3.3.2022
Video: Rot Ken – “Bleed About It“
The Internet Money/BoyMeetSpace Riser Doubles Down on His Dedication in New Single
Critical Praise:
“With each release…it’s evident that Ken’s artistry has gotten more divine with time.” – XXL
“His most recent offering “007” is definitely going to have you bobbing your head and realizing why he’s beginning to gain some much-deserved traction with his music.” – Lyrical Lemonade
“Touting hard-hitting 808s and iridescent ad-libs, Ken’s passionate vocals are the star of the show, coming through with waves of self-reflective depth and power to overcome the adversity he faces.” – Our Generation Music
The Video:
Making an undeniable impact with his expressive vocals and raw lyrics, Rot Ken can’t be stopped on his rise to rap stardom. Returning to warn other rappers that he didn’t come to mess around, Ken shares his new video single, “Bleed About It.” Backed by the airy, digital melodies of JetsonMade, Xjay, and Jmoneywaveyy production, the track finds Ken fully locked in, spitting each bar with increasing intensity as he doubles down on his commitment to the game: “I’m rapping that sh*t like I’m Pac/Ain’t no playing right now, I’m too focused/Where I’m from they be bearing them arms/And that water get deep like the ocean.”
“Bleed About it” marks Ken’s first new solo release of 2023, closely following his December project, Yahweh Child. Signed to a joint venture with Taz Taylor‘s Internet Money and JetsonMade‘s BoyMeetSpace, Rot Ken has earned co-signs from two of the industry’s top producers, who trust him to annihilate some of their most invigorating instrumentals. On Yahweh Child, the young rapper demonstrates that their faith is not unfounded, as he rains down triplet flows and searing hooks like manna from heaven. Home to recent singles “Mask On,“ “Heartless,” and “No Mind” (1.3 million Spotify streams), Yahweh Child is available everywhere via BoyMeetSpace / Internet Money / 10K Projects.
Rot Ken made a name for himself in 2022 as one of the Georgia trap scene’s hottest up-and-comers. Yahweh Child is the follow-up to May’s Free Me, a 17-track project that showed his range, and demonstrated his singular ability to cut through immersive production with effervescent flows. The Augusta native’s project featured underground hits like “Baby Choppa“ (1.7 million Spotify streams), “Heartbreak Kid“ (1.7 million Spotify streams), and “Beautiful,” a collaboration with SoFaygo that racked up over 3.9 million Spotify streams. With additional appearances from Kalan.FrFr, Hunxho, and 21 Lil Harold, the 17-track Free Me project is available everywhere now.
Focused firmly on the future and with some of the best producers in the game in his corner, there’s no stopping Rot Ken’s rise to the top of the rap game. Stay tuned for much more.
Stream “Bleed About It”: https://rotken.lnk.to/BleedAboutIt
Photo Credit: Clifford Edwards “Man Films” @man_films
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The Background:
Rot Ken is a rapper with a rare eye for the little details. Fueled by a childhood watching music videos on his family television, the Georgia rapper has a widescreen, auteurist understanding of rap that’s stuck with him to this day. His recent album Free Me is full of tracks that foreground arresting sensory images and establish Rot Ken as a stylist with few parallels. Growing up in Augusta, music came at a point in Rot Ken’s life when he needed a constructive distraction. Even at his earliest stages as an artist, it was clear that he was able to channel the pain and strife of his environment into songs that are vibrant and original. Though the momentum he was beginning to build seemed stalled, in late 2021, by a stint behind bars, Rot Ken came out of that situation stronger than ever. Now affiliated with the Taz Taylor-helmed Internet Money collective as well as the producer JetsonMade’s Boy Meets Space crew, Rot Ken announced his return with Free Me, a deliriously versatile showcase of his varied interests. From the emotional bloodletting of “Baby Choppa” to the entrancing, syrupy SoFaygo collaboration “Beautiful,” Rot Ken reveals just how adaptive his flows and pen have become. Since coming home, he’s spent nearly every day in the studio, where he aims to craft songs that connect with mass audiences while revealing the specifics of his own story—songs that, it should be obvious to anyone who hears them, are fit for the biggest screens imaginable.
Links:
instagram | spotify | soundcloud | youtube | twitter
“Bleed About It”: https://rotken.lnk.to/BleedAboutIt
“Yea Yea” ft. Yung Sinn: https://youtu.be/rseVWQneMdY
“Solo”: https://youtu.be/RCn1_83GWWo
Yahweh Child: https://rotken.lnk.to/yahwehchild
“Mask On”: https://youtu.be/U0ykoB-8r1w
“Heartless”: https://RotKen.lnk.to/heartless / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVj56Ub8TUc
“Moshpit” ft. Anti Da Menace: https://youtu.be/0c3oK4zP_pg
“No Mind”: https://youtu.be/VCSEv_vnYnE
“Foreign”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyK0e9qbJeA
“Rollin”: https://rotken.lnk.to/rollin
Free Me: https://rotken.lnk.to/freeme