Smoke is looking to be rap's next lyrical superstar.
VanJess started their music career similar to many other artists of this generation, performing covers on YouTube.
As the son of New Edition's drummer and the nephew of one of Marvin Gaye's backup singers, Arin Ray was bound to be a talented musician.
TDE's 2018 signee, Reason is just as exciting as his fellow labelmates were when they first signed to the label.
In 2019, Maxo quietly released one of the best rap albums of the year with his Def Jam debut, Lil Big Man.
Philadelphia's Marian Mereba aka Mereba is the first lady of the Spillage Village collective.
Staten Island rapper, Lou From Paradise fka Lou The Human aka Paradise Madman aka Hugh Rackman is the type of rapper that you never know what you’re going to get.
Even if you are not yet familiar with the name Baby Keem, you have definitely heard songs that he has worked on.