BEY LEADS ARRAY OF FEMALE STARS IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Adding up the numbers (11/8a)
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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: Emerging from the nucleus of Nigeria’s left scene, Santi, born Osayaba Ize-lyamu, first stepped on the scene in 2009 as a rapper. A 90s kid himself; the very artists Santi grew up admiring co-signed him from the jump. With Wizkid hyping his freestyle rap over Drake’s “Juice,” to frequent nods via Drake’s label OVO, the freewheeling, multi-genre independent artist is on the rise. Laden with guest features like Ghanaian R&B singer/songwriter Amaarae, South African DIY Hip-hop pundit Shane Eagle, Virginia singer/rapper DRAM and DMV-hailing Goldlink, Santi’s most recent album, Mandy & The Jungle is a deeply textured, flavorful body of work with unwavering allegiance to his Monster Boy crew, including producers Genio and GMK.
SINGLE: “Freaky”
INTERNET: 393k+ monthly Spotify listeners, 67.3k+ Instagram followers; 605k+ YouTube views on “Freaky,” 1.3m+ on “Rapid Fire”
PRESS: Vice, The Native Mag, Crack Mag, more
BOOKING: WME
MANAGEMENT: LVRN