NEAR TRUTHS: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
One name keeps popping up amid the Roan-related speculation. (11/25a)
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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: Armani White generated a huge buzz in 2022 with his viral smash, “BILLIE EILISH.” Exploding off of TikTok as the #1 song on the platform, the track has amassed 550m+ streams and 40m+ YouTube views. Tapped as a VEVO DSCVR artist and an ambassador for YouTube’s Black Voices fund, the Philly native made his national TV debut on the BET Hip-Hop Awards. MTV also gave White a cosign with a red-carpet performance at the EMAs and named him a global MTV Push artist for February. White’s new single, “GOATED” f/Denzel Curry, is accompanied by a video starring Floyd Mayweather.
ALBUM: CASABLANCO.
RELEASE DATE: March 2023
SINGLE: “GOATED.”
TV: Fallon; Kimmel; Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, BET Hip Hop Awards
LIVE: Performed at Rolling Loud; opened for Jessie Reyez’s Yessie Tour
INTERNET: “BILLIE EILISH.” certified gold in the U.S. with 550m+ global streams, 140m U.S. streams; Top 10 on TikTok charts in five countries with 3.5b+ video creations; cosigned by Tom Brady, more
PRESS: BET Amplified Artist (January 2023); Forbes, MTV, N.Y. Post, UPROXX, Pigeons & Planes, Clash, XXL, Genius Verified, Complex, HotNewHipHop, Flaunt, Audiomack, more
BOOKING: WME
MANAGEMENT: Clay Barmore & Deon Douglas/11am Mgmt.