WHAT IT IS: With nods from Spotify (Hip-Hop Artist to Watch), Apple Music (Our Predictions: Hip-Hop Stars), Amazon Music (Breakthrough Spotlight Artist) and iHeart (Best New Hip-Hop Artist nominee), SleazyWorld Go is primed for a breakthrough year. Raised in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Kansas City, the budding rapper had a banner 2022, with a platinum certification on “Sleazy Flow,” his first #1 at Urban radio, as well as cosigns from Lil Baby, Offset and G Herbo. While working on his first album, SleazyWorld Go released his Where the Shooters Be Deluxe mixtape in November and dropped latest track “Robbers and Villains” on 1/27.
ALBUM: Where the Shooters Be
RELEASE DATE: 11/11/22
SINGLE: “Robbers and Villains”
INTERNET: 4.4m+ monthly Spotify listeners; 200m+ combined YouTube views; 650k+ TikTok followers; 500k+ Instagram followers
RADIO: Platinum-certified “Sleazy Flow” hit #1 at Urban radio; nominated for iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Hip-Hop Artist
PRESS: XXL, HotNewHipHop, Dirty Glove Bastard, Passion of the Weiss, Rap Radar, Audiomack’s 50 Best Albums of 2022 (“SleazyWorld Go feels like the next big breakout star from the Midwest”), more
MANAGEMENT: Chance Cochran & Amina Diop