BenzFAM artist Donnie Benz aka Benzo McGrady is back again with some new music to keep us tuned in and solidify himself into the music industry. “Broken Hearts on Christmas” is a five song EP that gives us an up to date look at what Donnie Benz is cooking up while also delivering a fresh sound from a new artist which is really refreshing right now. This project embraces the city of Tampa but shows Donnie’s ability to take his underground attention to a national level.
Donnie Benz is a Brooklyn born artist by the way of Tampa, Florida. He is described as a humble person that grew up listening to Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Fabolous whom he lists as people that have influenced him in the music industry. With his “Wine Slow’ single approaching 90k and his BenzFAM crew setting clubs on fire people are starting to pay attention. Donnie Benz ultimate goal is to run his own record label and help other aspiring artist get exposure.
Fans are currently waiting for his highly anticipated mixtape “Half Past Lit 2” to drop so be on the lookout for that and you can check out some of Donnie Benz music on YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Tidal, and all other major streaming services.
After seeing quick success of his single, ‘Rigatoni,’ feat. Mick Jenkins, Ursa the Chef teamed up with videographer Noa Iimura to capture the raw energy of the 23 year old Chicago rapper. The video finds Ursa in his element: Bouncing around, smiling, and getting sauced up. Ursa and Iimura deliver a compelling video which was shot in various locations around Los Angeles with cameos from producer, Joni Green Tea, fellow rappers, Blu Dondada and Rocco 808, and dance team, Seoula UCLA.
’Rigatoni’, featuring Mick Jenkins , might be his first real glimpse of the public eye, but up-and-coming rapper Ursa the Chef has been hard at work for years. His debut mixtape ’Stick With Your People’ produced by Fishman!, was released exclusively on SoundCloud back in September 2016, but he’s been working on his craft since 2010. His debut single ‘History’ showcased talent among fellow Chicago-area natives Saba, Cub-J, and Michael King, and landed him several opening acts on the East Coast for Post Malone.
In the two years that followed, he released several singles with producers Fishman! and JAB, including ‘Chef,’ ‘Boss,’ and ‘Champ.’ Following Rigatoni, produced by Joni Green Tea, Ursa is working on multiple projects and has music in the works with artists including theMIND and Brian Fresco.
Heartbreak Kid was released August 9th, 2018 on SoundCloud. It eventually accumulated plays, leading to an official release as a single on October 23rd. Dadonkorleon says the song was made while he was at the time dealing with a relationship and the problems that came with it. The video was directed/Shot in October by @juangalarza and @oscarrr_v.
Dadonkorleon, is an American rapper, singer, song writer, engineer, & producer based in Valdosta, Georgia. Growing up a child who traveled often he says he experienced life from different perspectives and reflects it throughout his songs. Bringing you harmonic colorful melodies & relatable emotions from the good times to the darkest days…
Shon Weathers drops “Feng Shui” filmed in New York City Times Square. Here, Shon displays his ability to be comfortable in any element as he interacts with Random People in New York City displaying his confidence within himself or his “Feng Shui” (the makeup or design of himself).
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Shon is not ashamed to admit he took a few pages out of the books of the heavy hitters of his city, both old and new. As the saying goes “study the best to be the best”. In doing so, Shon has created something that has become his own personal style. Something that bridges the gap between the younger generation and the “old heads”. Shon takes pride in being able to appeal to both, and wants nothing more than to touch as many souls as possible in a positive way. His music is one of, if not the best avenue to do just that.
Dol Ikara lures viewers into an intriguingly sensual web via her latest video, “White Queen”, directed by Braedon Speakman and produced by Rockton Road.
Inspired by the divine feminine, gothic and antique imagery, and the organic fecundity of nature, Dol Ikara brings timely themes to this day and age of non-violence, gentle strength and female empowerment. Dol Ikara — the musical project of Claire Roddy — harkens back to the unfolding of music made decades ago, as each song is recorded live. The sound pulls from many sources, from dark wave to gothic rock to post-rock. Various musical influences include Mazzy Star, Sonic Youth, Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, Kate Bush, and classic rock bands such as Led Zeppelin.
Claire studied music at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and now studies literature in Los Angeles. A poet, as well, she is very driven by the beauty of phonetics in her composition of lyrics, which ultimately brought about the birth of her moniker for this project. Dol Ikara is therefore a neologism — something simply phonetically beautiful, acting as a blank canvas in order to hold the innate essence of this project without any preconceived notions or associations.
To jump start 2019, Atwaters releases his new single, “Be4real”. Atwaters impressively showcases his skills by maintaining distinct lyricism and delivering a catchy hook over the Go Grizzly production. The video was shot by ClutchMade productions and Directed by Riot DaGod. Atwaters has been performing in Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan and Thailand. He is already working on his next release which should be expected very soon. Check out the new single, which was shot in Seoul, South Korea.
Atwaters, an international artist living in South Korea that has been making steady progression for the past few years. Originally from Gainesville, Florida, he Going on his 5th year living in South Korea, Atwaters continues to make waves throughout Asia and around the world.
In 2014, Atwaters decided to relocate to South Korea which is where he currently resides. While living in South Korea, he has been gaining more attention from consistent performances and assembling and hosting various events. Orchestrating his own event in Daejeon, South Korea known as the Massive Mic Fest, he merged Korean artists and other International artists. His shows throughout Korea and various Asian countries has gained the awareness of many. Through lyricism, music videos, and crowd exhilarating performances, Atwaters has become the artist to keep an eye on throughout Asia.
After moving to Seoul, South Korea in 2016, he began to take his talents to other countries. He has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, and Philippines, and Thailand. His music Video “These 3 Words” which was shot in Hong Kong caught the attention of Ebro from Hot97, PopkillerPL, Thisis50.com and MTVU.
Atwaters is a versatile artist with various songs that differ in beat selection, flow, and lyrical content. Since being overseas, Atwaters has enhanced his skills by delivering music in a different language. On his song “Fill Me In” Atwaters impressively raps in English and Korean to show his skill set and interest in the culture. He was also a participant in SMTM6. With ingenious concepts over distinct production, Atwaters is sure to bring a new sound. He is gaining acclaim from new audiences, which is sure to enhance as he continues.
With multiple performances and music videos filmed in Korea, performances throughout Asia, and international media coverage, it is my humble opinion that Atwaters would be a great candidate or any event or label.
In the Cre8tive4K directed video for the My Rookie Year produced “Exquisite”, Jui$e Leroy strolls through Korea Town eating fried rice out of a Chinese take out box while rapping his ass off in a Japanese Mandarin shirt. He lyrically delivers potent content over dirty pianos and a heavy 808 bass. This video opens the flood gates for his future content while the song is featured on his current project, “Trappy Chan”.
Dallas-Fort Worth artist Jui$e Leroy formerly known as Tony Staxx comes from a broken home and stiff background. Originally from Ennis, TX, his father moved his family to Fort Worth where Jui$e became active in the gang banging lifestyle. He began rapping at an early age idolizing Tupac and UGK. After his parents split up, Jui$e Leroy solidified music as his outlet and a way to ventilate. He made an acquaintance with a local record label exec at the time by the name of Big Mac with Deadly Venom records and began making a buzz around the city by the moniker Yung Q.
Leroy performed on syndicated television stations and had records spun on Dallas-Fort Worth top two Hip Hop radio shows K104 and 97.9 the Beat. At the age of 19, Jui$e changed his name to Tony $taxx and shifted gears with his content gaining even more attention as a lyricist around Dallas Texas Hip Hop scene.
He featured on Scotty ATL and Cyhi tha Prince’s single Nigga Concentrate directed by Stack Moses which was featured on BET Jamz, MTV, Revolt TV, The Source and other major blogs. He performed alongside Nipsey Hussle, Curren$y and King Louie. 2015 he once again changed his stage name to Jui$e Leroy in reference to paying homage to the roots and culture of Hip Hop as Wu-Tang embodied in their Shaolin appreciation. The response has been electric and there is a lot more in store for this future phenom Jui$e Leroy.
Teen Vogue presents the “Dead Roses” EP, a 5 track project focusing on the ups and downs of love.
With this EP, I’ve really put in a lot of time and work to be as great as I can be. I shut myself from social media and friends to focus solely on music for 6 months and I really feel like it shows. I’ve progressed so much and I’m finally ready to show people what I’ve got.
As far as the singles go, All the beats that were produced for this project are by some of the best producers in the emo rap scene right now. many have worked with huge artists and I’m so glad that they helped me craft this EP. I worked with some incredible singer – songwriters too, Yung Luv is a close friend of mine and I’m so glad he agreed to hop on a track with me.
Also a big shout out to my friends that helped me with artwork and social media, Thanks to them, I have a very cohesive looking project/brand.
Sprove’s much anticipated visual for “NUVO” featuring Ye Ali has finally arrived on YouTube.
Sprove, born Aaron JaVante LeSure on July 20th, 1994, is an American rapper, creative, entrepreneur, inventor, and innovator. Sprove has stirred up a lot of excitement with the single “Pacific” on his debut EP “Treading Waters”. Since releasing his EP, he has dropped 3 new singles that have put in the minds of his fans that he will be in this industry for a long time to come.
Sprove grew up on the Westside of Indianapolis, IN and is the oldest of 1 brother and 2 sisters. At the age of 13, he started with attempting to freestyle with one of his school friend, Aaron Handley, because he was always interested in music but never knew how he wanted to do it himself. Whenever Sprove would be at home, he would sit and write his songs and at this point is when he realized there was definitely a great talent hidden within himself.
While in college at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN Sprove never thought that he would make his occupation a musical artist until him and his fraternity brothers created a Kappa mixtape that received major recognition from more than 1000 people with minimal promotion. This was big at the time because this was only done out of fun.
Sprove took this recognition and went about starting to create songs in his closet and releasing them on Soundcloud just to see what people thought. With this low quality music, he was still able to create a good fan base of people that pushed him to do more and keep getting better.
Much of his momentum came when he started opening up for artists like Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, 21 Savage, Shy Glizzy, Jacquees, Wale, Dae Dae, PnB Rock, Lil Bibby, Lud Foe, and many more notable artists. Sprove now headlines his own shows of which he can now hear all his fans scream every word to his songs at the top of their lungs. Every show is a movie! Much of the influence for him creating his music comes from R. Kelly, Shy Glizzy, Tupac, Wiz Khalifa. You will notice that Sprove’s genre is hard to pinpoint because he will give you a love song then turn around and give you a money counting song. He creates the waviest music out today. He is the new wave. He’s nothing like you’ve ever heard before.
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