9.12.20

Rolling Loud Unveils Limited Availability “Loud Stream” Merch, Including Collabs with Headliners Swae Lee and Ski Mask The Slump God

Rolling Loud’s Virtual “Loud Stream” Festival Airs Today and Sunday from 5-11pm ET, Exclusively On Twitch

Available For One Weekend Only, the New Merch Drop Includes New Rolling Loud Items, and Co-Branded T-Shirts & Crewneck Sweaters for Each Headliner

The Announcement: 

Growing from a single-day festival in Miami to a respected global brand, Rolling Loud continues to be an innovator in the worlds of music and merch. Today, Rolling Loud reveals a new line of merch, inspired by “Loud Stream,” their first-ever virtual music festival, airing this weekend exclusively on Twitch. The new drop includes new Rolling Loud-branded t-shirt designs, as well as co-branded collections with “Loud Stream” headliners Swae Lee and Ski Mask The Slump God, and “Loud Stream” performer Pouya. Interested fans should act fast–the “Loud Stream” merchandise is only available this weekend.

Occurring September 12th-13th at 5PM ET on Rolling Loud’s Twitch channel, “Loud Stream” presents six hours of live performances on each day. “Loud Stream” is an entirely live event, with interactive chat elements and without pre-recorded sets. Like all Rolling Loud events, “Loud Stream” boasts a deep bench of exciting artists, including rising stars like Polo G, NLE Choppa, Lil Skies, Lil Keed, and StaySolidRocky, leading ladies like Kaash Paige, Tay Money, and Maliibu Miitch, and Rolling Loud regulars like Smokepurpp, Fat Nick, and more.

“Loud Stream” is the first of three virtual festivals Rolling Loud has planned as part of their new exclusive partnership with Twitch. In early September, the festival brand commenced daily live hip hop-driven programming on Twitch.tv/RollingLoud. So far, Rolling Loud’s Twitch programming welcomed notable guest such as Internet Money, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jackboy, Tyla Yaweh, B.o.B., and others, and introduced regular programming like “The Rotation,” which racked up 132,000 live views on its initial episode.

Buy Rolling Loud Merch: shoprollingloud.com

Watch “Loud Stream” NOW at Twitch.tv/RollingLoud, starting 5PM ET and ending at 11PM ET.

Subscribe to Rolling Loud on Twitch and visit RollingLoud.com/Twitch to read about subscriber benefits.

Check today’s “Loud Stream” schedule below:

For more info, please contact Michelle, Kerry, or Kevin

Critical Praise:

“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times

“Rolling Loud is the be-all of hip-hop festivals.” – Billboard

“The Rolling Loud New York experiment was a success—one which will likely earn it a return trip to the city in future years. Far from a traditional NYC rap experience, it was a two-day event that catered to the genre’s youngest fans, with an eye squarely focused on the future.” – Complex

“In only its fifth year with four major destinations and more in the pipeline overseas, athletes, celebrities and others are forking over as much as $20,000 for VIP packages. Of course, imitators are cropping up.” – Pollstar

The Background:

About Rolling Loud
Founded as a one-day festival in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud has evolved into a global behemoth, with annual festivals in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area. Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rolling Loud Miami is scheduled for February 2021, and Rolling Loud Portugal, the brand’s first European festival, recently announced the lineup for next Summer. The company’s new Twitch partnership speaks to the strength of its brand, allowing Rolling Loud to maintain its vital cultural role during an impossibly difficult time for festivals and live music.

In October 2019, Rolling Loud hosted the first annual Rolling Loud New York, which boasted one of the brand’s most impressive lineups yet, and in December, it drew 65,000 fans per day to Banc of California Stadium for Rolling Loud Los Angeles.

Links:

official site | facebook | twitter | instagram

Buy Rolling Loud merch: shoprollingloud.com

Check out Rolling Loud on Twitch: Twitch.tv/RollingLoud

Check out RollingLoud.com for more information.

9.9.2020

Rolling Loud Introduces the Moto 20 Cut & Sew Capsule Collection, Complete with Jackets, Goggles, Gloves, and More

The New Merch Drops as Rolling Loud Prepares For “Loud Stream,” Their Twitch-Exclusive Livestream Festival Headlined by Swae Lee & Ski Mask The Slump God

Miami Meets Motocross in the Latest Limited Edition (150 Pieces with No Restocks) Merch Collection from Rap’s Biggest Festival Brand

The Announcement: 

A rising cultural force in the world of hip-hop, Rolling Loud is renowned for their exquisite taste in music and merch. Coming through with their latest batch of unique merch, Rolling Loud officially reveals the Moto 20 Cut & Sew Collection for the aspiring rider in your life.

Created with 3m reflective elements, bold neon prints and technical fabrics, the Moto 20 collection features a classic motocross jersey-and-pants matching set, a crop top jersey, a flamed-up hoodie, and a half-zip windbreaker. Blurring the line between fashion and function, the new collection also offers moto-specific wear like goggles, gloves, and a full ski-mask–all delivered in characteristic Miami hues like neon green, minty blue, and touches of purple and fuchsia. Directed by Rolling Loud co-founder Matt Zingler and designed by Mark Braster (@brastxx) the collection is captured through the lens of Creative Director Smith Durogene and is available at shoprollingloud.com in limited quantities: 150 pieces, no restocks and no preorders.

“Rolling Loud has a lot of amazing Cut & Sew capsules dropping,” says Matt Zingler. “The quality is on point and the quantities will all be limited. I have always been into collecting vintage tees and accessories. The goal is to create time stamped capsules representing a Rolling Loud era so that in the future they will be a highly collectible vintage item. Don’t sleep, this will sell out!”

The Moto 20 Cut & Sew Collection arrives just in time for “Loud Stream,” a free-to-stream virtual festival airing this weekend exclusively on Twitch. Occurring September 12th-13th at 5PM ET on Rolling Loud’s Twitch channel, “Loud Stream” presents six hours of live performances on each day. Featuring performances by headliners Swae Lee and Ski Mask The Slump God, along with Polo G, NLE Choppa, Lil Keed, and many more, “Loud Stream” is an entirely live event, with interactive chat elements and without pre-recorded sets.

“Loud Stream” is the first of three virtual festivals Rolling Loud has planned as part of their new exclusive partnership with Twitch. Last week, the festival brand commenced daily live hip hop-driven programming on Twitch.tv/RollingLoud. Rolling Loud’s first week on Twitch brought guest appearances from Internet Money, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jackboy, Tyla Yaweh, B.o.B., and others, and introduced regular programming like “The Rotation,” which received 132,000 live views on its initial episode.

Buy Moto 20 Cut & Sew Collection merch at shoprollingloud.com

Watch “Loud Stream” on Saturday September 12th and Sunday September 13th at Twitch.tv/RollingLoud, starting each day at 5PM ET and ending at 11PM ET.

Subscribe to Rolling Loud on Twitch and visit RollingLoud.com/Twitch to read about subscriber benefits.

Rolling Loud’s Moto 20 Cut & Sew Collection

For more info, please contact Michelle, Kerry, or Kevin

Critical Praise:

“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times

“Rolling Loud is the be-all of hip-hop festivals.” – Billboard

“The Rolling Loud New York experiment was a success—one which will likely earn it a return trip to the city in future years. Far from a traditional NYC rap experience, it was a two-day event that catered to the genre’s youngest fans, with an eye squarely focused on the future.” – Complex

“In only its fifth year with four major destinations and more in the pipeline overseas, athletes, celebrities and others are forking over as much as $20,000 for VIP packages. Of course, imitators are cropping up.” – Pollstar

The Background:

About Rolling Loud
Founded as a one-day festival in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud has evolved into a global behemoth, with annual festivals in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area. Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rolling Loud Miami is scheduled for February 2021, and Rolling Loud Portugal, the brand’s first European festival, recently announced the lineup for next Summer. The company’s new Twitch partnership speaks to the strength of its brand, allowing Rolling Loud to maintain its vital cultural role during an impossibly difficult time for festivals and live music.

In October 2019, Rolling Loud hosted the first annual Rolling Loud New York, which boasted one of the brand’s most impressive lineups yet, and in December, it drew 65,000 fans per day to Banc of California Stadium for Rolling Loud Los Angeles.

About the Moto 20 Cut & Sew Capsule Collection:
The RL MOTO 20 Collection is inspired by the times, by the streets, an escape from the occasional doldrums of 2020.  Where FMX meets the block you’ll find lifestyle pieces that blur the lines of fashion and function. An 8 piece cut and sew capsule the Moto 20 line features 3m reflective elements, bold neon prints and technical fabrics. Directed by RL Founder Matt Zingler and designed by Mark Braster (@brastxx) the collection is captured through the lens of Creative Director Smith Durogene and will be available at shoprollingloud.com Friday, September 11th in limited quantities, 150 pieces, no restocks and no preorders.

Links:

website | facebook | twitter | instagram

Buy Rolling Loud merch: shoprollingloud.com

Check out Rolling Loud on Twitch: Twitch.tv/RollingLoud

Check out RollingLoud.com for more information.

9.10.2020

Video: wifisfuneral – “Back Ache”

The Alamo Records Signee Brings a Sensual PAIN? Highlight To Life in His Latest Video

Critical Praise:

XXL Freshman, Class of 2018

“[wifisfuneral] displays an impressive array of verbal acrobatics, showing off masterful breath control and a rapid fire flow.”  – Pitchfork

“He’s synthesized the regionless, borderless world of the internet age from which he takes his name, while lacing it with a narcotically addictive flow and a distinct ear for melody that’s allowed him to develop while others stagnate.” – NOISEY

“The young rapper has a wide range of skills, from agile raps and bass-heavy tracks to dark and moody slow-burners, and his unpredictability is part of his appeal” – Pigeons & Planes

The Video:

He’s known for his cerebral rhymes and dark subject matter, but sometimes wifisfuneral just likes to let loose and have a good time. Today, the South Florida native shares a humorous video for “Back Ache,” a sexually explicit banger. Produced by Rudy & Jimmy Duval, “Back Ache” is a downtempo trap come-on that finds an auto-tuned wifi switching up his flows, mixing in a cadence that pays tribute to Future’s 2015 song  “Where Ya At.” In the video, directed by Chris Moreno, wifi stars in a news segment/infomercial for a local business establishment–namely, a hybrid car wash/strip club. The video alternates between wifi frolicking with scantily clad models and a family of three fighting over the television remote, the mother trying desperately to keep her son from witnessing the spectacle. “Back Ache” is the latest clip from PAIN?, wifi’s new album, following last week’s space-time-bending video for lo-fi pop gem “Lost In Time“ ft. Coi Leray.

Throwing himself into his new artistic direction, wifi turned heads with PAIN?, which hit streaming services last week. Giving his tight flows a tuneful lift, PAIN? is dramatically different from wifi’s previous albums, fully-integrating auto-tune assisted melodies into his cerebral songs. The album veers from romantic devotionals, to X-rated sex jams, to expressions of loneliness, as wifi’s voice expresses the deeply-felt emotion reflected in his lyrics. PAIN? is home to several well-received singles, including the Smoove’L-featuring “Ocean.” The 23-year-old rapper showcased album highlights with performance videos, including clips for ride-or-die lead single “End Of Story” and the chilled-out “All In.” Most recently, wifi shared an engaging performance video for album highlight “Guy Like Me.“ Praised by Stereogum, XXL, HotNewHipHop, Lyrical Lemonade, and more, wifi’s new music shows another side of the 2018 XXL Freshman, and heralds even brighter things to come. Featuring an additional appearance from Mariah Angeliq, PAIN? is available everywhere via Alamo Records.

Watch “Back Ache”: https://youtu.be/f7xcZY0WWNY

Buy/Stream PAIN?: http://smarturl.it/PainWifisfuneral

PAIN? tracklist:

1. Lost In Time ft. Coi Leray
2. End of Story
3. What It Is?
4. Guy Like Me
5. Hills
6. Backache
7. Take Me Away
8. Motion
9. Front 2 Back Side 2 Side
10. Ocean ft. Smoove’L
11. All In
12. Day Switch
13. Screw Up
14. End of Story (Pt. 2) ft. Mariah Angeliq

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

22-year-old South Florida rapper wifisfuneral has taken his dark sonics, mature-beyond-his-years lyrics, and trunk rattling bass from the streets of Palm Beach to the world, amassing over 1.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 700,000 followers on various social media platforms. wifisfuneral’s growth has been organic and cult-like, with his fans spreading his music like wildfire with each and every release. With virtually zero promotion other than his social media presence, wifisfuneral’s independent projects Black Heart Revenge (May 27th, 2016) and When Hell Falls (January 27, 2017) reached #69 and #17 on the iTunes hip-hop charts respectively, resulting in a label deal with Alamo and Interscope Records. His major label debut mixtape, Boy Who Cried Wolf, received critical acclaim, with two of the tracks earning placement in the Spotify’s coveted Most Necessary playlist. His latest mixtape, Ethernet, was released in June 2018 via Alamo Records. In 2018, wifisfuneral was officially named to the XXL Freshman List and reached #1 on YouTube’s trending chart. In 2019, wifi headlined two nationwide tours, released two follow-up EPs to Ethernet, and collaborated with Robb Bank$ on the Conn3ct3d project.

Links:

official site | soundcloud | twitter | instagram | tumblr | spotify

Bio, photos, music, and more for wifisfuneral can be found at www.audibletreats.com/wifisfuneral

“Back Ache”: https://youtu.be/f7xcZY0WWNY

PAIN?: http://smarturl.it/PainWifisfuneral

“Lost In Time” ft. Coi Leray: http://smarturl.it/LostInTimeWifi / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW40drW8uMI

“All In” Performance: https://youtu.be/oLCRkK4RO68

“Ocean”: http://smarturl.it/OceanWifisfuneral

“End Of Story”: http://smarturl.it/EndOfStory / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2imgkFvqU4

9.10.2020

TikTok Treats, Week Of September 7th

David Guetta Shares a New Snippet, Sada Baby Brings a Whole Lotta Choppas, and More Interesting Music Stories From the World of TikTok

The News:

TikTok levels the playing field for artistic expression. Scrolling through the app’s “For You” page, you can find the latest viral dance trend, an unreleased song by a superstar artist, and the latest deep web meme–often they’ll appear back to back. Below, find a cross-section of music songs, trends, and memes that might pop up during a prolonged scroll:

• Superstar DJ David Guetta is back on TikTok, offering a preview of his unreleased new song “Let’s Love” ft. Sia earlier this week. Offering TikTok users a preview of the emotional new anthem, Guetta made “Let’s Love” available as a sound, urging fans to use the #letslove hashtag to express the things that help them stay positive during difficult times. Videos tagged with #letslove have earned over 81 million video views in just two days, highlighting such bright spots as eating pizza at the beach, joyful dancing, and heartwarming moments with furry friends. As for Guetta himself, he feels most at peace when exercising in his home gym.

• The culmination of years’ worth of organic growth, Detroit rapper Sada Baby has a TikTok hit on his hands. Built on a sample of “Whoomp (There It Is)” by The Tag Team, “Whole Lotta Choppas” gets a boost from Sada’s verbal dexterity and his ability to thread the needle between street rap and dance rap. TikTok users have gravitated to the song’s defiant chorus, taking Sada’s advice and doing their dance (expensive pants not required) and throwing hands at anyone who’d try to stop them. Spurred by a viral dance created by @ohbukster and by @tyler_legere‘s misanthropic memes, the song is #2 on Spotify’s US Viral 50 chart and is rapidly approaches 2 million video creations on TikTok. “Whole Lotta Choppas” has reached the ears of Tyga, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, and many others.

• Scoring viral hits is more of an art than a science, but few people have gotten the formula down like Ricky Desktop. The platform’s foremost expert on making banging beats out of unlikely sounds, the young producer’s music has soundtracked more than 6 million TikTok video creations since 2019. His flute-flavored “Dice Beat Pt. 1” (1.5 million creations) spurred a viral dance (created by @kamronagee) and took off on Mom TikTok, and his bass-boosted “Banjo Beat” (950k creations) is versatile enough to accompany vocalists from disparate genres like death metal, yodeling, and, somehow, both at once. His latest masterpiece is “Chicken Wing Beat,” which soundtracks over 2.8 million video creations, ranging from puppy videos to Colonial-era haircuts to psychedelic spin art.

• The TikTok community can create an entire universe of memes with only the slightest inspiration. Ultra Music DJ and recording artist Hazel was the beneficiary of a bizarre trend when the community got ahold of “I Love Poland (Remix)” an energetic ode to Hazel’s home country. Spearheaded by users like @poland_is_everywhere, the expert photo editors of TikTok take user requests to transform any item of graphic design into Poland’s dichromatic flag. If you look hard enough, you can find the Polish flag in TikTok comments, assorted emojis, even other flags.

• There are very few perfect songs, but those rare songs have a way of popping up again and again in the popular consciousness. One such song is’ “Super Freak,” the immaculate funk jam by Rick James. TikTok follows in the footsteps of MC Hammer, Dave Chappelle, and Little Miss Sunshine as the latest cultural force to resurrect “Super Freak.” With over 66k video creations, many coming in the past week, “Super Freak” is the soundtrack to their ironic thirst traps, and helps users imagine what TikTok would’ve been like in the 1980s.

• TikTok is a platform where aspiring and amateur musicians thrive. Videos with the #ImAMusician hashtag have more than one billion views, collecting everything from Japanese indie pop, to country covers of emo pop, to music school kids goofing around to the tune of Britney Spears, to ukelele songs about dismantling unjust systems. Meanwhile, the hashtag #MusicSaves enlists TikTok’s music community to support Save The Music, an organization dedicated to supporting music education in schools across the country, by sharing their stories about how music education improved their lives or by offering a comedic take on common situations that music educators face.

For more info, please contact:
Michelle McDevitt, Andrea Higgins, Erin Treat, Audible Treats
Leah Linder, TikTokArtist Name Background:

The Background:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Click here to read TikTok’s progress report on supporting Black communities and promoting diversity & inclusion: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/progress-report-how-were-supporting-black-communities-and-promoting-diversity-and-inclusion

Links:

TikTok’s Newsroom: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us

Check out previous editions of TikTok Treats, a weekly newsletter about the most interesting music happenings on TikTok:
BTS Hits #1, Kendrick Plants Money Trees, and More From TikTok
Dua Lipa Levitates, J. Cole Soundtracks Glow-Ups and More TikTok Stories
TikTok: The “WAP” Dance Challenge, Folklore, La Roux, and More Provide Joy and Catharsis
Charlie Puth, Pop Smoke, and More Trending TikTok Stories
Artists Unite to Say #SaveTikTok
How TikTok Users Use the App to Boost Their Musical Careers
TikTok Doesn’t Just Mint New Hits…It Revives Old Ones
These International TikTok Artists and Hits Eliminate Language Barriers
Who’s Hot on TikTok? Jason DeRulo, Rod Wave, and More
TikTok Success = Chart Success and the Hot 100 Proves It
TikTok Users and Artists Celebrate #MyPride Through Music
TikTok Promotes a Vibrant Artistic Community with #BlackMusicMonth

9.9.2020

Baja Beach Fest 2021 Announces Second Weekend Occurring 8/20-8/22/2021

The Fast-Growing Event Adds More Dates After Becoming the First Festival To Sell Out During the Pandemic

Headlined by Anuel AA, J Balvin, and Ozuna, The Continent’s Premier Showcase for Reggaeton and Latin Music Prepares for Its Most Exciting Year Yet

Baja Beach Fest co-founders Aaron Ampudia (left) and Chris Den Uijl (Credit: Baja Beach Fest/Koury Angelo)

Critical Praise:

Best New Festival in North America – USA Today’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice 2019

Featured article: Baja Beach Fest Founders Aaron Ampudia And Chris Den Uijl Discuss Their Reggaeton Festival’s Cross-Border Business – Pollstar

“Only on its second consecutive year, the fest, nestled on the glistening beach of Rosarito, Mexico, has managed to become a player on the global festival scene” – Billboard

“Baja Beach Fest Was a Game-Changing Showcase of Latinx Excellence” – Vice

“If you’ve heard anything about Baja Beach Fest — the reggaeton and Latin hip-hop festival coming to Rosarito, Mexico’s historic Papas & Beer this weekend — you know this: It’s a party. Like a big, wild, sprawling, bucket-list rager. And while other festivals seek to widen their reach by bringing in digital artists, broadening the genres they focus on, or adding in a health component, Baja Beach Fest is staying true to its identity.” – UPROXX

“…the sold-out show is already a success: Ozuna and Bad Bunny are among the two-dozen acts scheduled to perform Friday and Saturday in this coastal resort town about 30 minutes south of the border.” – LA Times

Editor’s Choice: Things To Do In August – Delta Sky Magazine

The Announcement:

Bringing beach vibes and the best in Latin Music and Reggaeton, Baja Beach Fest is quickly becoming one of the country’s most vital live events. Responding to immense demand after a quick sell out of the original dates, Baja Beach Fest announces that the 2021 edition of the festival will add a second weekend. Occurring August 20-22, 2021, the new weekend signals a major expansion for the festival, which started as a single-day event in 2018, before expanding to two days in 2019 and three days in the postponed 2020 edition.

With a star-studded lineup headlined by the likes of Anuel AA, J Balvin, and Ozuna, Baja Beach Fest 2021 sold all tickets for its first weekend in less than one month. The success of the festival signals an eagerness for the return of live music, and demonstrates the passion and purchasing power of Latin Music fans. Though the lineup is a major draw, BBF sets itself apart with its unique vibe, offering a hyper-social beachside experience that virtual festivals can’t hope to replicate.

Returning to Rosarito Beach, MX on August 13th-15th, 2021, and occurring again the following week, the festival complements its A-list headliners with performances from Karol G, Sech, Farruko, Becky G, Kali Uchis, Dalex, Jhay Cortez, Guaynaa, El Alfa, Lunay, DJ Luian, Justin Quiles, Myke Towers, Sky Rompiendo, and many more.

Tickets for BBF 2021 Weekend 2 are available from bajabeachfest.com on September 22nd @ 12pm PT.

Follow @bajabeachfest on socials for more announcements about the forthcoming festival.

Buy tickets for Baja Beach Fest 2021 on September 15th @ TIME: bajabeachfest.com

Check out the exclusive Pollstar feature: https://www.pollstar.com/article/baja-beach-fest-announces-second-weekend-for-2021-exclusive-146404

Watch the Baja Beach Fest 2019 Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRrF9yKgh6g

Please contact Michelle or Erin for more info.

The Background:

Founded by Chris Den Uijl and Aaron Ampudia in 2018, Baja Beach Fest is well on its way to becoming an institution in Rosarito and the music industry at large. With headliners like Ozuna, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin, BBF 2019 earned rave reviews from the likes of Billboard, Pollstar, Vice, L.A. Times, and more for its outstanding music, diverse and enthusiastic crowd, and positive vibes. The festival was voted the “Best New Festival in North America” by readers of USA Today.

Links:

instagram | facebook | twitter

Buy tickets for Baja Beach Fest 2021 (available 9/22 @ 12pm PT): https://www.bajabeachfest.com/

Watch the Baja Beach Fest 2019 Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRrF9yKgh6g

9.9.2020

Rolling Loud Announces Lineup For 9/12-9/13 “Loud Stream” Virtual Festival, Exclusively on Twitch

Hip-Hop’s Premier Festival Brand Recruits Swae Lee, Ski Mask The Slump God, Polo G, and More to Perform Live For The First Time in Months

Rolling Loud’s First Of Three Livestream Festivals Planned For Fall 2020 is Part of the Brand’s New Partnership With Twitch, Which Also Includes Hip Hop-Driven Daily Live Programming

The Announcement:

Growing from a single-day festival in Miami to a world-renowned multimedia brand, Rolling Loud plays a vital role in rap culture. Preparing for their first-ever virtual festival, Rolling Loud announces the lineup for “Loud Stream,” airing this weekend exclusively on Twitch. Complete with state-of-the-art production value, the free-to-stream virtual event brings the Rolling Loud experience to your living room–you won’t even have to leave your home to open up the pit. Occurring September 12th-13th at 5PM ET on September 12th-13th on Rolling Loud’s Twitch channel, “Loud Stream” presents six hours of live performances on each day, complete with the live chat and interactive elements that allow fans to play a pivotal role in the action. The sets performed during “Loud Stream” will be entirely live, with no pre-recorded performances.

Like all Rolling Loud events, “Loud Stream” boasts a star-studded lineup, including headliners like Swae Lee and Ski Mask The Slump God, rising stars like Polo G, NLE Choppa, Lil Skies, Lil Keed, and StaySolidRocky, leading ladies like Kaash Paige, Tay Money, and Maliibu Miitch, and Rolling Loud regulars like Smokepurpp, Pouya, Fat Nick, and more. Loud Stream is the first of three Twitch virtual festivals Rolling Loud has planned for the coming months.

Last week, Rolling Loud announced its partnership with Twitch and commenced daily live programming on Twitch.tv/RollingLoud, featuring content that intersects hip-hop with other cultural pillars like fashion, food, art, and gaming. Rolling Loud’s first week on Twitch brought guest appearances from Internet Money, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Jackboy, Tyla Yaweh, B.o.B., and more, and introduced regular programming like “The Rotation,” which received 132,000 live views on its initial episode.

Founded as a one-day festival in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud has evolved into a global behemoth, with annual festivals in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area. Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rolling Loud Miami is scheduled for February 2021, and Rolling Loud Portugal, the brand’s first European festival, recently announced the lineup for next Summer. The company’s new Twitch partnership speaks to the strength of its brand, allowing Rolling Loud to maintain its vital cultural role during an impossibly difficult time for festivals and live music.

Watch “Loud Stream” on Saturday September 12th and Sunday September 13th at Twitch.tv/RollingLoud, starting each day at 5PM ET and ending at 11PM ET.

Subscribe to Rolling Loud on Twitch and visit RollingLoud.com/Twitch to read about subscriber benefits.

See below for Rolling Loud TV’s full schedule of live programming:

Mondays:
LOUD GAMING – 8PM ET / 5PM PT: The Rolling Loud team plays today’s biggest games and catching a vibe with rapper, athlete and gamer friends.

Tuesdays:
THE ROTATION – 8PM ET / 5PM PT: The Rolling Loud team tackles today’s hottest topics in music and Hip Hop culture.

Wednesdays:
LIVE FROM THE STUDIO  9PM ET / 6PM PT: Take a peek into the creative process of South Florida producer, Nuri, and friends, inside the Rolling Loud Studio in Miami, FL.

Thursdays:
THE LEAK – 11PM ET / 8PM PT: Watch the Rolling Loud team leak and discuss upcoming music with rappers an hour before the music releases online.

Fridays:
GOT BARS? – 6PM ET / 3PM PT: Aspiring rappers compete for the chance to perform at Rolling Loud, the world’s largest Hip Hop festival.

Critical Praise:

“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times

“Rolling Loud is the be-all of hip-hop festivals.” – Billboard

“The Rolling Loud New York experiment was a success—one which will likely earn it a return trip to the city in future years. Far from a traditional NYC rap experience, it was a two-day event that catered to the genre’s youngest fans, with an eye squarely focused on the future.” – Complex

“In only its fifth year with four major destinations and more in the pipeline overseas, athletes, celebrities and others are forking over as much as $20,000 for VIP packages. Of course, imitators are cropping up.” – Pollstar

For more info, please contact:
Rolling Loud: Michelle, Kerry, or Kevin
Twitch: Samantha

The Background:

About Rolling Loud
Founded in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif as a one-day festival in Miami, Rolling Loud evolved into a global behemoth, with massive festivals on both American coasts and international events in Europe and Australia. In October 2019, Rolling Loud hosted the first annual Rolling Loud New York, which boasted one of the brand’s most impressive lineups yet, and in December, it drew 65,000 fans per day to Banc of California Stadium for Rolling Loud Los Angeles.

About Twitch
Launched in 2011, Twitch is a global community that comes together each day to create multiplayer entertainment: unique, live, unpredictable experiences created by the interactions of millions. It brings the joy of co-op to everything, from casual gaming and world-class esports to anime marathons, music, and art streams. Twitch also hosts TwitchCon, the biggest community event of the year, where tens of thousands of people come together to celebrate and connect with others who share their interests and passions. We’re always live at Twitch. Stay up to date on all things Twitch on Twitter and on our Blog.

Links:

website | facebook | twitter | instagram

Check out Rolling Loud on Twitch: Twitch.tv/RollingLoud

Check out RollingLoud.com for more information.

09.08.2020

Rolling Loud Portugal Adds Two Additional Days (July 9th-10th) After Initial 3-days Sell Out

Headliners Cardi B and Stormzy Announced, Plus Dozens of Names for the Expanded Festival

Occuring July 6th-10th 2021, Rap’s Biggest Festival Brand Expands Its First European Festival, With Tickets for July 9th-10th and Limited “Rolling Loud Experience” 5-Day Tickets On Sale This Week

Critical Praise:

“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times

“Rolling Loud is the be-all of hip-hop festivals.” – Billboard

“The Rolling Loud New York experiment was a success—one which will likely earn it a return trip to the city in future years. Far from a traditional NYC rap experience, it was a two-day event that catered to the genre’s youngest fans, with an eye squarely focused on the future.” – Complex

“In only its fifth year with four major destinations and more in the pipeline overseas, athletes, celebrities and others are forking over as much as $20,000 for VIP packages. Of course, imitators are cropping up.” – Pollstar

The Announcement:

After selling out shows on both U.S. coasts, Rolling Loud is ready to take this party global. With over 55,000 fans daily turning up in a big way next summer, Rolling Loud Portugal is now ready to up the ante even more, with news of a brand new two-day festival experience joining the sold-out celebrations and coming together for a total of five days of non-stop hip-hop on The Algarve next summer.

Taking place between July 9th-10th, 2021, Rolling Loud Portugal’s additional two days of programming bring even more of rap’s most exciting names to the European Atlantic Coast, announcing a stacked bill featuring the likes of global superstar Cardi B, modern icon Stormzy, Boy Better Know, 2 Chainz, Lil Uzi Vert, YG, Rick Ross, Joey Bada$$, Lil Baby, Kevin Gates, Nines, Amine, Headie One, Ski Mask The Slump God, Lil Pump, Rich The Kid, Nelly, Waka Flocka Flame, Cordae, Dave East, SL, Action Bronson, Fetty Wap, IAMDDB, Ms Banks, Flo Milli, Yxng Bane and many more. With an enviable location in a beachside paradise, Rolling Loud Portugal promises to be unlike any experience the world’s premier rap festival brand has hosted to date.

For Rolling Loud Portugal festival-goers who have already grabbed their tickets for the three-day festival between July 6th-8th 2021, a limited number of full five-day “Rolling Loud Experience” tickets are available now, with fans encouraged to keep an eye on their email inboxes for full upgrade details to extend their huge summer party before anyone else.

Pre-sale tickets for Rolling Loud Portugal (July 9th-10th, 2021) are on sale from 9am BST on Thursday September 10th, with General Sale tickets then available from 9am BST on Friday September 11th. Those looking to gain first access to tickets are encouraged to sign-up today via Rolling Loud Portugal’s official website. With full five-day, two-day and day tickets on sale – there’s no excuse to miss out on Rolling Loud’s European debut next summer.
https://www.rollingloudportugal.com/

This add-on festival programming cements Rolling Loud Portugal as the undeniable heavyweight of the 2021 European festival summer. Across its starting three days, the likes of A$AP Rocky, Future, and Wiz Khalifa are set to lead the charge with further unmissable moments already set from hitmakers such as DaBaby, Lil Baby, Gucci Mane, AJ Tracey, D-Block Europe, Unknown T, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Gunna and M Huncho as well as rising stars like Lil Tecca, Lil Tjay, Polo G, NLE Choppa, Lil Mosey, Rico Nasty, and Key Glock.

Combine the massive headliners with the picturesque location and Rolling Loud’s trendsetting taste, and you have the ingredients for the biggest and brightest hip-hop celebration that Europe has ever seen.

Founded in 2015 as a single-day festival in Miami by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, Rolling Loud has become a leading cultural voice – serving up sold out festival weekends across the US. With editions in Miami, Sydney, Los Angeles, Oakland, and New York City, Rolling Loud has become an integral part of festival culture and set the bar high for those to follow.  Widely known for attracting crowds in the tens of thousands, the 2019 L.A and New York editions held 50,000 – 60,000 fans per day. A must for all fans looking to catch their favorites and more, and with more names and surprises still to be announced, Rolling Loud Portugal promises to be an unforgettable first entry into the European market.

Presale access for Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 (9th-10th July 2021) will be available starting 9am BST (British Summer Time) on Thursday September 10th

General release tickets for Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 (9th-10th July 2021) will be available starting 9am BST (British Summer Time) on Friday September 11th

For full information and sign-up access, head to
https://www.rollingloudportugal.com

Please contact Michelle, Kerry, or Kevin for more info.

The Background:

Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 taking place between July 6th-8th 2021 is now sold out, with limited 5-day Rolling Loud Experience tickets being made available to current ticket-holders first

The additional Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 program takes place between July 9th-10th 2021, with a separate ticket needed in order to access the site during these days

Presale access for Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 (9th-10th July 2021) will be available from 9am BST (British Summer Time) on Thursday September 10th

General release tickets for Rolling Loud Portugal 2021 (9th-10th July 2021) will be available from 9am BST (British Summer Time) on Friday September 11th

For full information and sign-up access, head to
https://www.rollingloudportugal.com

About Rolling Loud

Founded in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif as a one-day festival in Miami, Rolling Loud evolved into a global behemoth, with massive festivals on both American coasts and international events in Europe and Australia. In October 2019, Rolling Loud hosted the first annual Rolling Loud New York, which boasted one of the brand’s most impressive lineups yet, and in December, it drew 65,000 fans per day to Banc of California Stadium for Rolling Loud Los Angeles.

Links:

website | facebook | twitter | instagram

For full information and sign-up access, head to
https://www.rollingloudportugal.com

Check out Rolling Loud on Twitch: twitch.tv/rollingloud

9.4.2020

Project: Big Havi – Personal Problems 2

The ATL Rapper Plumbs The Depths of His Soul in His Latest Project, Featuring Lil Keed, OMB Peezy, and More

Critical Praise:

“In a very unforgiving and fast moving musical context, Havi proves he can go toe to toe with the best of his rap contemporaries and likely stick around too.” – EARMILK

“BIG HAVI IS UP NEXT OUT OF EAST ATLANTA” – FLAUNT

“Big Havi’s authenticity is helping him garner a reputation as one of Hip Hop’s most promising emerging voices” – REVOLT

“The ‘9 Times Out Of 10’ rapper is poised to be Atlanta’s next star.” – ELEVATOR

“Big Havi’s got a way of latching onto the beat and making any track an earworm” – HipHopSince1987

The Project:

A rising star in his hometown of Atlanta, Big Havi’s music provides an ideal mix of addictive hooks, athletic rhymes, and heartfelt emotion. Further refining his “pain music” aesthetic, Havi shares Personal Problems 2, his third project of the year. The sequel to Havi’s early 2020 project Personal Problems, the new project is a refinement of Havi’s approach, combining heartfelt lyrics with an innate songwriting ability. The project reveals a more confident and brash young artist, one who’s still haunted by his traumatic past but motivated by the drive to provide for his family.

Highlights from the project include “Fake A Smile,” which explores how money and fame can’t buy happiness, and “Don’t Approach Me,” a fiery step-off anthem with an appearance from kindred spirit OMB Peezy. Featuring additional appearances from Havi’s fellow ATL young guns Lil Keed, who appears on recent single “Vibez’N,” Slimelife Shawty, Seddy Hendrix, and D’Rick, Personal Problems 2 is available everywhere via Commission Records.

Bursting onto the scene earlier this year with his innate melodicism and deeply felt pain, Havi is in the midst of a busy 2020. PP2 is Havi’s third body of work of the year. In February, Havi shared the expressive and infectious Personal Problems, which hosted the hit single “9 Times Out Of 10.” With over 27 million total streams, more than 8 million YouTube views, and a feature from Lil Baby, “9 Times Out Of 10” reached #34 on the nationwide urban radio airplay chart.

Later in the year, as protests demonstrating against police brutality rose up across the country, Havi shared No Pen No Pad Just Pain, a raw and emotional EP. Videos from the project, including the Qasquiat-directed “Blood N My Eyes“ (116k views), found Havi showing support for the Black Lives Movement in his city. Earlier this month, Havi shared the video for “Testimony,” which paid tribute to his grandparents and saluted them for working hard to provide Havi with a bigger life.

Watch out for the “Vibez’N” video featuring Lil Keed, dropping via WorldstarHipHop over the weekend.

Buy/Stream Personal Problems 2: https://ffm.bio/bighavi

Personal Problems 2 tracklist:

1. Tricks Up My Sleeve
2. Vibez’N (ft. Lil Keed)
3. Run Up A Check
4. Don’t Approach Me (ft. OMB Peezy)
5. When A Real N**** Cry (ft. Seddy Hendrix)
6. Best Friends (ft. D’Rick)
7. So Many Emotions
8. Put A Hand Up
9. Streets Aint Safe (ft. Slimelife Shawty)
10. Do The Same 4 Me
11. Fake A Smile

Please contact Michelle or Kevin for more info.

The Background:

The young rapper combines tuneful rhymes and an effortless flow about personal hardships and future aspirations. His relatable lyrics are what set him apart as a rising new star in an always crowded Atlanta rap scene. After a major label bidding war, Big Havi decided to take the indie route, signing with independent powerhouse Commission Records (MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De’shon, Casey Veggies, IDK). On the heels of his hot new single “9 Times Out Of 10” continues to rise up urban radio charts, Havi shared his debut project Personal Problems on February 7th. Big Havi recently opened for Lil Tjay on the “True 2 Myself Tour.”

Links:

instagram | youtube | twitter | Spotify

Personal Problems 2: https://ffm.bio/bighavi

“Vibez’N” ft. Lil Keed: https://ffm.to/bhvibezn

“Testimony”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFhnrtKmUo

“Blood N My Eyes”: https://youtu.be/6qWxdGFM-fI

“Personal Problems” ft. Derez De’Shon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz9Yq6FNBrk

No Pen No Pad Just Pain: https://cmsn.ffm.to/npnpjp

“Dope Sh*t”: https://cmsn.ffm.to/dopeshit

“Narcotix”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rerh-jWYSxU

Personal Problems: https://cmsn.ffm.to/personalproblems

“9 Times Out Of 10” ft. Lil Baby: https://ffm.to/9timesoutof10

9.4.20

Video: wifisfuneral – “Guy Like Me”

The South Florida Rapper Performs a Highlight Track From His New Album PAIN?, Out Now via Alamo Records

Critical Praise:

XXL Freshman, Class of 2018

“[wifisfuneral] displays an impressive array of verbal acrobatics, showing off masterful breath control and a rapid fire flow.”  – Pitchfork

“He’s synthesized the regionless, borderless world of the internet age from which he takes his name, while lacing it with a narcotically addictive flow and a distinct ear for melody that’s allowed him to develop while others stagnate.” – NOISEY

“The young rapper has a wide range of skills, from agile raps and bass-heavy tracks to dark and moody slow-burners, and his unpredictability is part of his appeal” – Pigeons & Planes

The Video:

Switching to a melodic new style, wifisfuneral’s new music proves his artistic versatility. Bringing to life a highlight from his recent PAIN? album, the rapper shares “Guy Like Me,” a new performance video. Produced by Jimmy Duval & Katapullt, who layer heavy 808s over an engaging R&B-style chord progression and bass line, “Guy Like Me” finds wifi emoting in auto-tune as he searches for a new bae: “And I need a ride or die by my side to take fatal shots/And God, take this pain off of my eyes ’cause I done prayed a lot.” The new performance video is an engaging look inside wifi’s artistic process, and follows recent clips for lead single “End Of Story” and the chilled-out “All In.”

Giving his tight flows a tuneful lift, PAIN? is dramatically different from wifi’s previous albums, fully-integrating auto-tune assisted melodies into his cerebral songs. The album veers from romantic devotionals, to X-rated sex jams, to expressions of loneliness, as wifi’s voice expresses the deeply-felt emotion reflected in his lyrics. PAIN? is home to several well-received singles, including the Smoove’L-featuring “Ocean” and the lo-fi pop gem “Lost In Time“ ft. Coi Leray, which earned praise from Stereogum and others. Featuring an additional appearance from Mariah Angeliq, PAIN? is available everywhere via Alamo Records.

Watch “Guy Like Me” performance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_QByEDPUCk

Buy/Stream PAIN?: http://smarturl.it/PainWifisfuneral

PAIN? tracklist:
1. Lost In Time ft. Coi Leray
2. End of Story
3. What It Is?
4. Guy Like Me
5. Hills
6. Backache
7. Take Me Away
8. Motion
9. Front 2 Back Side 2 Side
10. Ocean ft. Smoove’L
11. All In
12. Day Switch
13. Screw Up
14. End of Story (Pt. 2) ft. Mariah Angeliq

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

22-year-old South Florida rapper wifisfuneral has taken his dark sonics, mature-beyond-his-years lyrics, and trunk rattling bass from the streets of Palm Beach to the world, amassing over 1.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 700,000 followers on various social media platforms. wifisfuneral’s growth has been organic and cult-like, with his fans spreading his music like wildfire with each and every release. With virtually zero promotion other than his social media presence, wifisfuneral’s independent projects Black Heart Revenge (May 27th, 2016) and When Hell Falls (January 27, 2017) reached #69 and #17 on the iTunes hip-hop charts respectively, resulting in a label deal with Alamo and Interscope Records. His major label debut mixtape, Boy Who Cried Wolf, received critical acclaim, with two of the tracks earning placement in the Spotify’s coveted Most Necessary playlist. His latest mixtape, Ethernet, was released in June 2018 via Alamo Records. In 2018, wifisfuneral was officially named to the XXL Freshman List and reached #1 on YouTube’s trending chart. In 2019, wifi headlined two nationwide tours, released two follow-up EPs to Ethernet, and collaborated with Robb Bank$ on the Conn3ct3d project.

Links:

official site | soundcloud | twitter | instagram | tumblr | spotify

Bio, photos, music, and more for wifisfuneral can be found at www.audibletreats.com/wifisfuneral

“Guy Like Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_QByEDPUCk

PAIN?: http://smarturl.it/PainWifisfuneral

“Lost In Time” ft. Coi Leray: http://smarturl.it/LostInTimeWifi / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW40drW8uMI

“Back Ache”: http://smarturl.it/BackAcheWifisfuneral

“All In” Performance: https://youtu.be/oLCRkK4RO68

“Ocean”: http://smarturl.it/OceanWifisfuneral

“End Of Story”: http://smarturl.it/EndOfStory / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2imgkFvqU4

“idk”: https://soundcloud.com/wifisfuneral/idk-prod-cris-dinero

“All Bones”: https://youtu.be/IHa63es_PyI

“It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!” ft. Ratchet Roach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2I02ZG3iqQ

“What You Made Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hEn4ZT6QXU

EV3RYTHING SUCKS EP: http://smarturl.it/ev3rythingsucks

“Split”: https://youtu.be/XGiDoQOKtSg

“Peace Sign” ft. YBN Nahmir: http://smarturl.it/wifipeacesign

Ethernet 2: https://smarturl.it/ethernet2

“Alone As A Facetat”: https://youtu.be/9t2a0gp5g5E

“run?”: http://smarturl.it/run

Conn3ct3d: https://soundcloud.com/wifisfuneral/sets/conn3ct3d

Ethernet : Soundcloud | Spotify | iTunes

09.2.20

TikTok Treats, Week Of August 31st

BTS Hits Number One, Kendrick Lamar Returns With an Oldie, Soulja Boy Cranks Another Trend, and More Interesting Music Stories From the World of TikTok

The News:

Each week in the fast-moving world of TikTok digs up new trends to attempt, new faces to know, and new sounds that won’t leave your head. As a chaotic summer winds down, TikTok provides an oasis of joy, buoyed by the endless creativity of the app’s community. Below, take a look at the established and up-and-coming artists making noise on the platform.

• Inspiring a slavishly devoted social media following that crosses all platforms, it’s no surprise that BTS is one of the biggest musical acts on TikTok. The group treats their 18 million followers to behind-the-scenes clips that preview new performances and show off the group’s personalities. The septet resurfaced on TikTok in late August to promote their new song “Dynamite,” their first single sung fully in English, and they quickly spurred a flurry of activity. Two behind-the-scenes videos of “Dynamite” rehearsals earned more than 130 million views combined in just two weeks, the song inspired more than 500k video creations, and the new hashtag “#Dance_Dynamite” has over 200 million video views. Most recently, BTS rapper J-Hope celebrated the song’s ascent to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, thanking the TikTok branch of the BTS Army for their service.
• Kendrick Lamar might be conspicuously absent from the music scene in 2020, but he’s thriving on TikTok. The community has re-discovered Kendrick’s “Money Trees,” a beloved album cut from his 2012 debut good kid m.A.A.d. city. With over 1 million video creations, many of which came in the past two weeks, “Money Trees” got a boost from TikTok user @king.science, who brought the song’s bridge (and the associated vocal from Anna Wise) to life with an atmospheric animation. With a viral dance challenge and a glow-up challenge making waves on the platform, the TikTok community is sending a clear message to Kendrick–we’re ready for new music.
• Country superstar Luke Combs shared a snippet of his new song “Forever After All” on his TikTok account, and even though it hasn’t yet been shared in full, his fans are already calling it one of his best yet. The song has over 13K video creations in just 5 days, with even the most stone-faced country music lovers tearing up at the romantic message. The song soundtracks users’ most romantic dreams and moments, including a pandemic proposal, midnight dances in a new home, and unexpected dad-dog friendships. “Forever After All” doesn’t officially come out until October, but TikTok and its community are set to propel it to a massive debut.
• In 2007, Soulja Boy became one of the first rappers to score a major hit with a viral dance, inspiring a chart-topping phenomenon with “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)” and its accompanying routine. Thirteen years later, Soulja Boy is inspiring viral trends once again, this time set to his motor-mouthed 2014 trap track “Pow.” The new “Pow” trend is a front-facing camera transition trend, the rapper’s percussive “pows” providing an opportunity to transition between “faces I can’t stop making,” pet poses, or even “kiss marry kill.” The sound has generated over 140k video creations, with over 100k in the past week.
• The hottest TikTok song of the moment? It’s “Let’s Link,” an elastic-voiced come-on by charismatic rising rapper and San Bernardino native WhoHeem. Racking up over 270 million video views on over 250k video creations in the past week, “Let’s Link” gives TikTok users the opportunity to tell their crushes how they really feel, whether or not said crush is already in a relationship. The song recently reached the ears of viral sensation ppcocaine, who floated the possibility of remixing the song on a recent TIkTok (8 million views). WhoHeem’s TikTok success quickly translated to IRL numbers: “Let’s Link” has more than 2 million Spotify streams since its August 20th release.
• Rising R&B singer Ayzha Nyree is an expert on using TikTok to boost her following. When the singer’s recent remix of Chris Brown’s “No Guidance” started to become a viral sound on TikTok, thanks to a dance craze created by @mayakaylaaa, Ayzha went on a charm offensive on her profile, plugging the song every chance she got, including recording a Duet with @mayakaylaaa. The upstate New York native took her followers with her on her journey to viral stardom, using TikTok’s green screen feature to celebrate when “No Guidance” (Remix) reached 1 million plays on SoundCloud, and crying tears of joy when it reached 5 million views on YouTube. Last week, Ayzha reached new milestones, notching her 1 millionth follower on TikTok as “No Guidance” (Remix) reached the Billboard charts…without an official release! Though the “No Guidance (Remix)” isn’t on streaming services, Ayzha’s engagement around the song has driven streams on her other songs, including her new single “Holy Class,” which has over 325k streams on Spotify.
• TikTok’s presence was felt at last weekend’s MTV VMAs, as TikTok favorites like BTS, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, and The Weeknd took home major awards for songs that blew up on TikTok. Read more about TikTok’s VMA success at the TikTok newsroom.

For more info, please contact:
Michelle McDevitt, Andrea Higgins, Erin Treat, Audible Treats
Leah Linder, TikTok

The Background:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Click here to read TikTok’s progress report on supporting Black communities and promoting diversity & inclusion: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/progress-report-how-were-supporting-black-communities-and-promoting-diversity-and-inclusion

Links:

TikTok’s Newsroom: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us

Check out previous editions of TikTok Treats, a weekly newsletter about the most interesting music happenings on TikTok:
Dua Lipa Levitates, J. Cole Soundtracks Glow-Ups and More TikTok Stories
TikTok: The “WAP” Dance Challenge, Folklore, La Roux, and More Provide Joy and Catharsis
Charlie Puth, Pop Smoke, and More Trending TikTok Stories
Artists Unite to Say #SaveTikTok
How TikTok Users Use the App to Boost Their Musical Careers
TikTok Doesn’t Just Mint New Hits…It Revives Old Ones
These International TikTok Artists and Hits Eliminate Language Barriers
Who’s Hot on TikTok? Jason DeRulo, Rod Wave, and More
TikTok Success = Chart Success and the Hot 100 Proves It
TikTok Users and Artists Celebrate #MyPride Through Music
TikTok Promotes a Vibrant Artistic Community with #BlackMusicMonth

8.31.2020

Rolling Loud Enters First-of-its-Kind Exclusive Partnership with Twitch, Announces Virtual Festival to Take Place on September 12th-13th

The Biggest Festival Brand In Rap Launches Twitch Channel, Complete with Live and Community-Driven Hip Hop Lifestyle Programming

Offering Fans an Opportunity to Engage with Rap’s Biggest Names as they Perform Live for the First Time in Months, Rolling Loud’s Official Twitch Channel Will Also Bring Scheduled Programming Across Music Commentary, Gaming, Freestyles, and More

The Announcement:

Building a reputation as an unbeatable festival and a respected tastemaker, the Rolling Loud brand is synonymous with hip-hop. Today, the genre’s biggest festival brand announces an innovative new partnership with Twitch, bringing the energy and irreverence of Rolling Loud to Twitch’s passionate  global community of millions of fans.

Twitch and Rolling Loud worked closely together to build out live festival and regular weekly programming that will bring the best of hip hop music and culture to life for the Twitch community. The new partnership includes three upcoming digital Rolling Loud festivals, complete with state-of-the-art production value and the star-studded lineups for which Rolling Loud is known. Each digital festival will present over 5 hours of live performances every day of the event. Giving music fans the opportunity to see rap’s biggest stars perform for the first time in months, Rolling Loud’s first livestream festival – titled Loud Stream – is scheduled for the weekend of September 12th-13th, exclusively on Twitch.

“Streaming on Twitch transports viewers into a live concert atmosphere and creates an experience for artists to interact with fans in ways only possible on Twitch,” said Will Farrell-Green, Head of Music Content at Twitch. “As in-person concerts are put on hold, we’re working to create an incredible backstage environment that fans can access from anywhere in the world. Rolling Loud has a powerful community of hip-hop fans, and we’re thrilled to partner with them for a first of its kind event that will bring their incredible live music brand to life.”

“At Rolling Loud, our core business lies in exchanging energy with fans. The artist puts out the energy, the fans give it right back to the artist – it’s a complete power exchange. That’s what a concert, and more specifically Rolling Loud, is. We trap energy and the trap is boomin’. When we planned to bring Rolling Loud to the virtual experience, we needed to find a partner that could help create that energy exchange and understand the core DNA of Rolling Loud. It only made sense to partner with Twitch – a service that thrives off of live engagement with fans and champions a diverse collection of creators. The Twitch team has been incredibly supportive in meeting our creative goals and we’re thrilled to be partnering with them.” – Tariq Cherif, Co-Founder/Co-CEO at Rolling Loud

“Partnering with Twitch, we also saw the opportunity to further connect fans with the Rolling Loud brand beyond our flagship live events. Over the years, Rolling Loud has become a pillar in hip-hop culture, from booking emerging artists before they pop off to creating some of the most fire merch drops in the game, and we wanted to further our position in the culture through weekly programming on our Twitch channel. We’ve always had our eyes on content creation; it felt like the natural next step for the brand, but it wasn’t until the pandemic hit that we had the bandwidth to execute these ideas to the fullest. Twitch gave us the creative control to produce unique shows that hold true to our ‘ahead-of-the-curve’ mentality and play to Twitch’s strengths as the leading live stream platform out there. Expect Rolling Loud to do in the live stream world just as we have done in the festival space…” – Matt Zingler, Co-Founder/Co-CEO at Rolling Loud

Along with the upcoming festivals, Rolling Loud will broadcast hip hop-driven weekly content on the official Rolling Loud Twitch channel, featuring content that intersects hip hop with other cultural pillars like fashion, food, art, and gaming. Monthly showcases will also be created around fashion and a hip hop spin on cooking.  The channel will livestream regular themed programming, including:

• “The Leak“: Hosted by Rolling Loud co-founder Tariq Cherif, “The Leak” offers an opportunity for hip hop fans to hear new music the night before its official release. Known for presenting rap’s top emerging artists, “The Leak” will focus on spotlighting up-and-coming artists, with exclusive interviews and performances.
• “Got Bars?“:  A six-month long freestyle competition series, offering weekly battles between rising lyricists. Channel subscribers will be able to pick the freestyle topic, and all viewers will be able to vote along with three judges from the Rolling Loud team. The winner of “Got Bars?” will earn the opportunity to perform onstage at a future Rolling Loud festival.
• “Loud Gaming“: Inspired by Twitch’s focus on gaming content, “Loud Gaming” pits artists, athletes, influencers, and Rolling Loud staff against gamers for exclusive prizes.
• “The Founders“: A livestream podcast hosted by Rolling Loud co-founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, in which they discuss a variety of lifestyle and current events topics that intersect with hip hop.
• “Live From The Studio”: An exclusive look into the Rolling Loud recording studio where producers, artists, and song writers will create music and collaborate while staying engaged with the Twitch community.

Founded as a one-day festival in 2015, Rolling Loud has evolved into a global behemoth, with annual festivals in Miami, Los Angeles, New York, and the Bay Area. Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Rolling Loud Miami is scheduled for February 2021, and Rolling Loud Portugal, the brand’s first European festival, recently announced the lineup for next Summer. The company’s new Twitch partnership speaks to the strength of its brand, allowing Rolling Loud to maintain its vital cultural role during an impossibly difficult time for festivals and live music.

Stay tuned for more announcements about the upcoming “Loud Stream” festival and about Rolling Loud’s Twitch partnership and programming.

Critical Praise:

“In four and a half years — beginning small in Miami, and now promoting Coachella-sized events around the country — Rolling Loud has established itself as a playground for the young…This time last year, many of the rappers now drawing crowds of several thousand were barely known.” – The New York Times

“Rolling Loud is the be-all of hip-hop festivals.” – Billboard

“The Rolling Loud New York experiment was a success—one which will likely earn it a return trip to the city in future years. Far from a traditional NYC rap experience, it was a two-day event that catered to the genre’s youngest fans, with an eye squarely focused on the future.” – Complex

“In only its fifth year with four major destinations and more in the pipeline overseas, athletes, celebrities and others are forking over as much as $20,000 for VIP packages. Of course, imitators are cropping up.” – Pollstar

For more info, please contact:
Rolling Loud: Michelle, Kerry, or Kevin
Twitch: Samantha

The Background:

About Rolling Loud
Founded in 2015 by Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif as a one-day festival in Miami, Rolling Loud evolved into a global behemoth, with massive festivals on both American coasts and international events in Europe and Australia. In October 2019, Rolling Loud hosted the first annual Rolling Loud New York, which boasted one of the brand’s most impressive lineups yet, and in December, it drew 65,000 fans per day to Banc of California Stadium for Rolling Loud Los Angeles.

About Twitch
Launched in 2011, Twitch is a global community that comes together each day to create multiplayer entertainment: unique, live, unpredictable experiences created by the interactions of millions. It brings the joy of co-op to everything, from casual gaming and world-class esports to anime marathons, music, and art streams. Twitch also hosts TwitchCon, the biggest community event of the year, where tens of thousands of people come together to celebrate and connect with others who share their interests and passions. We’re always live at Twitch. Stay up to date on all things Twitch on Twitter and on our Blog.

Links:

website | facebook | twitter | instagram

Check out RollingLoud.com for more information.

8.28.2020

Video: King Von – “How It Go”

The Chicago Rising Star Reflects on the Inequity of the Justice System and the Misery of Prison Life in His Latest Video Single

Critical Praise:

“King Von’s original ‘Crazy Story’ is the kind of thing hip-hop heads should crave: an immediate and distinct piece of cinematic rap that makes time for flirting and gangbanging all in one ferocious verse. The Chicago rapper details an attack on an opp that keeps you engrossed all the way to the very end” – The 405

“King Von’s incredibly vivid story-telling rhymes have propelled him to the forefront of Chicago drill rap.” – The FADER

“King Von excels in using his storytelling as a device to portray the struggle of growing up in Chicago.” – Pitchfork

The Video:

Making waves with his gritty delivery and tight storytelling, King Von is one of Chicago’s brightest rising stars. Applying his eye for detail and engaging story to an issue larger than himself, King Von shares “How It Go,” a reflective anthem. With a widescreen instrumental from Von’s constant collaborator Chopsquad DJ, “How It Go” is breathlessly intense, running through Von’s inner monologue as he vividly explains what life is like on the inside, and examines the impossible choices that land people in prison in the first place: “So what you gon’ do?/You gon’ rob or gon’ shoot?/You gon’ trap, you gon’ crack?/You gon’ win you gon’ lose?,” rhymes Von, “The D.A. on yo ass, you f*ck one time and yo ass goin’ back.”

Directed by Jerry Production, the video brings Von’s words into stark relief. It starts in a legal boardroom, as Von sits by helplessly as his lawyer and the city prosecutor decide his fate. The video progresses to prison, where Von struggles with isolation and fights with fellow inmates, before ending on the streets, where Von demonstrates just how hard it is to survive while escaping the trap. “How It Go” is the latest in a line of hard-hitting videos like the emotional “Why He Told“ (4.4 million YouTube views) and the the fiery Lil Durk collab  “All These N****s“ (10.7 million views).

“How It Go,” “All These N****s,” “Why He Told” are Von’s first new songs since the release of LeVon James, Von’s latest album, released in March. Following up 2019’s successful Grandson Vol. 1 (over 350 million total streams), the album hosts the hit single “Took Her To The O“ (22 million views), recently spawning a Genius Verified video, as well as highlights like the G Herbo-collaboration “On Yo A**“ (8.3 million views) and the gripping street story “3 A. M.” (10 million views).

LeVon James is available everywhere via Only The Family/EMPIRE. Stay tuned for Von’s next project, due October.

Watch “How It Go”: https://youtu.be/WU6EHi410UQ

Buy/Stream “How It Go”: https://music.empi.re/howitgo

Buy/Stream LeVon James: https://empire.lnk.to/LevonJames

Please contact Michelle or Andrea for more info.

The Background:

King Von was born in the South Side of Chicago, growing up in O Block, the area that produced Chief Keef.  After rightfully beating an erroneous murder charge that could have put him away for life, King Von took inspiration from heroes like Lil Wayne and turned to rapping, linking up with Lil Durk who signed him to his OTF label. Within six months, Von had a series of viral hits, including the sinister “Problems,” which has over 3.4 million views after its debut on Lil Durk’s YouTube channel, and the defiant “War Wit Us,” which has over 3.8 million YouTube views. With “Crazy Story” currently burning up urban radio (it recently reached #76 on the nationwide chart), Von seems to be on the fast track to translate his fervent local following into national fame.

Links:

twitter | instagram | spotify

“How It Go”: https://music.empi.re/howitgo / https://youtu.be/WU6EHi410UQ

“All These N****s”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB2LmRyfXuk

“Why He Told”: https://empire.ffm.to/whyhetold | https://youtu.be/PLutQQzjig4

“Broke Opps”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVEVrYq9v7M

“Grandson For President” (Remix): https://youtu.be/XRNjRcKZc1A

“3 A.M.”: https://youtu.be/lAXVzK4wTeA

“Trust Issues” ft. Yungeen Ace: https://youtu.be/48MzKNCtlQg

LeVon James: https://empire.lnk.to/LevonJames

“On Yo A**” ft. G Herbo: https://youtu.be/Pry4dmwmdQ0

“Took Her To The O”: https://youtu.be/hzt31eJTGxo

Buy Tickets for the “PTSD Tour”: https://gherbo.com/tour/

“Crazy Story Pt. 3”: https://empire.lnk.to/CSP3 // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpxzPXaYyM4

“No Flaws”: https://youtu.be/S2bXCpA0BfY

Grandson Vol. 1: https://empire.lnk.to/grandson1

“What It’s Like”: https://empire.lnk.to/WhatItsLike // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tziU4jTJ6uQ

“Crazy Story 2.0” ft. Lil Durk: https://Empire.lnk.to/Crazystory2 // https://youtu.be/lO7T9KLI7qA

“Cousins” ft. JusBlow 600: https://youtu.be/coPTwq-Lb2U

“Crazy Story”: https://Empire.lnk.to/Crazystory // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC8NmE3H-zs

“Problems”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnHUoUgUsdE

“War Wit Us”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3nOr7vjif4

8.28.20

Visualizer: 14 trapdoors – “Love” ft. DNTWATCHTV & Medusa (Prod. by Camoflauge Monk)

The Buffalo Rap Trio Release a Psychedelic Visualizer for the Latest Single From the Upcoming Eileen Album

Critical Praise:

“Buffalo rap trio 14 trapdoors (aka Short Moscato, Bendyface and Wza) have been leaving their mark on their local scene for over a year now.. They also strongly recall classic Def Jux stuff like El-P and Aesop Rock (both of whom they cite as influences), and fans of that stuff should definitely check these guys out.” – Brooklyn Vegan

“The self-produced track showcases the group vying their best to out rhyme each other over a minimalist, entrancing soundscape. The song was treated to an equally beguiling psychedelic video, which shows the group in their element skateboarding and lighting fireworks.” – Impose

The Song + Visualizer:

Buffalo trio 14 trapdoors (Short Moscato, Wza, and Bendyface) specialize in offbeat rhymes about their substance-friendly lifestyle. Continuing their effort to help put their city and unique flows on the map, they’ve teamed up with fellow Buffalonians, DNTWATCHTV and Medusa, for “Love,” a laid back new track. Produced by Camoflauge Monk, who layers reverbed-out guitars over subdued drums, “Love” is a tongue-in-cheek ode to self-love, complete with dexterous verses from all five emcees. The song comes with an eye-popping visualizer, created and conceptualized by Mi6fit, which brings each emcee through cross-dimensional vortexes that change shape and color to the beat of the music.

“Love” is the latest in a string of releases from 14 trapdoors’ upcoming album, Eileen. It follows “Orion’s Belt” featuring Che Noir and the Benny The Butcher-featuring banger “I Did It All” (premiered by Earmilk and covered in Brooklyn Vegan, 2DopeBoyz, and more).

Named after Bendyface’s grandmother who recently passed, Eileen is a stark and pure project, emphasizing bar-for-bar lyricism and flows that toe-tag glistening instrumentals. The project is produced in full by Camoflauge Monk (Westside Gunn, Tha God Fahim), a master of creating sparkling, textured, and bleak soundscapes that evoke a frosty evening in Western New York. The three emcees inhabit each instrumental with their brash demeanor and electric chemistry, occasionally highlighting phrases or punchlines with three-man gang vocals. With appearances from Benny The Butcher, Boldy James, Che’ Noir, Royce Da 5’9″, Smoke Dza, and more, Eileen arrives on September 11th via The Media Music Inc.

Last month, 14 trapdoors shared Croquet, a new project available only on Bandcamp. An 8-track project produced by 14 trapdoors themselves, proceeds from Croquet benefit OpenBuffalo.org, an organization that fights to advance racial, economic, and ecological justice through skill building, network connecting, and activating leadership opportunities.

Stay tuned for much more from 14 trapdoors over the coming weeks.

Watch the visualizer for “Love”  DNTWATCHTV & Medusa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG6c_HxE_XA

Please contact Michelle or Kevin for more info.

The Background:

14 trapdoors have created their own subgenre of Hip-Hop. The trio from Buffalo, New York featuring members bendyface, Short Moscato and Wza cull from a wide range of influences that span Aesop Rock, Big L,  El-P, JAY Z and fellow Buffalo artists Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine and Benny the Butcher to Pink Floyd, Prince and Led Zeppelin. “People who gravitate toward the golden age ‘90s boom bap feel will fuck with us because we focus on lyricism and new age youngin’s will fuck with it because we have songs with a more ‘trappy’ vibe, but nothing’s force, through it all we can only be true to ourselves” bendyface says.

Links:

official site | twitter | instagram | facebook | youtube

“Love” ft. DNTWATCHTV & Medusa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG6c_HxE_XA&feature=youtu.be

“Orion’s Belt” ft. Che Noir: https://lnk.to/OrionsBelt

“I Did It All” ft. Benny The Butcher & Rick Hyde: https://lnkfi.re/IDidItAll

8.28.2020

TikTok & Jaden Smith Join Forces to Celebrate the Release of CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 with Exclusive New Co-Branded Merch Collection and Global LIVE Stream

The Unique Partnership between TikTok and Jaden Comes Complete with New Merch, a Global LIVE Stream with Addison Rae, and TikTok-Exclusive Audio-Visual Content

The Announcement:

TikTok breaks new ground with innovative formats that allow artists to be their authentic selves and meaningfully connect with fans. TikTok’s new partnership with Jaden Smith on the occasion of his new album CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 demonstrates the unique interactive elements of a TikTok campaign. Jaden will be the first artist to make exclusive co-branded merchandise available through TikTok LIVE stream on Sunday. Fans tuning in across the globe will be able to buy new TikTok-exclusive co-branded merch without navigating away from the stream.

Jaden collaborated with TikTok to create a brand new line of co-branded merch, inspired by the vibrant colors reflected throughout the CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 campaign. The capsule collection includes exclusive CTV3 tie-dye bucket hat, face mask, an at-home tie-dye kit and two additional co-branded pieces pink hoodie and a yellow t-shirt.

“I’m so honored that TikTok wanted to work with me on this project,” says Jaden. “I really care about TikTok’s ability to impact youth culture, and I definitely want to make an impact on youth culture with this album. I want to spread peace and love in the world and TikTok is helping me do that. So thanks to them and thank you to anyone who listens to the album. Cool Tape Vol. 3 is out now, and I’m so excited!”

Jaden is an innovator in the realms of music, fashion, performance, and charitable giving, and his new partnership with TikTok reflects his wide-ranging talents. The 22-year-old artist turned his recent TikTok on-boarding into a can’t miss event–hashtag #jadensmith had over 100M views on the app before he even signed up.

Jaden will show off his merch and discuss his new album, on a global livestream on his @jaden account with Addison Rae on August 30th at 5pm PT. Viewers will be able to purchase merch directly from the app.

As the album went live, Jaden connected with some of TikTok’s finest animators on his @jaden account to create a visual companion to five songs from CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3. Posted as the album dropped, the five animated video creations combine to create a loose narrative, inspired by Jaden’s “trippy daydreams” and soundtracked by CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 highlights.

Furthering TikTok’s goal of empowering creators, the platform makes it easy for creators and artists to build livelihoods from their TikTok talents, offering the opportunity to have their vision seen and music discovered.

CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 is currently available on all platforms via MSFTSMusic/Roc Nation Records.

Check out the blog post at TikTok’s newsroom: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/tiktok-jaden-smith-join-forces-to-celebrate-the-release-of-ctv-3-cool-tape-vol-3-with-exclusive-new-co-branded-merch-collection-and-global-live-stream

For more info, please contact:
Michelle McDevitt, Audible Treats – michelle@audibletreats.com
Leah Linder, TikTok – leahlinder@tiktok.com

The Background:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Click here to read TikTok’s statement to its Black community: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/a-message-to-our-black-community

Links:

For more newsworthy stories, check out TikTok’s newsroom: newsroom.tiktok.com

8.28.2020

Video: Big Havi – “Vibez’N” ft. Lil Keed

Two Rising ATL Rappers Connect for a Highlight From His Upcoming Personal Problems 2, Arriving on 9/4 via Commission Records

Critical Praise:

“In a very unforgiving and fast moving musical context, Havi proves he can go toe to toe with the best of his rap contemporaries and likely stick around too.” – EARMILK

“BIG HAVI IS UP NEXT OUT OF EAST ATLANTA” – FLAUNT

“Big Havi’s authenticity is helping him garner a reputation as one of Hip Hop’s most promising emerging voices” – REVOLT

“The ‘9 Times Out Of 10’ rapper is poised to be Atlanta’s next star.” – ELEVATOR

“Big Havi’s got a way of latching onto the beat and making any track an earworm” – HipHopSince1987

The Announcement:

Big Havi combines an addictive melodic rhyming style with heavy lyrics about his internal struggles. Digging ever deeper into his psyche, Havi announces Personal Problems 2. The sequel to Havi’s early 2020 project Personal Problems, PP2 finds Big Havi refining his approach, spinning fast-talking rhymes and candied melodies into indelible hooks. The project reveals a more confident and brash young artist, one who’s still haunted by his traumatic past but motivated by the drive to provide for his family. Featuring appearances from Lil Keed, OMB Peezy, Slimelife Shawty, Seddy Hendrix, and D’Rick, Personal Problems 2 arrives on September 4th via Commission Records.

Along with the announcement of the project, Havi shares “Vibez’N,” a head-nodding new banger. Produced by Saj and Jug, who adds insistent hi-hats, syncopated 808s, and ethereal vocal samples, “Vibez’N” finds Havi strutting his stuff with help from fellow ATL riser Lil Keed. The two emcees share a thrilling Yin-Yang chemistry, as the level-headed Havi’s clipped cadences provide a contrast to Keed’s high-pitched trap operatics. “Vibez’N” will appear on next week’s Personal Problems 2 project.

Bursting onto the scene earlier this year, Havi is in the midst of a busy 2020. PP2 is Havi’s third body of work of the year. In February, Havi shared the expressive and infectious Personal Problems, which hosted the hit single “9 Times Out Of 10.” With over 27 million total streams, more than 8 million YouTube views, and a feature from Lil Baby, “9 Times Out Of 10” reached #34 on the nationwide urban radio airplay chart.

Later in the year, as protests demonstrating against police brutality rose up across the country, Havi shared No Pen No Pad Just Pain, a raw and emotional EP. Videos from the project, including the Qasquiat-directed “Blood N My Eyes,” found Havi showing support for the Black Lives Movement in his city. Earlier this month, Havi shared the video for “Testimony,” which paid tribute to his grandparents and saluted them for working hard to provide Havi with a bigger life.

Buy/Stream “Vibez’N” ft. Lil Keed: https://ffm.to/bhvibezn

Personal Problems 2 tracklist:

1. Tricks Up My Sleeve
2. Vibez’N (ft. Lil Keed)
3. Run Up A Check
4. Don’t Approach Me (ft. OMB Peezy)
5. When A Real N**** Cry (ft. Seddy Hendrix)
6. Best Friends (ft. D’Rick)
7. So Many Emotions
8. Put A Hand Up
9. Streets Aint Safe (ft. Slimelife Shawty)
10. Do The Same 4 Me
11. Fake A Smile

Please contact Michelle or Kevin for more info.

The Background:

The young rapper combines tuneful rhymes and an effortless flow about personal hardships and future aspirations. His relatable lyrics are what set him apart as a rising new star in an always crowded Atlanta rap scene. After a major label bidding war, Big Havi decided to take the indie route, signing with independent powerhouse Commission Records (MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De’shon, Casey Veggies, IDK). On the heels of his hot new single “9 Times Out Of 10” continues to rise up urban radio charts, Havi shared his debut project Personal Problems on February 7th. Big Havi recently opened for Lil Tjay on the “True 2 Myself Tour.”

Links:

instagram | youtube | twitter | Spotify

“Vibez’N” ft. Lil Keed: https://ffm.to/bhvibezn

“Testimony”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFhnrtKmUo

“Blood N My Eyes”: https://youtu.be/6qWxdGFM-fI

“Personal Problems” ft. Derez De’Shon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz9Yq6FNBrk

No Pen No Pad Just Pain: https://cmsn.ffm.to/npnpjp

“Dope Sh*t”: https://cmsn.ffm.to/dopeshit

“Narcotix”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rerh-jWYSxU

Personal Problems: https://cmsn.ffm.to/personalproblems

“9 Times Out Of 10” ft. Lil Baby: https://ffm.to/9timesoutof10

8.28.2020

Album: wifisfuneral – PAIN?

The South Florida Rapper Embraces Melody On His Engaging New Project, with Appearances from Coi Leray and Smoove’L

Critical Praise:

XXL Freshman, Class of 2018

“[wifisfuneral] displays an impressive array of verbal acrobatics, showing off masterful breath control and a rapid fire flow.”  – Pitchfork

“He’s synthesized the regionless, borderless world of the internet age from which he takes his name, while lacing it with a narcotically addictive flow and a distinct ear for melody that’s allowed him to develop while others stagnate.” – NOISEY

“The young rapper has a wide range of skills, from agile raps and bass-heavy tracks to dark and moody slow-burners, and his unpredictability is part of his appeal” – Pigeons & Planes

The Album:

Throwing himself into his new artistic direction, wifisfuneral is ready to turn heads with his emotional songwriting. Turning a new leaf in his career, wifisfuneral shares PAIN?, his engaging new album. Giving his tight flows a tuneful lift, PAIN? is a dramatic change in direction from wifi’s previous albums, fully-integrating auto-tune assisted melodies into his cerebral songs. The album veers from romantic devotionals, to X-rated sex jams, to expressions of loneliness, as wifi’s voice expresses the deeply-felt emotion reflected in his lyrics.

PAIN? is home to several well-received singles, most notably the expansive lo-fi pop gem “Lost In Time“ ft. Coi Leray, as well as the recently-released explicit jam “Back Ache” and the Smoove’L-featuring “Ocean.” The 23-year-old rapper showcased album highlights with performance videos, including clips for ride-or-die lead single “End Of Story” and the chilled-out “All In.” 

Along with the album, wifi shares the space-time warping video for “Lost In Time.” A lo-fi pop banger driven by distorted low-end and wifi’s creative vocal performance, “Lost In Time” is a romantic duet with Coi Leray, as both vocalists attempt to escape a vicious cycle of breaking up and making up, determined not to waste their youth on a relationship that can’t be fixed. Directed by Silver Spoon, the video is an expansive head trip, focusing and wifi and Leray as they travel across exotic locations in search of one another. They exist in the same space, but they can’t seem to exist at the same time.

Praised by Stereogum, XXL, HotNewHipHop, Lyrical Lemonade, and more, wifi’s new music shows another side of the 2018 XXL Freshman, and heralds even brighter things to come. Featuring an additional appearance from Mariah Angeliq, PAIN? is available everywhere via Alamo Records.

Buy/Stream PAIN?: http://smarturl.it/PainWifisfuneral

Watch “Lost In Time” ft. Coi Leray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW40drW8uMI

PAIN? tracklist:

1. Lost In Time ft. Coi Leray
2. End of Story
3. What It Is?
4. Guy Like Me
5. Hills
6. Backache
7. Take Me Away
8. Motion
9. Front 2 Back Side 2 Side
10. Ocean ft. Smoove’L
11. All In
12. Day Switch
13. Screw Up
14. End of Story (Pt. 2) ft. Mariah Angeliq

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

22-year-old South Florida rapper wifisfuneral has taken his dark sonics, mature-beyond-his-years lyrics, and trunk rattling bass from the streets of Palm Beach to the world, amassing over 1.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 700,000 followers on various social media platforms. wifisfuneral’s growth has been organic and cult-like, with his fans spreading his music like wildfire with each and every release. With virtually zero promotion other than his social media presence, wifisfuneral’s independent projects Black Heart Revenge (May 27th, 2016) and When Hell Falls (January 27, 2017) reached #69 and #17 on the iTunes hip-hop charts respectively, resulting in a label deal with Alamo and Interscope Records. His major label debut mixtape, Boy Who Cried Wolf, received critical acclaim, with two of the tracks earning placement in the Spotify’s coveted Most Necessary playlist. His latest mixtape, Ethernet, was released in June 2018 via Alamo Records. In 2018, wifisfuneral was officially named to the XXL Freshman List and reached #1 on YouTube’s trending chart. In 2019, wifi headlined two nationwide tours, released two follow-up EPs to Ethernet, and collaborated with Robb Bank$ on the Conn3ct3d project.

Links:

official site | soundcloud | twitter | instagram | tumblr | spotify

Bio, photos, music, and more for wifisfuneral can be found at www.audibletreats.com/wifisfuneral

PAIN?: http://smarturl.it/PainWifisfuneral

“Lost In Time” ft. Coi Leray: http://smarturl.it/LostInTimeWifi / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW40drW8uMI

“Back Ache”: http://smarturl.it/BackAcheWifisfuneral

“All In” Performance: https://youtu.be/oLCRkK4RO68

“Ocean”: http://smarturl.it/OceanWifisfuneral

“End Of Story”: http://smarturl.it/EndOfStory / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2imgkFvqU4

8.28.2020

B4 The Storm, The Star-Studded Debut Album by Artist/Producer Collective Internet Money, is Out Now

The New Album Hosts Hot 100-Charting Singles Like “Lemonade” ft. Don Toliver, NAV, & Gunna, and “Somebody” ft. Lil Tecca & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Produced Entirely by Taz Taylor, Nick Mira, and the Rest of Internet Money, B4 The Storm Features Additional Appearances from Juice WRLD, Future, Swae Lee, Trippie Redd, Lil Mosey, Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Gates, and More

Critical Praise:

“Even if you aren’t familiar with L.A. production collective Internet Money, you’ve heard their beats. The group’s sounds have powered some of hip-hop’s biggest records in the past couple years, from Rich the Kid’s “Plug Walk” and Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” to Drake’s “Blue Tint.” The group is helmed by Taz Taylor, a Florida native who — true to his collective’s name — has accumulated a fortune primarily through the internet.” – The FADER

“Taz Taylor doesn’t consider himself an overnight success, but he’s definitely having a moment.” – Variety

“Taylor’s Internet Money collective has been a rousing success so far. The group boasts some 300,000 subscribers on YouTube and millions of hits online. He’s invited prominent producers into the fold, such as KC Supreme, who has worked with Megan Thee Stallion, Nick Mira, who has worked with Post Malone and Tierra Whack, and JRHITMAKER, who has worked with and 6ix9ine.” – Complex

The Album:

Few albums released in 2020 are as star-studded as B4 The Storm, the debut album by artist/producer collective Internet Money. Not only is this a testament to Internet Money founder Taz Taylor’s years of building relationships from the bedroom to the boardroom, but with every song viable of becoming yet another Gold Record for the young mogul, it solidifies the notion that Taz Taylor is a proven hitmaker whose got the juice. The 17-song project came together over a two-week period during quarantine and was produced in full by Internet Money, which includes notable producers like Nick Mira and JRHITMAKER and artists like TyFontaine and Alec Wigdahl. B4 The Storm is out now via 10K Projects/Internet Money Records.

The project includes the single “Lemonade” featuring Gunna, NAV and Don Toliver; released on August 14 alongside a Cole Bennett-directed music video, “Lemonade” just debuted at #66 on Billboard’s Hot 100, has earned over 36 million streams, and made its way into Spotify’s Today’s Top Hits a week after its release. Also featured on the album is the single “Somebody” featuring Lil Tecca and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie which was released in October 2019 and was certified gold this February, and the recently-released highlight “Thrusting” (ft. Future and Swae Lee), which racked up over 1.25 million streams in its first week. The album features additional appearances from Juice WRLD, Trippie Redd, Lil Mosey, Kevin Gates, Wiz Khalifa, 24kGoldn, Lil Keed, The Kid Laroi, and many others.

Founded by Taz Taylor in Jacksonville, a self-taught producer and musician who started the company to help pay for his mother’s cancer treatments, Internet Money first emerged as a type-beat factory, selling beats and kits to aspiring artists and producers. The collective emerged as a hitmaking force in the industry as the sound architects for a new generation of rising stars, including Trippie Redd, XXXTentacion, Lil Skies, and especially Juice WRLD, whose Nick Mira-produced “All Girls Are The Same” single became the first major Internet Money hit.

Now a commercial and artistic force in the music industry, Taz Taylor and Internet Money have earned 3 Grammy noms, 58 platinum plaques, 33 gold, and 14 Billboard #1 hits since 2018. The collective is behind some of the biggest rap and R&B hits of the past few years, including Juice WRLD’s “Lucid Dreams” (1.3 billion Spotify streams), Trevor Daniel’s “Falling” (#1 Billboard Mainstream Pop, 37 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 with #17 peak), Lil Tecca’s “Ransom” (700 million Spotify streams, #4 Hot 100), and XXXTentacion’s “Fuck Love” ft. Trippie Redd (the most-played song in SoundCloud history). With B4 The Storm, Taz Taylor and Internet Money set out to confirm their status as the music industry’s most powerful hit-making collective.

Buy/Stream B4 The Storm: https://internetmoney.lnk.to/b4thestorm

Check out Internet Money’s recent interview Genius’s Rob Markman about B4 The Storm and more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0sWnYg5IFM

B4 The Storm tracklist:

1. Message ft. TyFontaine
2. Really Redd ft. Trippie Redd, Lil Keed, & Young Nudy
3. Lost Me ft. Lil Mosey, iann dior & Lil Skies
4. Right Now ft. Cochise & TyFontaine
5. Familiar ft. TheHxliday
6. JLO ft. Lil Tecca
7. Thrusting ft. Swae Lee & Future
8. Speak ft. The Kid Laroi
9. Blast Off ft. Juice WRLD & Trippie Redd
10. Take It Slow ft. 24kGoldn & TyFontaine
11. Somebody ft. Lil Tecca & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
12. Giddy Up ft. Wiz Khalifa & 24kGoldn
13. Block ft. Trippie Redd & StaySolidRocky
14. Devastated ft. Lil Spirit
15. Let You Down ft. TyFontaine & TheHxliday
16. No Option ft. Kevin Gates
17. Lemonade ft. Don Toliver, Gunna & NAV

All Songs produced by Internet Money.

Please contact Michelle or Kevin for more info.

The Background:

Internet Money Background:

Internet Money was born out of necessity, a hybrid company that has filled in the gaps between the rap industry, the producer community, and the online marketplace. Disillusioned with the industry, and the way he saw rap producers being taken advantage of, Taz Taylor formed the collective in 2016 as a way to share the knowledge he’d gained from years spent selling his “type beats” online and navigating the internet’s ever-growing impact on the production landscape.

Four years in, Internet Money has expanded as a collective, including Grammy-nominated producers like Nick Mira and JR Hitmaker, and produced for Drake, Trippie Redd, Juice WRLD, and many more. “When you’re in Internet Money, you get the same opportunities that I do, you’re gonna be working with the same artists that I’m working with, and getting credits with them,” Taylor says. “Instead of working with a bunch of people we don’t know, we just have our own network that’s one big family.” Following their success breaking major artists like Trevor Daniel, and co-producing his multi-platinum hit “Falling,” Taylor and Internet Money partnered with Elliot Grange’s 10K Projects in 2019 to launch their own label.

Taz Taylor Background:

Taz Taylor has never cared about fame or clout. To hear the multi-platinum producer and Internet Money founder tell it, everything he’s done — from turning his online production hustle selling “type beats” into a $500,000 per year business to forming his own label — has been born out of necessity and guided by intuition. “I’ve been so tunnel vision during the last five years to make sure I got to this point,” he says. “It was just like, Let’s keep building.”

Though the 27-year-old has only been in the industry for a few years, his accomplishments in that time have come at a staggering pace, notching, by his estimation, over 500 placements and around 200 gold and platinum plaques between himself and the other producers on his Internet Money team. As their leader, Taylor has quickly become a new sort of rap mogul, one who’s built his steadily growing empire from a deep knowledge of the ways music moves online, and he’s done it all from the humblest of beginnings.

Links:

Internet Money: official site | soundcloud | twitter | instagram | facebook | youtube
Taz Taylor: twitter | instagram

B4 The Storm: https://internetmoney.lnk.to/b4thestorm

“Thrusting” ft. Swae Lee & Future: https://internetmoney.lnk.to/Thrusting

“Killem Wit Kindness”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMVfAAynx-M 

“Lemonade” ft. Don Toliver, NAV & Gunna: https://internetmoney.lnk.to/lemonade

“Somebody” ft. Lil Tecca & A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie: https://internetmoney.lnk.to/somebody

8.27.2020

TikTok Treats, Week Of August 24th

Dua Lipa’s New Challenge, 24kGoldn’s Effortless Virality, and More Interesting Music Stories From the World of TikTok

The News:

TikTok is an essential tool for artists of all stages of their careers, from nascent talents just starting, to rising stars looking to find repeat success on the app, to established superstars looking to get an engagement boost. Music is TikTok’s universal language, each song representing a complicated web of emotions, in-jokes, and dances. Below are a few of the latest examples of how artists and the TikTok community bend music to fit their own inventive ends.

• Dua Lipa’s dancefloor anthem “Don’t Start Now” and her stay-at-home instant classic “Break My Heart” caught fire on TikTok earlier this year, and now, for her latest Future Nostalgia single, Dua Lipa looks to give back to the community that helped propel her songs up the charts. Using the hashtag, #DuaVideo, the British singer is giving a lucky fan a chance to appear in the music video for “Levitating.” Eager fans have responded to the tune of over 8 million video views on the hashtag, and by showing off their best dance routines.
• 19-year-old rapper 24kGoldn is no stranger to TikTok virality–his song “Valentino” was a massive hit in 2019 and propelled the rapper to heatseeker status. This month, the 2020 XXL Freshman struck gold again with “Mood” ft. Iann Dior, a seductive single with bright punchy guitars that’s taken the platform by storm. Videos with “Mood” earned over 167 million video views in the past week, as users turned to the song to soundtrack flying golden retrievers, ambitious travelogues, and weird face tutorials (Goldn joined in on this one). Propelled by TIkTok, “Mood” rose to #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and launched Goldn to #1 on the Emerging Artists chart.
• There’s nothing TikTok users love more than a good glow-up. Arriving in the form of a user-generated sound by @amandaabananaa, J. Cole’s 2014 single “No Role Modelz” has been recently used to soundtrack dramatic changes in appearance. Timed to Cole’s verse-ending “I’ma need my shirt back” lyric, the trend is an inspiration to anyone who struggled to emerge from an extended awkward phase (including Charli D’Amelio). A remix to Chicago singer Njomza’s 2016 single “Ridin Solo” has spurred a similar, more brooding and dramatic glow-up trend.
• A Billboard number two hit in 2007, Ne-Yo’s sultry “Because of You” is the latest classic hit to get the TikTok treatment. The song is the soundtrack to a new dance craze, pantomiming a meet cute in which two people collide, play fight, and finally break into a coordinated routine inspired by the song’s original music video. Inspiring over 300k video creations, the trend has reached couples, siblings, and even Kevin Hart.
• Tessa Violet is the latest emerging artist to make herself known on the platform. The singer-songwriter is a self-proclaimed TikTok addict, posting dozens of times per week to show off her sense of humor, tell engaging stories, and cover her favorite songs. Lately though, she’s been focusing on pushing her new song “Wishful Drinking,” demonstrating multiple versions of a new outfit transition trend that uses her song and even recording a tutorial for video-editing novices. Her hard work is paying off: “Wishful Drinking” generated over 113k video creations and is rapidly approaching 2 million streams on Spotify.
• Though plenty of new trends popped up in the past weeks, the biggest song on TikTok remains “WAP,” the culture-conquering phenomenon by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion. The song inspired millions of creations and generated over 1 billion views on videos of the song’s athletic dance challenge and other more absurd creations.

Though it’s enabled by innovative technology, the core appeal of TikTok speaks to our primal need to connect with one another. With its massive and engaged user-base and its emphasis on virality, TikTok eliminates traditional gatekeepers and builds a new kind of monoculture, one that reflects the consumption of the outside world, but operates with its own internal logic. The platform is bringing people together at a time when people can’t physically gather, with music as the driving force.

Check TikTok’s newsroom for more noteworthy stories: newsroom.tiktok.com

For more info, please contact:

Michelle McDevitt, Andrea Higgins, Erin Treat, Audible Treats
Leah Linder, TikTok

The Background:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Click here to read TikTok’s progress report on supporting Black communities and promoting diversity & inclusion: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/progress-report-how-were-supporting-black-communities-and-promoting-diversity-and-inclusion

Links:

TikTok’s Newsroom: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us

Check out previous editions of TikTok Treats, a weekly newsletter about the most interesting music happenings on TikTok:
TikTok: The “WAP” Dance Challenge, Folklore, La Roux, and More Provide Joy and Catharsis
Charlie Puth, Pop Smoke, and More Trending TikTok Stories
Artists Unite to Say #SaveTikTok
How TikTok Users Use the App to Boost Their Musical Careers
TikTok Doesn’t Just Mint New Hits…It Revives Old Ones
These International TikTok Artists and Hits Eliminate Language Barriers
Who’s Hot on TikTok? Jason DeRulo, Rod Wave, and More
TikTok Success = Chart Success and the Hot 100 Proves It
TikTok Users and Artists Celebrate #MyPride Through Music
TikTok Promotes a Vibrant Artistic Community with #BlackMusicMonth

8.25.2020

Audio: wifisfuneral – “Back Ache”

The Florida Native Gets Explicit On The Latest Single from His Upcoming Album pain? & Teases New Single With a Live Performance of “All In”

Critical Praise:

XXL Freshman, Class of 2018

“[wifisfuneral] displays an impressive array of verbal acrobatics, showing off masterful breath control and a rapid fire flow.”  – Pitchfork

“He’s synthesized the regionless, borderless world of the internet age from which he takes his name, while lacing it with a narcotically addictive flow and a distinct ear for melody that’s allowed him to develop while others stagnate.” – NOISEY

“The young rapper has a wide range of skills, from agile raps and bass-heavy tracks to dark and moody slow-burners, and his unpredictability is part of his appeal” – Pigeons & Planes

The Song:

Pivoting away from the cerebral rhymes on which he made his name, wifisfuneral has thrown himself into a new melodic artistic direction. Today, wifisfuneral shares “Back Ache,” a bite-sized tale of sexually explicit shenanigans. Crooning over a moody guitar line and bouncy syths, wifi tells his girl exactly how he likes it. Wifi shifts from brisk rhymes to melodic hooks and even nods to Future’s “Where Ya At?” flow, with a quick burst of rhymes in the DS2 hit’s fashion. “Backache” is the latest single to come from his upcoming album pain? – out Friday, August 28th via Alamo Records.

Teasing fans with an unreleased song from his upcoming project pain?, wifi shared a live performance of “All In” last Friday, August 21st. Tackling a chilled-out, piano-led beat, wifi broods over his rapid rise to success and navigating the doubt he’s faced along the way: “my city’s callin’, they ain’t love me when I was ballin’ / I had to treat this sh*t like it was all in / now I feel like this sh*t is fallin’.” Connecting his new melodic direction with the crisp flow he is best known for, wifi closes his eyes to deliver brisk bars and soulful belts in the secluded studio space.

Fully integrating melody into wifi’s cerebral songwriting, pain? finds the 23-year-old rapper crafting infectious hooks and expressing the deeply-felt emotion reflected in his lyrics. The project is home to well-received recent singles like the expansive lo-fi pop gem “Lost In Time“ ft. Coi Leray and ride-or-die anthem  “End Of Story.” PAIN? marks the start of a new chapter in wifi’s career.

Wifisfuneral has been consistently feeding his fans with new music over the past months, including the dark and metallic “ColdAsIce,“ released in March (518k Spotify streams) and the Cris Dinero-produced “idk.“ Earlier this year, he teamed up with veteran rock band Buckcherry to update their 2006 hit “Crazy B*tch,” and appeared on “Beretta,” a hit single by wifi’s fellow Floridian $not (17 million Spotify streams). pain? is the follow-up to the Ethernet series, comprised of albums Ethernet, Ethernet 2, and most recently EV3RYTHING SUCKS, wifi’s December 2019 EP, which featured appearances from YBN Nahmir and Ratchet Roach.

Buy/stream “Back Ache”: http://smarturl.it/BackAcheWifisfuneral

Watch “All In” performance video: https://youtu.be/oLCRkK4RO68

PAIN? tracklist:

1. Lost In Time ft. Coi Leray
2. End of Story
3. What It Is?
4. Guy Like Me
5. Hills
6. Backache
7. Take Me Away
8. Motion
9. Front 2 Back Side 2 Side
10. Ocean ft. Smoove’L
11. All In
12. Day Switch
13. Screw Up
14. End of Story (Pt. 2) ft. Mariah Angeliq

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

22-year-old South Florida rapper wifisfuneral has taken his dark sonics, mature-beyond-his-years lyrics, and trunk rattling bass from the streets of Palm Beach to the world, amassing over 1.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 700,000 followers on various social media platforms. wifisfuneral’s growth has been organic and cult-like, with his fans spreading his music like wildfire with each and every release. With virtually zero promotion other than his social media presence, wifisfuneral’s independent projects Black Heart Revenge (May 27th, 2016) and When Hell Falls (January 27, 2017) reached #69 and #17 on the iTunes hip-hop charts respectively, resulting in a label deal with Alamo and Interscope Records. His major label debut mixtape, Boy Who Cried Wolf, received critical acclaim, with two of the tracks earning placement in the Spotify’s coveted Most Necessary playlist. His latest mixtape, Ethernet, was released in June 2018 via Alamo Records. In 2018, wifisfuneral was officially named to the XXL Freshman List and reached #1 on YouTube’s trending chart. In 2019, wifi headlined two nationwide tours, released two follow-up EPs to Ethernet, and collaborated with Robb Bank$ on the Conn3ct3d project.

Links:

official site | soundcloud | twitter | instagram | tumblr | spotify

Bio, photos, music, and more for wifisfuneral can be found at www.audibletreats.com/wifisfuneral

“Back Ache”: http://smarturl.it/BackAcheWifisfuneral

“All In” Performance: https://youtu.be/oLCRkK4RO68

“Ocean”: http://smarturl.it/OceanWifisfuneral

“End Of Story”: http://smarturl.it/EndOfStory / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2imgkFvqU4

“Lost In Time” ft. Coi Leray: http://smarturl.it/LostInTimeWifi

“idk”: https://soundcloud.com/wifisfuneral/idk-prod-cris-dinero

“All Bones”: https://youtu.be/IHa63es_PyI

“It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!” ft. Ratchet Roach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2I02ZG3iqQ

“What You Made Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hEn4ZT6QXU

EV3RYTHING SUCKS EP: http://smarturl.it/ev3rythingsucks

“Split”: https://youtu.be/XGiDoQOKtSg

“Peace Sign” ft. YBN Nahmir: http://smarturl.it/wifipeacesign

Ethernet 2: https://smarturl.it/ethernet2

“Alone As A Facetat”: https://youtu.be/9t2a0gp5g5E

“run?”: http://smarturl.it/run

Conn3ct3d: https://soundcloud.com/wifisfuneral/sets/conn3ct3d

Ethernet : Soundcloud | Spotify | iTunes

08.21.2020

Album: My Favorite Color – Velma

The L.A.-via-Pittsburgh Artist Paints a Vivid Picture of His Life as an Aspiring Rap Star and Shares the Racing-Inspired Video for Album Highlight “Dale”

Critical Praise:

“His music is powerful. Each bar drips with the confusion and existential dread of a man who feels out of place in his world.” – Noisey

The Album + Video:

A devoted student of hip-hop with an expressive pen, My Favorite Color toes the line between tradition and experimentation in his deeply personal rhymes. Opening up his soul with a unique artistic statement, My Favorite Color shares Velma, his debut album. A tour through the Rostrum Records signee’s inventive mind and finely-tuned aesthetic, Velma is a revealing and relatable album–listening feels like catching up with an old friend about his life. The project creates a collection of the richly-drawn characters that populate life of the rapper born Anthony Willis, and by the end of the album, the listener gets intimately familiar with not just Willis, but his girlfriend, his parents, and other friends and family. The instrumentals take inspiration from neo-soul, lo-fi hip-hop, and alternative rock, as My Favorite Color tells stories from his life as a rising artist and growing person. On songs like the recent single “Funeral,” My Favorite Color contemplates complex questions about faith, mortality, music, and love. Following up his 2018 EP Go!, Velma is available everywhere via Rostrum Records.

Along with the album, My Favorite Color shares the video for “Dale,” an album highlight and his most recent single. A frenetic single that mixes fast-moving flexes with true-to-life details, “Dale” demonstrates My Favorite Color’s facility with narrative and knack for weaving in personal details about himself and his family. The new video mixes vintage footage of car racing with images of My Favorite Color rapping on top of a red whip and in front of a checkered flag. Showcasing My Favorite Color’s winsome charm and self-deprecating sense of humor (“What type of f*cking name is My Favorite Color??” says the rapper during a mid-video sketch), “Dale” is the 23-year-old artist’s second high-concept video of the year, following last month’s poignant video for “Funeral.“

Born in California, My Favorite Color spent much of his youth in Pittsburgh, starting his rap career in a diverse Pittsburgh rap scene. Living with a single mom who filled his house with the sounds of neosoul, R&B, and hip-hop, My Favorite Color started his deep dive into rap music in high school, starting with the classics, but eventually falling in love with the genre’s left field, particularly rappers like Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Isaiah Rashad, and MF DOOM. In 2018, the rhymer shared his debut EP Go!, with appearances from Pet Zebra and Benji., earning the respect of his artistic peers in the Pittsburgh scene, leading to a prominent feature in a Noisey-published overview of the city’s rap scene in 2019.

Now living in L.A. and signed to Rostrum Records, the label that broke Pittsburgh legends like Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa, My Favorite Color emerges as an artist to watch with Velma, a perfect record for the dog days of summer.

Buy/Stream Velma: https://smarturl.it/MyFavColorVelma

Watch “Dale”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK7XRcJKkX8

Please contact Michelle or Andrea if interested in talking with My Favorite Color.

Links:

instagram | twitter | youtube | spotify

Velma: https://smarturl.it/MyFavColorVelma

“Dale”: https://smarturl.it/MyFavColorDale

“Funeral”: https://smarturl.it/MyFavColorFuneral / https://youtu.be/DsTMpiv9WWg

Go: https://open.spotify.com/album/4lecD6MBZj8LC4QG3Dg7w2?si=J1RmkzfNT0y71uH0OV9Tbg

8.20.2020

TikTok Treats, Week Of August 17th

A Weekly Roundup Of Interesting Music Stories From the World of TikTok

The News:

For more info, please contact:
Michelle McDevitt, Andrea Higgins, Erin Treat, Audible Treats
Leah Linder, TikTok

The Background:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Click here to read TikTok’s progress report on supporting Black communities and promoting diversity & inclusion: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/progress-report-how-were-supporting-black-communities-and-promoting-diversity-and-inclusion

Links:

TikTok’s Newsroom: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us

Check out previous editions of TikTok Treats, a weekly newsletter about the most interesting music happenings on TikTok:

Charlie Puth, Pop Smoke, and More Trending TikTok Stories
Artists Unite to Say #SaveTikTok
How TikTok Users Use the App to Boost Their Musical Careers
TikTok Doesn’t Just Mint New Hits…It Revives Old Ones
These International TikTok Artists and Hits Eliminate Language Barriers
Who’s Hot on TikTok? Jason DeRulo, Rod Wave, and More
TikTok Success = Chart Success and the Hot 100 Proves It
TikTok Users and Artists Celebrate #MyPride Through Music
TikTok Promotes a Vibrant Artistic Community with #BlackMusicMonth

8.19.2020

Audio: wifisfuneral – “Ocean” ft. Smoove’L

The Florida Native Continues To Expand His New Melodic Style Ahead of His Upcoming PAIN? Album

Critical Praise:

XXL Freshman, Class of 2018

“[wifisfuneral] displays an impressive array of verbal acrobatics, showing off masterful breath control and a rapid fire flow.”  – Pitchfork

“He’s synthesized the regionless, borderless world of the internet age from which he takes his name, while lacing it with a narcotically addictive flow and a distinct ear for melody that’s allowed him to develop while others stagnate.” – NOISEY

“The young rapper has a wide range of skills, from agile raps and bass-heavy tracks to dark and moody slow-burners, and his unpredictability is part of his appeal” – Pigeons & Planes

The Video:

Unwilling to compromise his artistic vision to fit in any pre-determined box, wifisfuneral is on a mission to show the world his versatility. Applying his nimble melodies to a hard-charging drill beat, wifi shares “Ocean,“ his latest single. Produced by Andy & Callari, “Ocean” reverberates with the syncopated percussion and wobbling bass of UK and Brooklyn drill, as wifi effortlessly floats above the fray with his flow-switching, auto-tuned patter. The song features an appearance from Brooklyn native Smoove’L, who feels perfectly at home during his brief, but memorable verse. Seeing an official release after wifi shared a live performance video last week, “Ocean” is the latest release from PAIN?, wifi’s upcoming album.

Fully integrating melody into wifi’s cerebral songwriting, PAIN? finds the 23-year-old rapper crafting infectious hooks and expressing the deeply-felt emotion reflected in his lyrics. The project is home to well-received recent singles like the expansive lo-fi pop gem “Lost In Time“ ft. Coi Leray and ride-or-die anthem “End Of Story.” Marking the start of a new chapter in wifi’s career, PAIN? arrives August 28th via Alamo Records.

Wifisfuneral has been consistently feeding his fans with new music over the past months, including the dark and metallic “ColdAsIce,“ released in March (518k Spotify streams) and the Cris Dinero-produced “idk.“ Earlier this year, he teamed up with veteran rock band Buckcherry to update their 2006 hit “Crazy B*tch,” and appeared on “Beretta,” a hit single by wifi’s fellow Floridian $not (17 million Spotify streams). PAIN? is the follow-up to the Ethernet series, comprised of albums Ethernet, Ethernet 2, and most recently EV3RYTHING SUCKS, wifi’s December 2019 EP, which featured appearances from YBN Nahmir and Ratchet Roach.

Buy/Stream “Ocean” ft. Smoove’L: http://smarturl.it/OceanWifisfuneral

Watch wifi’s live performance video of “Ocean”: https://youtu.be/MU3xwvbCLEE

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

22-year-old South Florida rapper wifisfuneral has taken his dark sonics, mature-beyond-his-years lyrics, and trunk rattling bass from the streets of Palm Beach to the world, amassing over 1.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify and over 700,000 followers on various social media platforms. wifisfuneral’s growth has been organic and cult-like, with his fans spreading his music like wildfire with each and every release. With virtually zero promotion other than his social media presence, wifisfuneral’s independent projects Black Heart Revenge (May 27th, 2016) and When Hell Falls (January 27, 2017) reached #69 and #17 on the iTunes hip-hop charts respectively, resulting in a label deal with Alamo and Interscope Records. His major label debut mixtape, Boy Who Cried Wolf, received critical acclaim, with two of the tracks earning placement in the Spotify’s coveted Most Necessary playlist. His latest mixtape, Ethernet, was released in June 2018 via Alamo Records. In 2018, wifisfuneral was officially named to the XXL Freshman List and reached #1 on YouTube’s trending chart. In 2019, wifi headlined two nationwide tours, released two follow-up EPs to Ethernet, and collaborated with Robb Bank$ on the Conn3ct3d project.

Links:

official site | soundcloud | twitter | instagram | tumblr | spotify

Bio, photos, music, and more for wifisfuneral can be found at www.audibletreats.com/wifisfuneral

“Ocean” ft. Smoove’L: http://smarturl.it/OceanWifisfuneral

“End Of Story”: http://smarturl.it/EndOfStory / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2imgkFvqU4

“Lost In Time” ft. Coi Leray: http://smarturl.it/LostInTimeWifi

“idk”: https://soundcloud.com/wifisfuneral/idk-prod-cris-dinero

“All Bones”: https://youtu.be/IHa63es_PyI

“It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!” ft. Ratchet Roach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2I02ZG3iqQ

“What You Made Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hEn4ZT6QXU

EV3RYTHING SUCKS EP: http://smarturl.it/ev3rythingsucks

“Split”: https://youtu.be/XGiDoQOKtSg

“Peace Sign” ft. YBN Nahmir: http://smarturl.it/wifipeacesign

Ethernet 2: https://smarturl.it/ethernet2

“Alone As A Facetat”: https://youtu.be/9t2a0gp5g5E

“run?”: http://smarturl.it/run

Conn3ct3d: https://soundcloud.com/wifisfuneral/sets/conn3ct3d

Ethernet : Soundcloud | Spotify | iTunes

8.18.2020

Baja Beach Fest Sells Out 2021 Festival, Becoming the First Music Event to Sell Out During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Headlined by Ozuna, Anuel AA, and J Balvin, The Fast-Selling Festival Demonstrates the Passion and Patience of Latin Music Fans

Also Featuring Performances from Karol G, Sech, Farruko, Becky G, Kali Uchis, and Many Others, Baja Beach Fest Promises to be a Landmark Event for 2021

Critical Praise:

Best New Festival in North America – USA Today’s 10 Best Reader’s Choice 2019

Featured article: Baja Beach Fest Founders Aaron Ampudia And Chris Den Uijl Discuss Their Reggaeton Festival’s Cross-Border Business – Pollstar

“Only on its second consecutive year, the fest, nestled on the glistening beach of Rosarito, Mexico, has managed to become a player on the global festival scene” – Billboard

“Baja Beach Fest Was a Game-Changing Showcase of Latinx Excellence” – Vice

“If you’ve heard anything about Baja Beach Fest — the reggaeton and Latin hip-hop festival coming to Rosarito, Mexico’s historic Papas & Beer this weekend — you know this: It’s a party. Like a big, wild, sprawling, bucket-list rager. And while other festivals seek to widen their reach by bringing in digital artists, broadening the genres they focus on, or adding in a health component, Baja Beach Fest is staying true to its identity.” – UPROXX

“…the sold-out show is already a success: Ozuna and Bad Bunny are among the two-dozen acts scheduled to perform Friday and Saturday in this coastal resort town about 30 minutes south of the border.” – LA Times

Editor’s Choice: Things To Do In August – Delta Sky Magazine

The Announcement:

The premier live showcase for Latin Music and Reggaeton, Baja Beach Fest has experienced exponential growth in its first three years. Today, Baja Beach Fest announces that it has sold all available tickets for Baja Beach Fest 2021, its first year as a three-day festival. A testament to its impressive brand equity and unbeatable lineup, headlined by the likes of Ozuna, Anuel AA, and J Balvin, Baja Beach Fest is the first festival of any genre to sell out during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Offering hope for a brighter future, the demand for Baja Beach Fest 2021 signals an eagerness for the return of live music and festive gatherings, and demonstrates the passion and purchasing power of Latin Music fans. Selling out just one month after the initial announcement–and one year in advance of the event–BBF benefits from its single-genre focus and unique vibe, offering an experience that virtual festivals can’t replicate. J Balvin, Anuel AA, and other artists showed their support for the festival and fans on a recent Instagram post, promising fans a once-in-a-lifetime event on the beach next year.

Baja Beach Fest 2021 boasts the most impressive lineup of Latin stars on either side of the border. Expanding from two to three days for the first time, the festival complements its A-list headliners with performances from Karol G, Sech, Farruko, Becky G, Kali Uchis, Dalex, Jhay Cortez, Guaynaa, El Alfa, Lunay, DJ Luian, Justin Quiles, Myke Towers, Sky Rompiendo, and many more.

Baja Beach Fest returns to Rosarito Beach, MX on August 13th-15th, 2021. Head to bajabeachfest.com for further information, and pay attention to @bajabeachfest on socials for more announcements about the forthcoming festival.

Watch the Baja Beach Fest 2019 Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRrF9yKgh6g

Baja Beach Fest co-founders Chris Den Uijl (left) and Aaron Ampudia (Credit: Baja Beach Fest/Koury Angelo)

Please contact Michelle, Scott, or Erin for more info.

The Background:

Founded by Chris Den Uijl and Aaron Ampudia in 2018, Baja Beach Fest is well on its way to becoming an institution in Rosarito and the music industry at large. With headliners like Ozuna, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin, BBF 2019 earned rave reviews from the likes of Billboard, Pollstar, Vice, L.A. Times, and more for its outstanding music, diverse and enthusiastic crowd, and positive vibes. The festival was voted the “Best New Festival in North America” by readers of USA Today.

Links:

instagram | facebook | twitter

Watch the Baja Beach Fest 2019 Aftermovie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRrF9yKgh6g

8.18.2020

Video: Germ – “7 Hunna Horses”

The G59 Artist Sends Warning Shots From the Helm of his “7 Hunna Horses” in Peak Horse Wrangler Fashion

Critical Praise:

“For a time, Germ was your favorite SoundCloud rapper’s favorite SoundCloud rapper. Before established himself with solo releases, he was racking up hundreds of thousands of streams providing a jolt of off-the-wall energy on tracks by $UICIDEBOY$, Fat Nick, and Pouya. When he began to branch out on his own, with the mixtape Bad Shit (Bootleg) and the $UICIDEBOY$ collaboration DIRTYNASTY$UICIDE, he established himself as a raucous spark plug with a nasally flow and rhyme schemes that recalled a certain Academy Award-winning Memphis rap crew” – Complex

“The Haitian rapper is soaring to new heights with a debut album under his belt called Germ Has A Deathwish.” – Interview

“The latest signee to the $uicideboy$ label is an Atlanta skater-turned-rapper with a voice that’s as aggressive as it is gleeful. His new tape isn’t that serious, but his rapping is.” – Pitchfork

The Video:

Taking a break from ATL city life to kick it cowboy style on a horse ranch comes Germ being extra meta by rapping about his horsepower (his beloved but wrecked Dodge Hellcat had 700 horsepower) to actual horses. Slicing through distorted trap tracks with his razor sharp voice, Germ is back with a roaring vengeance. Offering the official music video for “7 Hunna Horses,” Germ breathes life into the already explosive single from his recently released project The Hijinx Tape. Surrounded by horses, vintage Ferraris, and FTP drip, this isn’t just any ol’ Atlanta ranch. The G59 artist flips from turnt-up horse whisperer to padded cell inmate, as he spits vicious bars: “I’m a big tweaker, ride ’round with that heater, might delete ya / I’m that Grim Reaper, spook right here, tryna meet ya off that meter.” Produced by Kevin Rolly, “7 Hunna Horses” is a bass-heavy warning shot from Germ to the rest of the rap game–you can’t stop his shine, so get behind him or get out of the way.

The follow-up to last year’s debut Germ Has A Death Wish, The Hijinx Tape is a 12-song set of rap mayhem, complete with the aggressive beats, machine gun flows, and boss life bars that Germ’s fans have come to expect. The album is an outrageously confident catalog of Germ’s favorite things, as he rhymes about his ounces of Cookies weed, his garage full of Dodge SRT Hellcats, and having more jewels than your local Zales. Featuring the recently released single “Walked In” (115k streams on Spotify alone), The Hijinx Tape is the ideal soundtrack for crashing a whip just to have an excuse to buy another one – in fact, the album artwork is a photo of Germ’s actual car crash in 2019. Featuring an appearance from G59’s Shakewell and production from Budd Dwyer (aka Scrim from G59 head honchos $uicideboy$) and more, The Hijinx Tape is available now via G59 Records.

Watch “7 Hunna Horses”: https://youtu.be/O38HVknH0AM

Buy/Stream The Hijinx Tape: https://germ.lnk.to/hijinx

The Hijinx Tape tracklist:

1. “Walked In” (Prod. by Budd Dwyer)
2. “6 God Freestyle” (Prod. by YAYGO)
3. “Cookies” (Prod. by Grove$ide)
4. “7 Hunna Horses” (Prod. by Kevin Rolly)
5. “Dolo” (Prod. by BeatsByAzura)
6. “We Outside” (Prod. by M4orty)
7. “Plead The 5th” (Prod. by Budd Dwyer)
8. “Runnin Thru Plastic” (Prod. by ProdByOra)
9. “Brand New Rollie” (Prod. by H3 & Ace Taylor)
10. “AR Pistols” (Prod. by Kevin Rolly)
11. “Hellcat” ft. Shakewell (Prod. by Budd Dwyer)
12. “Green Light” (Prod. by Rxland)

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

Atlanta-native and G59 signee Germ dropped his debut album and first project with the label (helmed by his co-conspirators $uicideboy$) titled Germ Has A Deathwish in 2019. The 11-track LP proves to be his breakout; a versatile and progressive body of work showcasing the elevation of his rap career, from his early upbringing and Haitian roots to his days cutting his teeth as a skater on the streets of ATL. Germ recently supported $uicideboy$ on Grey Day Tour and proved he could infuse energy into crowds numbering into the thousands. Germ’s sophomore album The Hinjinx Tape is slated for a July 31st release date.

Links:

instagram | twitter | youtube | spotify | soundcloud

“7 Hunna Horses”: https://germ.lnk.to/7HunnaHPR

“Walked In”: http://germ.lnk.to/walkedin

Germ Has A Death Wish: https://germ.lnk.to/germhasadeathwish

8.17.2020

Video: Big Havi – “Testimony”

The Atlanta Rapper Remembers His Elders in the Moving New Video from the No Pad No Pen Just Pain EP

Critical Praise:

“In a very unforgiving and fast moving musical context, Havi proves he can go toe to toe with the best of his rap contemporaries and likely stick around too.” – EARMILK

“BIG HAVI IS UP NEXT OUT OF EAST ATLANTA” – FLAUNT

“Big Havi’s authenticity is helping him garner a reputation as one of Hip Hop’s most promising emerging voices” – REVOLT

“The ‘9 Times Out Of 10’ rapper is poised to be Atlanta’s next star.” – ELEVATOR

“Big Havi’s got a way of latching onto the beat and making any track an earworm” – HipHopSince1987

The Video:

Big Havi processes his emotional trauma through cathartic and melodic rap music. Paying tribute to his grandparents, who fought for a better life for their family, Havi shares “Testimony,” his new video. Rhyming with a lightning-quick auto-tuned flow atop mournful guitars and thumping 808s, Havi reflects on his painful past, before defiantly pledging to make a better life for himself: “I remember them days I was down like a hill/I remember when momma couldn’t pay no bills.” Directed by BCPBrandon, the video switches between shots of Havi performing in his East Atlanta neighborhood with vintage photos of Havi’s late grandparents, providing a revealing glimpse at where Havi comes from and where he’s going. “Testimony” is the latest video from Havi’s No Pen No Pad Just Pain EP, following the Qasquiat-directed “Blood N My Eyes,” which incorporated footage of Atlanta’s Black Lives Matter protests.

His second EP of 2020, No Pen No Pad Just Pain finds the 20-year-old rapper pouring his heart out. Over the EP’s 8 tracks, Havi works through his feelings about his rough upbringing, processing his PTSD and expressing his urgent desire to succeed. Haunted by memories of his traumatic past, Havi displays a wisdom well beyond his years, working through his issues with raw lyricism on highlights like “Scars N Scratches” and “Real Wit Y’all.”

In February, Havi shared Personal Problems, an expressive and infectious project boasting the urban radio hit “9 Times Out Of 10.” With over 27 million total streams, more than 8 million YouTube views, and a feature from Lil Baby, “9 Times Out Of 10” reached #34 on the nationwide urban radio airplay chart. Earlier this year, Big Havi turned heads as a supporting act on tour with Lil TJay, performing songs from his Personal Problems EP. Earlier this summer, Havi shared the video for “Personal Problems,” a project highlight with an appearance from Havi’s Commission Records labelmate Derez De’Shon (552k views).

With No Pen No Pad Just Pain EP and beyond, Havi looks to continue his success, with an eye on becoming the next ATL rapper to hit it big. Stay tuned for more music from Big Havi in the coming weeks and months.

Watch “Testimony”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFhnrtKmUo

Buy/Stream No Pen No Pad Just Pain: https://cmsn.ffm.to/npnpjp

No Pen No Pad Just Pain EP tracklist:

1. Back In My Ways
2. Dope Sh*t
3. Over Wit
4. Way More
5. Testimony
6. Real Wit Y’all
7. Scars N Scratches
8. Blood N My Eyes

Please contact Michelle or Kevin for more info.

The Background:

The young rapper combines tuneful rhymes and an effortless flow about personal hardships and future aspirations. His relatable lyrics are what set him apart as a rising new star in an always crowded Atlanta rap scene. After a major label bidding war, Big Havi decided to take the indie route, signing with independent powerhouse Commission Records (MadeinTYO, Lil Dicky, Derez De’shon, Casey Veggies, IDK). On the heels of his hot new single “9 Times Out Of 10” continues to rise up urban radio charts, Havi shared his debut project Personal Problems on February 7th. Big Havi recently opened for Lil Tjay on the “True 2 Myself Tour.”

Links:

instagram | youtube | twitter | Spotify

“Testimony”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbFhnrtKmUo

“Blood N My Eyes”: https://youtu.be/6qWxdGFM-fI

“Personal Problems” ft. Derez De’Shon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz9Yq6FNBrk

No Pen No Pad Just Pain: https://cmsn.ffm.to/npnpjp

“Dope Sh*t”: https://cmsn.ffm.to/dopeshit

“Narcotix”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rerh-jWYSxU

Personal Problems: https://cmsn.ffm.to/personalproblems

“9 Times Out Of 10” ft. Lil Baby: https://ffm.to/9timesoutof10

8.14.2020

Album: Young Dolph – Rich Slave

The Paper Route EMPIRE CEO Explores the Dualities of Being Wealthy and Black in America 

The Album:

Paper Route EMPIRE Founder and CEO Young Dolph shares Rich Slave, his most emotional, political album yet and his first solo album in two years. The album explores Dolph’s rags to riches story, emphasizing his Memphis roots with Dirty South instrumentals and recorded phone conversations with a family friend, as he mixes his trademark flex-heavy witticisms with his thoughts on the responsibility that comes with mogul status. As Dolph flexes bar after bar about his earned wealth, the album title Rich Slave emphasizes the glass ceiling on the upward mobility of Black people; no amount of money can buy true equality for Black people in this country: “They say this the land of the free/It seem like the land of bullsh*t to me,” rhymes Dolph on album highlight “The Land.”

Boasting production from Memphis natives Bandplay and Juicy J, as well as Sosa 808 and others, Rich Slave is home to recent singles like the West Coast tribute “Death Row,“ the conversational “Blue Diamonds,” and the Megan Thee Stallion-featuring riders’ anthem “RNB.” With additional appearances from G Herbo and PRE signee Key Glock, who collabed with Dolph for last year’s Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10-charting Dum & Dummer, Rich Slave is now available everywhere via Paper Route EMPIRE.

On explaining the title Rich Slave, Dolph says, “It’s the reality of being Black in this country. You can have money, and you can be a benefactor and a leader in your community, but all people see is Black skin. All the bullsh*t I heard about as a kid, we still face in today’s time. Over the years, they have given us a little bit of freedom but it’s only a temporary pacifier. Hopefully this album makes people understand that even though guys like me are doing well, we’re still affected by racism and inequality. It’s 2020, but the same stuff is still going on.” – Young Dolph

Along with the album, Young Dolph announced the “Rich Slave Lamborghini Contest.” Launched earlier this month, Dolph will personally deliver a custom-wrapped, blue-and-orange-striped Lamborghini ($412k value + taxes) to one lucky fan. The Lamborghini is a 2018 Aventador S Roadster and is the same vehicle depicted on the cover of the Rich Slave album. The contest ends at 11:59pm ET on August 20th and Dolph will officially announce the randomly-selected winner on September 4th. Fans can enter the contest by buying Rich Slave or purchasing merch from Young Dolph’s online store.

Praised by GQ and others for his topical “Sunshine” single (“Young Dolph Is Leading Rap Through the Pandemic” – GQ), Young Dolph recently earned a spot on Billboard’s list of Indie Power Players for 2020.

Buy/Stream Rich Slave: https://empire.ffm.to/richslave

Visit Young Dolph’s website to purchase the album and Young Dolph merch: http://store.youngdolph.com/ View the official rules for the “Rich Slave Lamborghini Contest” here. No purchase is required to enter the contest: https://store.youngdolph.com/pages/young-dolph-contest-rules

Rich Slave tracklist:
1. Hold Up Hold Up Hold Up
2. Black Friday Skit
3. To Be Honest
4. I See $’s
5. Corduroy House Shoes
6. What’s Da Bizness
7. The Land
8. Death Row
9. Cray Cray
10. RNB ft. Megan Thee Stallion
11. Rich Slave
12. Until It Rot
13. Blue Diamonds
14. No Sense ft. Key Glock
15. Benz
16. 1 Scale ft. G Herbo

Please contact Michelle or Erin for more info.

Links:

twitter | facebook | soundcloud | youtube | instagram | official site | spotify

Bio, photos, music and more can be found at www.audibletreats.com/young-dolph

Rich Slave: https://empire.ffm.to/richslave

“Death Row”: https://empire.ffm.to/deathrow

Visit Young Dolph’s website to pre-order Rich Slave and purchase Young Dolph merch: http://store.youngdolph.com/

View the official rules for the “Rich Slave Lamborghini Contest” here. No purchase is required to enter the contest: https://store.youngdolph.com/pages/young-dolph-contest-rules

“Blue Diamonds”:  https://empire.ffm.to/bluediamonds / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBn_aZPcqJk

“RNB” ft. Megan Thee Stallion: https://empire.ffm.to/youngdolph_rnb

“Sunshine”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2lUhNmdXkE / https://empire.ffm.to/sunshine

Dum & Dummer: https://empire.lnk.to/dummer

8.13.2020

Video: Yella Beezy – “Headlocc” ft. Young Thug

The Two Trap Stars Train for a Championship Fight in the Video for the Blank Checc Single

Critical Praise:

“How Yella Beezy Scored a Number One Hit During the Summer of Drake” – Rolling Stone

“Yella makes rap that falls into the ever so-popular “melodic” description, but his flows and downright ability to spit set him apart from everyone else” – XXL

“Beezy brings the heat…In an era when hip hop artists are releasing albums where every song sounds pretty much the same, Yella Beezy has delivered a record that goes against the grain on his latest project, Baccend Beezy. The Southern rapper sticks to his roots as listeners can pick up influences from the region, but Beezy has a little bit of something for everyone on his latest mixtape. ” – HotNewHipHop

“He uses simple lyrics intelligently, with an infectious flow that would sound equally appropriate in a noisy nightclub or coming from a cell phone outside West End Station during rush hour.” – Dallas Observer

The Video:

Tearing up the airwaves with his crackling bars and bluesy melodies, Yella Beezy has the rap game in a head lock. Stepping out of the booth and into the boxing ring, Yella Beezy shares the video for “Headlocc.” A bass-boosted, neck-snapping Texas trap jam produced by Monsta Beatz, “Headlocc” finds the Dallas rapper trading tough-talking verses with Young Thug, promising to bust the heads of anyone who’d dare stand in their way. In the video, directed with comic book flair by Reggie, Beezy and Thugger stop into a boxing gym on a mission to take down the local heavyweight champ. After watching the champ take down his first opponent, Beezy hits the gym with Coach Young Thug, who echoes Angelo Dundee (who coached Muhammad Ali) as he trains Yella for the big fight. When it’s time to fight, Beezy is ready, knocking the champion’s head clean off his body with one punch. With over 9 million streams on its audio, “Headlocc” will appear on Blank Checc, Beezy’s upcoming project.

“Headlocc” is the latest release in a busy year for the Oak Cliff native. In May, Beezy teamed up with fellow Texan Trapboy Freddy for I’m My Brother’s Keeper, a 12-track mixtape. full-length collaboration by the duo that previously connected for Yella Beezy’s “That’s On Me” (Remix), I’m My Brother’s Keeper hosts video singles like the heavily-armed “Ride” (1.8 million views) and the hometown salute “Raccs.” Earlier this year, the rapper emphasized the importance of sticking to a code in “Keep It In The Streets,” a guitar-driven rap ballad (10+ million combined streams). The sequel to last year’s Billboard 200-charting Baccend Beezy, Blank Checc arrives later this year via HITCO.

Watch “Headlocc” ft. Young Thug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTQmeZVe3R4

Listen to “Headlocc” ft. Young Thug: http://hitco.lnk.to/Headlocc

Please contact Michelle or Erin for more info.

The Background:

Yella Beezy made his name in the industry the traditional way, building up a massive local fanbase in his hometown before winning the support of DJs across the country. He emerged in 2017 with the Gold-certified hit “That’s On Me,” which peaked at #1 on Urban radio, eclipsing Drake’s “In My Feelings” for the top spot. Later that year, Yella Beezy opened for Beyoncé and Jay-Z on the On The Run Tour, and in summer 2019, he had a prominent spot supporting his “Restroom Occupied” co-star Chris Brown on his Indigoat Tour. In Summer 2019, he shared Baccend Beezy, the latest chapter in the Dallas native’s independent rise from obscurity to stardom. Featuring the Urban Radio Top 10 hit “Bacc At It Again” ft. Quavo & Gucci Mane, Baccend Beezy peaked at #91 on the Billboard 200 and featured appearances from Young Thug, Chris Brown, NLE Choppa, Too $hort, and more.

The Dallas native has been busy in 2020. In April, the HITCO signee teamed up with Young Thug for “Headlocc,” a neck-snapping new single that earned more than 4 million streams and is currently charting on urban radio. The song has picked up some viral traction on TikTok and Triller, racking up over 133k views, including vids by influencers like Kidathegreat, kangfrvr, and more. Earlier, the rapper returned to his roots for the bluesy “Keep It In The Streets” single, which earned over 1.6 million YouTube videos.Next week, the rapper shares I Am My Brother’s Keeper, a collaborative mixtape with Trapboy Freddy.

Links:

Yella Beezy: facebook | instagram | spotify | twitter | soundcloud | youtube

“Headlocc”: https://hitco.lnk.to/Headlocc

“Ride”: https://hitco.lnk.to/RideVideo

“Raccs”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATCbUOUVLQ

I’m My Brother’s Keeper: https://hitco.lnk.to/IMBK

“Keep It In The Streets”: https://hitco.lnk.to/KeepItInTheStreets

08.12.2020

The Weeknd Experience, An Innovative TikTok LIVE Stream, Draws Over 2 Million Unique Viewers

Presented by TikTok, XO/Republic, and Wave, the XR Music Experience Brought Unforgettable Visuals, Welcomed a Special Guest, and Raised Funds for The Equal Justice Initiative

The Weeknd Experience presents viewers with a fateful choice: to lick the frog, or not?

The Weeknd and some digital friends attempt the #BlindingLightsChallenge

The Recap:

TikTok and The Weeknd delivered an unforgettable experience for fans with The Weeknd Experience, an interactive XR broadcast. Airing on TikTok LIVE on August 7th, with rebroadcasts on various TikTok channels for international audiences through August 10th, The Weeknd raised the bar for TikTok livestreams, racking up more than 2 million total views of the Experience and smashing the TikTok record with 275,000 concurrent viewers at its peak. Creations with #TheWeekndEXP hashtag earned more than 1.3 billion video views.

“We’re always trying to find new ways for fans to experience their favorite songs through TikTok,” says Isabel Quinteros, TikTok Senior Manager Music Partnerships & Artist Relations. “The Weeknd Experience  transformed Abel’s music into an immersive and interactive world. It’s so important to keep fans engaged and entertained with innovative music events during the pandemic, and I think the Experience did that while also serving as a ‘thank you’ from The Weeknd to the TikTok community for their support of his music.”

Created with Wave, the market leader in interactive virtual entertainment experiences, and presented by XO/Republic Records, The Weeknd Experience thrilled fans with state-of-the-art visuals and immersive presentation of The Weeknd’s music, including highlights from After Hours, the most-streamed R&B album in history.

“The Weeknd is one of the world’s most forward-thinking artists, so this partnership allowed for limitless, virtual opportunities for him and his fans. By combining our technology with his team’s creativity, we’ve created a truly unique, interactive experience that demonstrates the huge potential of this new medium,” said Adam Arrigo, CEO of Wave. “TikTok served as the perfect platform to host this virtual event, as it is home for the next generation of concert-goers – young passionate music lovers.”

Appearing in digital avatar form, The Weeknd played hits like the TikTok-trending “Blinding Lights,” welcomed special guest Doja Cat for “In Your Eyes” (Remix), and interacted with comments from fans viewing at home. The experience followed a loose narrative, as The Weeknd led fans through a hallucinatory XR dream world. During pivotal moments of the broadcast, fans voted in the comments to guide the visual theme of the experience.

Topping the Billboard 200 for four consecutive weeks, After Hours has earned enormous success, with Rolling Stone declaring it as the biggest album of the first half of 2020. “Blinding Lights,” the second single from After Hours, inspired over 1.5 million video creations on TikTok, racking up tens of millions of views and birthing the “#BlindingLightsChallenge.” The song’s success on TikTok helped propel it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Weeknd Experience raised $350,000 for the Equal Justice Initiative through sales of a new Weeknd x TikTok capsule collection of merchandise, which was available for a limited time. The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

Check out the recap at TikTok’s Newsroom: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/the-weeknd-experience-an-innovative-tiktok-live-stream-draws-over-2-million-unique-viewers

Check out TikTok’s announcement blog post: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/the-weeknd-experience-on-tiktok-live

Check out media (B-roll, stills, and animated gifs) from The Weeknd Experience, provided courtesy of Wave: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nkOvRiqzdZ787v6n4P_wu2HXJrFrCjgu?usp=sharing

The Weeknd welcomes Doja Cat for a performance of their hit collaboration “In Your Eyes” (Remix)

At the end of the Experience, The Weeknd dissolves into the digital ether

For more info, please contact:
Michelle McDevitt, Andrea Higgins, Erin Treat, Audible Treats
Leah Linder, TikTok

The Background:

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.

TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Click here to read TikTok’s statement to its Black community: https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/a-message-to-our-black-community

Links:

For more newsworthy stories, check out TikTok’s newsroom: newsroom.tiktok.com

The Weeknd: TikTok

Wave: website

8.10.2020

Video: Memo600 – “Check The Score” ft. Yung Mal

The Chicago South Sider and the Zone 6 Fast-Talker Unite for a Thumping New Street Anthem

The Video:

A people’s champ in his native Chicago, Memo600 racks up views by the million with his neck-snapping drill bangers. Pulling up from half-court on his haters, the Only The Family-signed rapper shares “Check The Score,” his latest anthem. The song has an appearance from Atlanta rapper Yung Mal, whose fast-talking, smooth-flowing delivery provides a thrilling contrast with Memo’s guttural, emphatic, and deliberate bark. Rhyming above a rapid high-note guitar arpeggio, Mal and Memo take a look around at their competition and finds it lacking–if rap is a game, they’re winning in a blowout: “Brought this glizzy betta check the score/That boy on the floor.” In the video, directed by Diesel Films, Memo600 and Yung Mal turn up in ATL backstreets with a crew of homies, including Mal’s frequent rhyme partner Lil Quill, flashing cash and posing by a red Lamborghini.

Signed to Lil Durk‘s OTF label, along with crewmates Booka600 and JusBlow600, Memo600 developed a loyal fanbase on YouTube with his unique style of drillin’. He earned his first exposure with the eerie local hit “Exposing Me” (1.1 million views), which reverberated from cars in South Side streets all summer 2018. The “Exposing Me” (Remix), featuring fellow O-Block resident and OTF signee King Von, has over 15 million views on YouTube. Last year, Memo made noise with “Steppers,” which racked up over 6.8 million YouTube views. Stay tuned for much more from Memo and the rest of OTF as the summer wears on.

Watch “Check The Score” ft. Yung Mal: https://youtu.be/Q_xQm3mGbW0

Buy/Stream “Check The Score” ft. Yung Mal: https://empire.ffm.to/checkthe

Please contact Michelle or Andrea for more info.

The Background:

Wielding croaking rhymes delivered in unbreakable cadences, O-Block native Memo600 separates himself from the OTF pack by being defiantly non-melodic. The 600 block rapper developed a loyal fanbase on YouTube, as he deploys an unhinged triplet flow on the 2019 local hit “Steppers” (7.7 million views), collaborates with fellow Chitown riser El Hitta on the vicious “Locked In” (1.5 million views), and makes waves with the eerie “Exposing Me” (1.4 million views). The King Von-featuring remix of “Exposing Me” has over 15 million views.

Links:

OTF: instagram | facebook | spotify

Memo600: instagram | twitter | spotify

Bio, pics, and more available here: http://www.audibletreats.com/otf

“Check The Score” ft. Yung Mal: https://empire.ffm.to/checkthe / https://youtu.be/SNU6Yra4YhQ

Memo600  – “Wipe Yo Nose”: https://Empire.lnk.to/wipeyonose / https://youtu.be/Mt5qaXfOaG0

Memo600 – “Steppers”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqlLk8fvXm8

JusBlow600 – “Drop A Bag” ft. Memo600: https://empire.ffm.to/dropa / https://youtu.be/NvKAn5Gtgx0

MK – “Better”: https://youtu.be/yzKVshnu330

Doodie Lo x Memo600 – “Hang Out”: https://youtu.be/zgNtX7u4MXg

Lil Durk ft. Polo G – “Career Day”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9inAXIBczBo

Family Over Everything: https://smarturl.it/LilDurkFOE

Lil Durk – Love Songs 4 The Streets 2: https://smarturl.it/LS4TS2

8.12.2020

Audio: Smokepurpp – “Said A Lotta Things”

The Usually-Brash Emcee Gets Into His Feelings For This Sweetly-Sung Auto-Tuned Trap Ballad

Critical Praise:

XXL Class of 2018 Freshman

“Purpp has caught the ears of everyone from The Weeknd and D.R.A.M. to Chief Keef and Travis Scott, and the 19-year-old rapper is in position for a rapid ascent” – Pigeons & Planes

“If you’ve not been following along, the rise of young Miami rapper SmokePurrp – alongside that of his longtime pal and collaborator Lil Pump – has been one of the more exciting rides in rap’s underground this year” – Noisey

“Out of all the SoundCloud and Florida rappers that have gained floods of attention and acclaim in recent years, Smokepurpp has stood as one of the movement’s strongest proponents and artists.“ – HYPEBEAST

The Song:

He made his name with mosh pit-ready bangers, but Smokepurpp is just as effective when he simmers down. Today, Smokepurpp shares “Said A Lotta Things,” a regret-filled, bite-sized trap ballad. Crooning atop a muted guitar melody from Thank You Fizzle (Gunna, Lil Pump), Purpp reflects on how his partying habits have serious effects on his emotional well-being: “I was on 10 xans when I told you you were my girlfriend/I was on 9 percocets when I told you that I love you/And when I told you I love you I was high on mushrooms.” The song gets a lift from Purpp’s burbling, high-pitched ad-libs, which provide a secondary hook. “Said A Lotta Things” is Purpp’s first new song since the release of Florida Jit, his recent project.

Populated with instrumentals from Ronny J, Earl On The Beat (City Girls, Lil Yachty), CBMIX (Lil Pump, Juice WRLD, Kanye West), and Purpp himself, Florida Jit delivers 17 tracks of high-energy trap music. The project is home to successful singles like “Off My Chest” ft. Lil Pump, which surpassed 4 million views on YouTube,  “Pop Sh*t,” which inspired an outrageous music video, and “Tide Pen,” a Jack Harlow-featuring single that has over 6 million combined streams on YouTube and Spotify. Most recently, Purpp connected with Young Nudy, sharing a horror movie-inspired visual for project highlight “Ends.” Featuring additional appearances from Rick Ross and Denzel Curry, Florida Jit is available everywhere via Alamo Records.

In late July, Purpp and Apex Martin hosted a unique performance on Cadenza.tv, playing songs from Florida Jit for the first time and judging a March Madness-style beat competition. Smokepurpp earned his first Grammy nomination this year for his appearance on “Costa Rica,” the Gold-certified track from Revenge Of The Dreamers III. In February, Purpp’s breakout single “Audi” earned a Platinum certification from the RIAA, and his single “Do Not Disturb” went Gold. He’s currently turning heads with his guest spot on UK rapper KSI’s “Poppin’,” which has already generated 40 million streams across platforms.

Buy/Stream “Said A Lotta Things”: https://smarturl.it/SaidALottaThings

Buy/Stream Florida Jit: https://smarturl.it/FloridaJit

Florida Jit tracklist:

1. Pop Sh*t
2. Off My Chest ft. Lil Pump
3. One Play
4. Not Code
5. Hangin Out The Roof
6. Outside
7. It’s Whatever
8. 1st & 3rd
9. Mink Coat
10. Ends ft. Young Nudy
11. I’m Him ft. Denzel Curry
12. Fish Scale
13. Florida Jit
14. 24s
15. Tide Pen ft. Jack Harlow
16. Big Dawg ft. Rick Ross
17. CHOPSTICKS

Please contact Michelle or Kerry for more info.

The Background:

The Chicago-born, Miami-raised rapper and producer Smokepurpp has been one of the cornerstones of Florida’s burgeoning rap scene since the release of his “Ski Mask” video in 2015. The buzz from the video and other singles with close friend Lil Pump culminated in a record deal with Alamo/Interscope Records and Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Records. The 21-year old Purpp quickly went to work, collaborating with Scott, Yo Gotti, Pump, and more. His debut release, Deadstar, spawned the gold-certified single “Audi” and generated features from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Pigeons & Planes, XXL, Mass Appeal, and many more. The follow up release, Bless Yo Trap, was a collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Murda Beatz, boasted the standout single “123” and collaborations with Lil Yachty, Offset, and A$AP Ferg. 2018 has been a banner year for Purpp so far, thanks to his selection on the 2018 XXL Freshman list, the release of “Nephew,” his Gold-certified collaboration with Lil Pump, which has over 100M streams across all platforms, and “I Love It,” the Kanye West and Pump collaboration which Purpp co-wrote and debuted at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. After delighting his fans with the Lost Planet EP in April, Purpp closed 2020 out with the highly-anticipated Deadstar 2. Look for his next project, Florida Jit, to arrive in June.

Links:

official site | twitter | facebook | soundcloud | youtube | instagram

“Said A Lotta Things”: https://smarturl.it/SaidALottaThings

“Ends” ft. Young Nudy: https://youtu.be/sO9z-MGzdRc

“Chopstix”: https://youtu.be/S9PprWfjpvA

Florida Jit: https://smarturl.it/FloridaJit

“Tide Pen” ft. Jack Harlow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MxEdclCNjA

“Big Dawg” ft. Rick Ross: https://smarturl.it/BigDawgSP

“Pop Sh*t”: https://smarturl.it/PopShitSP / https://youtu.be/BYXXs8PGYsY

“It’s Whatever”: https://youtu.be/2TYeW3uOJ40 / https://smarturl.it/ItsWhatever

“Off My Chest” ft. Lil Pump: https://smarturl.it/SPOffMyChest / https://youtu.be/tqMD4_PJVKw

“excuse me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0WJGD2N-O0

“What I Please” ft. Denzel Curry: https://smarturl.it/WhatIPlease // https://youtu.be/5uUVd16EKKw

Deadstar 2: https://smarturl.it/Deadstar2

“Audi II”: https://smarturl.it/AudiII | https://youtu.be/V74aRMCJwdU

“Dirty Dirty” ft. Lil Skies: https://smarturl.it/SmokepurppDirtyDirty | https://youtu.be/2U5YNTtV4C8

“Stevie”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XucF4r4nn6U / https://smarturl.it/SmokepurppStevie

Flattpurpp Contest Details: https://deadstar2.com/flattpurpp

Lost Planet 2.0 EP: http://smarturl.it/LostPlanet2.0

“Nephew” ft. Lil Pump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuusAVJCyOA

“Audi”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dvTJJvEFL8

Deadstar: https://open.spotify.com/album/2TWKabrKN6YOZ1jgqo97uz?si=frx9dtRgSuGS2Cgc_nNwtA