6.23.2023

Video: Trapland Pat – “Hood Star” ft. Lil Toe

The Deerfield Beach Native Heads to the Desert With Fellow Floridian in the Video for a PepperJack Zoe-Produced Highlight from Professor Trap

Featuring Appearances From Rick Ross, Tee Grizzley, Fredo Bang, Luh Tyler, and More, Professor Trap is Out Now via Bang Biz/Alamo Records

Critical Praise:

Best Hip-Hop Act 2023 – Miami New Times

“He’s subtly melodic and catchy even outside of the hook. He does the beat justice by making what he grew up with into something new.” – Pitchfork

“”Big Business is the #18 Best Rap Song of 2021–If “Big Business” is any indication, Trapland Pat may well become South Florida’s next rap auteur. In less than two minutes, he deftly connects Broward County’s disparate styles, vibrating at his own zany frequency.” – Passion Of The Weiss

“10 New Miami Rappers To Watch…Trapland Pat is unlike any other act to come out of South Florida. Since 2019, Pat has consistently delivered grimy bars and smooth cadences over an array of trap beats. Over the past three years, the Deerfield Beach native has been feeding his growing fanbase with singles like “Emergency” and “Dealings,” along with four projects: Exit 41, Pak Man, Interstate Baby, and 2020 Vision. (The last two albums were released via Fredo Bang’s imprint Bang Biz Productions/Create Music Group.) In 2021, Trapland Pat dropped his latest project, Thru Da Door, via Bang Biz, featuring collaborations with Kuttem Reese and Members Only rapper Kid Trunks. He’s still pushing his latest single, ‘Boondocks,”‘which dropped last month. However, on Instagram, Pat celebrated the anniversary of his song ‘Big Business’ and teased a potential remix coming later this year.” – Miami New Times

“Over the course of the last few weeks perhaps no one else has hit the scene as hard as Pat…The Florida rapper raps with wide-eyed astonishment, seemingly at his own bars sometimes which become as animated as his facial expressions. To be honest, the sheer confidence Trapland Pat employs on the track here just makes you want to pay attention or risk missing out on something.” – ELEVATOR

“Trapland Pat makes pretty music.” – Stereogum

The Video:

Trapland Pat emerged from Broward County with a big dream and talent to match. Chronicling his rise from the bottom to his current status, the Deerfield Beach native drops “Hood Star,” his brand new video. Produced by Pat’s longtime running mate PepperJack Zoe, “Hood Star” is a breezy and propulsive banger, mixing a soothing electric piano chord progression with percussion perfectly suited to a top down drive. Going toe-to-toe with fellow Florida rapper Lil Toe, Trapland Pat skates atop the instrumental with aplomb, doling out street lessons in elongated phrases: “Heard the plug got flavors, gambling with your life, that’s a pretty small wager/Blowin’ up my phone, you gotta hit me on the pager/You ain’t met a n**** like me cause we endangered,” spits Pat. In the video, Pat and Lil Toe take a trip to Cali, as the Packwoods jersey-clad Broward denizen and the ska masked Palm Beach native bring a Sunshine State attitude to the West Coast.

“Hood Star” is the latest release from Professor Trap, Trapland Pat’s new mixtape. Featuring varied and tuneful production from his running mate PepperJack Zoe, along with other Florida sound architects like 2Side and Dom2groovy, Professor Trap deepens Pat’s tropical mythology, as the artist embraces his region’s signature sound and makes them his own. The 24-year-old rapper asserts himself as a major player in his home state’s scene, recruiting rising and veteran Florida stars to spar: Luh Tyler‘s laid back rasp meshes perfectly with Pat’s easygoing croon on “Backstreet,” while The Boss himself, Rick Ross, shows up to bless Pat’s “Big Business (Remix).” Featuring additional appearances from Tee Grizzley (on lead single “Spoof”), Big Yavo, GT, Loe Shimmy, Lil Toe, and C Stunna, Professor Trap is available everywhere via Bang Biz/Alamo Records.

“Hood Star” arrives as Trapland Pat prepares to join Luh Tyler on his “My Vision Tour,” along with their fellow Florida scenester Loe Shimmy. The tour kicked off earlier this week with a sold out show at The Echo in Los Angeles, and continues with stops in Dallas, Atlanta, and several Florida cities, culminating in Rolling Loud Miami in July.

Professor Trap is the anticipated follow-up to Trapnificent, Pat’s acclaimed 2022 mixtape. Pat’s first release for Bang Biz and Alamo Records, Trapnificent earned praise from Pitchfork, who called the project a “zippy distillation of his regional roots” and said that Pat’s music is “extremely regionally and culturally specific, like so much exciting and promising new rap music.” Trapnificent kept up the momentum from 2021’s Thru The Door, home to “Big Business,” which generated over 10 million streams and earned a spot on Passion Of The Weiss’s list of Best Rap Songs of 2021. Most recently, Pat earned Best Hip-Hop Act 2023 honors from his local South Florida paper, the Miami New Times.

Ready to build on his impressive 2022 and bring his South Florida street raps to a larger audience, Trapland Pat has the goods to be Broward County’s next big star. Professor Trap completes his evolution from student to master. Stay tuned for much more.

Watch “Hood Star” ft. Lil Toe: https://youtu.be/ZPUIOrSdOsY

Stream Professor Trap: http://TraplandPat.lnk.to/ProfessorTrap

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