On her remix of Charli XCX’s Brat hit “Club Classics,” the 24-year-old Barcelona-based rapper Bb Trickz arrives like she’s been there all along, rapping in a comfortable, laid-back Spanish with the cool swagger of a veteran—this despite only starting to release music in the past few years. Over Zoom, she …
Read More »How Babyface Ray Became the Rap World's Favorite Rapper
Near the end of fashion week, and a day before the VMAs, New York is even more bustling than usual. At Manhattan’s Sei Less, Detroit rapper Babyface Ray and I got a glimpse of just how popular he — and upscale Asian food — are in the industry.A slew of …
Read More »Veeze Never Had Time for Trends
Veeze has never gone with trends. The singular Detroit rapper has always followed his instincts and, even when he was starting out, never felt any pressure to follow trends or hop on beats just because they were popular. “I don’t follow trends, that’s just how I make music,” Veeze told …
Read More »Veeze's Greatness Speaks for Itself — One Croaky Bar at a Time
Veeze has joked that 2022 was his “rap internship” as he prepped his debut LP, Ganger, and spent time around rap stars like Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, and Babyface Ray, observing them and learning rap-star decorum. Now, with the album out to much acclaim, the 28-year-old Detroit native is on …
Read More »The Best of SXSW Day One: Slick Rick, Yaya Bey, Kathleen Edwards, and More
SXSW 2024 kicked off its first full day of music on March 12 with a smattering of must-see shows around town, plus some tension in the air thanks to the festival’s relationship with the U.S. Army. (When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott chimed in on social media, it was the kind …
Read More »Teezo Touchdown Kicks Off Rolling Stone's Future of Music Showcase With Wild, Genre-Smashing Charisma
Six years ago, in the spring of 2018, Teezo Touchdown and some friends drove nearly 250 miles across Texas from their hometown, Beaumont, to the state capital of Austin. SXSW was in full swing, bringing thousands of people each day to the downtown thoroughfare of Sixth Street, where Teezo and …
Read More »Veeze Excels On The Sludgy, Nonplussed 'Ganger'
In May, Detroit rapper Veeze told Rolling Stone that he took things back to the drawing board after his Instagram page was removed last year. His fans were anticipating a follow-up to 2019’s Navy Wavy but felt like he had hit a period of complacency with rap. Having to run …
Read More »Detroit's Veeze Is Back To Rapping Like There's Nothing To Lose
Detroit rap is the most hilarious subgenre in hip-hop right now. And the experience is even more palpable with an in-person Veeze ad-libbing bars as he recently did during a listening session of his upcoming album, Ganger, in Rolling Stone’s New York offices. “What’s wrong with that bitch?” he incredulously …
Read More »11 Rappers Set to Make it Big in 2023
The rap world is ever-changing, and 2022 showed us where we might be heading next. The year was full of solid releases from budding stars who set the stage for a lower-key sensibility within hip-hop. It was a year where fans turned away from the larger-than-life superstars towards more down-to-earth …
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