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WHAT IT IS: BET calls her “the #1 artist making waves in the music scene this year.” According to Fader, “Bri Steves is Philly’s next champion.” And Perez Hilton says, “She’s changing the rap game.” Her first single, “Jealousy,” which impressively blends hip-hop and R&B, is currently Top 20 at Urban Mainstream, and her streams are growing in the double-digits (%) each week. The buzzing star-in-the-making has even snagged the attention of Kendrick Lamar, with whom she with at Made in America, Snoop Dogg, who’s already spread the Instagram love, and H.E.R, who she’ll be supporting on tour this fall/winter.
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: Early 2019
SINGLE: “Jealousy”
TV: The Q Deezy Show
LIVE: Access Granted: HBCU Tour; support on the upcoming H.E.R. tour
INTERNET: More than 1m Spotify single streams; 550k YouTube video views; 34k Instagram followers,
13k Twitter followers
RADIO: #22 on Urban charts
PRESS: Fader, Complex, Hypebeast, XXL, Revolt, N.Y. Times, Paper, BET, more
BOOKING: ICM
PUBLISHING: Kobalt
MANAGEMENT: The Starr Island Group