NEAR TRUTHS: REALIGNMENT AND RECOGNITION
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NEAR TRUTHS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Nervous time in the music biz and beyond. (11/16a)
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NOW WHAT?
We have no fucking idea.
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
WHO'S BUYING THE DRINKS?
That's what we'd like to know.
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WHAT IT IS: New Jersey native Coi Leray is responsible for viral hits like the platinum-selling “No More Parties” and “BIG PURR (Prrd)” f/Pooh Shiesty, as well as her latest, “TWINNEM,” which exploded on TikTok with over 3.5m+ video creates and 2b views to date. Leray recently wrapped The Back Outside Tour with Lil Baby and Lil Durk and earned a nom for Favorite Female Hip-Hop Artist at the 2021 AMAs. Earlier this year, she was selected for XXL’s 2021 Freshman Class and Rolling Stone’s Breakthrough 25.
ALBUM: Coi
RELEASE DATE: 2022
SINGLE: “TWINNEM”
TV: Fallon, BET Awards
LIVE: Rolling Loud Miami, N.Y. and L.A.; Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash; Hot 97 Summer Jam
INTERNET: 715m+ global career streams; 265m+ combined YouTube video views; 4.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; the remix of “No More Parties” f/Lil Durk reached #22 on Spotify U.S. Viral Chart, #18 on Apple Music’s Top 200 U.S. and #23 Global chart; 8m+ TikTok followers, trend for “TWINNEM” has gone viral with support from Lil Baby and Justin Bieber
RADIO: “TWINNEM” currently at Mixshow
PRESS: L.A. Times, XXL, Complex, HighSnobiety, Hot New Hip Hop, Pitchfork, HipHopDX, BET, UPROXX, more
PUBLISHING: UMPG
MANAGEMENT: D’Anthony Blyn & Terrence “Snake” Hawkins