CHICAGO, IL – Young DRA is a passionate rapper with incredible lyricism and a sound that can pull anyone to their feet. This bold artist has recently released a new single to follow his track “Passengers”. This new track, “No Rental” is an energetic piece that melds the best of American and British styles to create something both new and familiar.
Young DRA’s recent release of “No Rental” comes as a follow up to his previous song “Passengers”. Both tracks have an exciting and unique energy that is sure to catch your attention and have you stuck on his every word. The best part about “No Rental” is that it takes the electricity of “Passenger” and builds on it.
“No Rental” is a song made for the people to enjoy and truly get into. The track takes the energy that Young DRA already laid down in “Passengers” and follows it up with a spin on a sound more commonly found in the UK. Young DRA accredits this idea to his producer, saying “He comes up with these sounds and I take that vibe and just run with it.”
Leading into the UK style, Young DRA is excited to connect himself to a greater audience and reach even further into the international community of Hip Hop and lovers of Rap music. There is so much to expand on around the world and he is sure to take that advantage and run with it.
To go alongside the incredible new track, Young DRA has also released a music video. The visual takes the song to a whole new level with a creative spin on the concept and lyricism. It is a unique and must see addition to the experience of “No Rental”. “The song makes you think of big money and expensive cars,” he explains. In reality, the video follows a more relatable kind of rental. It is relatable while still being a fun kind of fantasy.
Following the release of “No Rental”, Young DRA is excited to release a few more singles leading up to the release of a full project. “Be ready for a whole new sound,” he explained. “These tracks are going to be attention grabbing and full of my own personal influence.” This upcoming release is surely a project to keep an eye out for in the coming year.
Make sure to stay tuned in to Young DRA on various platforms for new music, visuals and social posts.
With a career focused strictly on making hip hop music, Levi Zadoff was looking to break out of his shell and create a new sound. He found a willing partner in punk/rap artist Dead Hendrix.
The duo connected on Snapchat last summer and teamed up to release the Dead Summer EP, a five-song project mashing together Machine Gun Kelly’s pop punk with Lil Peep’s rap rock and their own unique sound thrown in.
“It’s really sad boy rock and roll,” Zadoff says.
“If I were that 12-year-old kid again who said you know what, I want to be a rapper; if I heard the music that was on Dead Summer I would be so proud,” Dead Hendrix says. “I’d be like yo, this is the sickest thing I’ve ever heard, I can’t believe I made this.”
Released in June, Dead Summer focuses on the symbolic death of summer during pandemic lockdowns as well as the loss of friends and family to the virus and drug abuse that was exacerbated by the crisis. Zadoff and Dead Hendrix had already recorded “Can’t Be God,” the project’s third track, when Zadoff asked: what are we going to name this thing?
“I was in my home alone, it was hot as fuck, no A/C and nothing to do really and the words Dead Summer just came to me and I think really the whole idea evolved around those two words,” Dead Hendrix says.
“Nothing was happening during the COVID lockdowns,” Zadoff says. “But beyond that, it was the fact that so many people were dying. The name just clicked. To put it blankly, it’s feelings of severe depression and anxiety and heartbreak and loss of loved ones. It’s very extreme emotions and it’s therapy for us to make it and it’s therapy for people to listen to it and relate to it and maybe escape.”
Zadoff himself suffered the loss of two friends to suicide, and a third to an overdose. And Dead Hendrix had also lost a friend to an overdose.
“I think so many people were feeling all those feelings and I think almost subconsciously Dead Summer came out through those feelings,” Dead Hendrix says.
The project features their fusion of pop/punk and rock/rap with hypnotic melodies and catchy hooks. It leads off with the sarcastic “Don’t Think It Could Get Much Better” and also features “Alone,” which delves into the pair’s loneliness and confusion and “Can’t Be God,” where they accept the lack of control over their lives. There’s also “Love Game,” a song about heartbreak, and “Teenage Dirtbag,” a bonus track on the EP.
There’s also more to come from Zadoff and Dead Hendrix together and as solo artists, and they’re already working on a new single.
“We love our fanbase, which we call the Walking Dead,” Zadoff says. “They mean the world to us.”
“For anybody who’s new to us, stay tuned because there’s going to be a lot coming in the future. This is just the starting point,” Dead Hendrix says.
About Levi Zadoff
Levi Zadoff is based in Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Pacific northwest. He aims to use his lyrical versatility and life experiences to break into the mainstream public eye, and is a firm believer in freedom of artistry and the idea that music is one of the best ways to communicate. Known for his lyrical puns and metaphors and his use of unique melodies and psychedelic samples, he’s found success in the hip hop community for past singles like, “Watch” and “Runnin’ it up”. His alter ego is Boy Misery.
About Dead Hendrix
Dead Hendrix is a punk/rap artist from Centretown in Ottawa, Canada. Just 20 years old, he’s already been writing music for more than a decade, often about real life topics like drug abuse, heartbreak, insecurity and trauma. He’s not in it to get rich or famous, but to share his passion with the world.
Make sure to stay connected to Levi Zadoff and Dead Hendrix on all platforms for new music, videos and social posts.
Miami has a new rising star. Already known for years as a successful local businessman, hip-hop artist K-Tone specializes in artistically creative tracks that fuse intense rhythm with cool vocals and a distinct melodic line. His music speaks a universal language that activates endorphins.
“I’m here to make ‘em dance,” he laughs. But it’s deeper than that. Each track has a message that K-tone delivers with style and slick lyrics that speak volumes with just a few words.
His hit singles “Big Smoke” and “How You Feel” will be available on all platforms by August 1st, 2022, and both are being released to multiple FM radio stations in July 2022. His expanding repertoire is taking over social media. It All Begins With an Idea
tone has already developed a rock-solid reputation in the Brooklyn community where he’s originally from. His first single was “Take YouThere”, featuring the Global Artist Group recording artist Ray Lavender, as well as acclaimed actor Lil Zane.
Singer, songwriter, model, and actor Ray Lavender has toured with massive stars in the music industry, such as Akon, T-Pain, Lady Gaga, and more. Actor and musician Lil’ Zane has appeared in feature films alongside greats like Sean Connery (Finding Forrester) and Eddie Murphy (Dr. Doolittle 2), and is a true veteran of the music business.
“Take You There” launched K-tone into both local and national exposure. Since then, he has opened and closed for some of the hottest names in music, like Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, Ron Browz, Rick Ross, Jadakiss, and more. He’s collaborated with artists like Maino, Sammie, J.R. Writer, Vado, Murda Mook, Lil Haiti, and has worked extensively with DJ Epps, the official DJ for Montel Williams and an integral part of Miami’s club scene and hip-hop circles. DJ Epps has worked all over the country with 50 Cent and other huge names and has promoted K-tone in clubs across Miami.
A Jack of All Talents
K-tone, real name Kellon Lewis, is a diverse businessman as well as a musical prodigy. He has multiple ventures, including an insurance company specializing in Medicare, and also works as a broker for luxury cars, luxury homes, yachts, and fine art. If you’re in Miami and are looking to garner a particular image, Kellon Lewis is the man with the connections; but he’s also a warm and friendly insurance specialist whose company is committed to finding the perfect plan for every individual and/or family.
This extreme diversity in talents, skills, and abilities sets him apart as a rap and hip-hop artist. As K-tone, he has taken what he learned from the vets in the business and applied that experience to the newest and freshest sounds. Every track is an opportunity to learn and grow, he feels. His sound is constantly evolving as he stays on top of the latest trends but also pays homage to the classics.
About K-Tone: from Brooklyn Streets to Miami Heat
K-tone was born in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in NYC. Growing up, young Kellon spent most of his time in various recording studios with his father, who was also a songwriter. He was constantly around musicians, producers, and engineers, and developed his passion for music at an early age.
He attended the now-defunct Canarsie High School and during his early education his family impressed upon him the need to reach for a better life. As immigrants from Grenada raising a large family (K-tone has 3 brothers and 4 sisters), his parents’ greatest desire was to keep their children out of trouble and out of the streets. Music was a way for them to help their family achieve their dreams.
In the summer of 2018, K-tone booked a trip to Miami. Once he hit the Magic City, he found his peace, and never went back to the airport to return to New York. He fell in love with the perfect weather and the hot nightlife and knew he’d found his place.
Setting the Industry on Fire
As an artist, K-tone has become known for his ability to cunningly deliver narratives within his music, rich with insight from his personal experiences and diversified with a rich and varied vocabulary. He is respected as a trendsetter among his peers, and has a talent for utilizing his influences but always applying his own unique sound to his tracks.
With his deep understanding of the industry and passion for music, K-tone is equipped with the necessary drive to reach superstardom. He has been featured in showcases locally and nationally and has committed himself to perpetuating a change in today’s youth culture. “I want to open their eyes,” he says of young people. “I deliver a positive message so they don’t end up going down the wrong path.”
K-tone is truly a force to be reckoned with and the industry will feel the echo of his footsteps.
Inas X is back with a vengeance in new girl anthem, Disposition! The video is strong, hot and steamy with lots of dancing, Goddess vibes & a whole bunch of empowered sex appeal. Inas X is showing no signs of slowing down or stopping. It’s been quite a year for The Trap Princess Jasmine. We’ve seen her release crazy visuals, give killer looks even slaying at the Grammy’s, take over the tech world and even put together women empowerment events. Her successful Pink Party brought out quite the A-listers and had all the girls dressed to impress in pink fantasies! She has been her living out her “Princess & Goddess dreams,” she says. “I’ve been loving this journey of tapping into my true essence and my Divine Goddess Feminine energy lately. I’ve been enjoying learning these new sides of myself. “Disposition” is an anthem for the girls. It’s all about owning your power, being in your divine feminine & being unapologetically who you are! Why are you the way that you are people ask me. You like to show your body and be sexy and be free? How are you that confident?! I mean that’s my disposition. It’s who I am. I am empowered in my skin, and I own that. I own my issues and insecurities it makes me human. I’m a woman I have so many sides. My Disposition is who I am, and I’ve been really learning to love who I am and all elements of myself. I’m super firey, super earthy, super flowy, super airy and I added all of those elements to the video. I felt like the last air bender in the desert with my girls! It was awesome! I love just owning that power. I love seeing girls own their power. It’s our time. The more we own our bodies, minds, souls, the more empowered we become, the stronger we are. That’s my disposition!”
Goddess of Love “I want to make sure all my new music and new releases reflect how much I am about love and positivity. The world needs it more than ever and that’s why I’m here, so I want the messaging to be clear. Love yourself more love others more be more about love.” Middle Eastern Goddess
“I incorporated a lot of culture in the ending break down. It was important for me to own my Middle Eastern flare. I’m from New York and you gonna hear more of that in what’s coming too but a lot of my culture inspirations because it’s important for me to own who I am and all of myself now more than ever. I feel like it’s beautiful to own your culture and I want people like me to feel me more than ever and for everyone to feel that!”
Holding 8 weeks strong, Alyze Elyse’s debut single” Breathe “has become a Top 25 Hit on the R&B Billboard Airplay charts. Being no stranger to success, the beautiful and multi- talented Alyze Elyse has dominated in various fields of entertainment from films
with millions of streams on major platforms to other chart topping singles from her movie soundtracks. The new single “Breathe” defines the true emotion that many women go through within their journey in finding out who they really are and the purpose they are suppose to serve as they transition into becoming a whole and complete woman they inspire to be. Being among many great musical talents, Alyze Elyse’s songwriting always seem to possess the truth that is relevant to the everyday woman’s life from their struggles to their accomplishments. Alyze Elyse’s song “Breathe” gives you that moment to listen, think, and refocus your thoughts to start over in the right direction.
In music, if everyone is going in one direction, sometimes it’s wise to go in the opposite direction or attempt to create a whole new path. And that’s exactly what Brooklyn, NY based R&B/Pop artist Melody is doing. She crafts rhythmic and alluring songs with a Hip Hop and DanceHall vibe. She elegantly unites the retro sound of classic R&B and Pop with the innovative sounds of today’s musical landscape. And the end result is phenomenal.
Music is an outburst of the soul. Music is what “Feelings” sound like. Music has the ability to convey that which cannot be expressed. Melody creates musical murals with her songs. She approaches every note with fearless class. Her voice is pure and authentic. With a dynamic vocal style and a no-nonsense approach, the singer/songwriter is definitely on the rise. Her musical sound is both fun and upbeat.
Moreover, Melody has a work ethic that is unmatched, and she has built a loyal fan base in her hometown of Brooklyn and beyond. Combining an immense amount of raw talent and amazing showmanship, she is known for noteworthy performances. She has opened for such acts as R&B artist Tink. Additionally, Melody has done in depth interviews with DJ EmEZ from Power 105.1 and with the world-famous DJ Epps. Also, her music has been featured on Yahoo News, The Source, Billboard Hip Hop and more.
Melody’s music is colossal and cinematic permeated with heartfelt content. She is on a mission to create songs that stand the test of time. Standing out in an ever changing music industry is no easy task. But Melody and her team have mapped out a recipe for success. Her intense energy and undeniable flair capture her listeners. The multi-talented songstress is on the fast-track to becoming an unstoppable force in the world of entertainment. This young music phenom is being showered with praises, and admiration for her diverse style and captivating image. Melody is currently heating up the charts with a string of new records such as “Life is Good,” “Why?” and “O.L.T.”
DALLAS, TX – The polyrhythmic influence of Afrobeat music shows itself in Roy Ayers’ Everybody Loves the Sunshine to the instrumentals on Talking Heads’ “Born Under Punches,” mixing jazz, funk, and indigenous West African roots, popularized by Fela Kuti.
Decades of inspiration later, and that sound continues to travel into U.S. pop and hip-hop radio on hit Wizkid’s “Essence,” and now musician TyStringz’s “Shy.”
Behind the computer, TyStringz is a cloud software engineer for Microsoft, receiving his masters in computer science at 22. While it pays the bills, music is where the singer finds passion and solace. Knowing six instruments, some of which he implements into his music, and writing the lyrics, melody, and beats himself. The Afrobeat legacy continues, but the singer owns his self-proclaimed “sunshine melody”—keeping his sound upbeat and fresh, while pooling from a mix of genres.
“For me, what’s important for me is my lyrics, my melody, and my rhythm. I put out my music last year and I listened to what is going out there, you know, there’s few, very few artists that have that expressiveness,” says TyStringz. “I wanted to put my style into the picture, which is very distinct because it’s just how I really express my music. So, for me, I’m kind of drawing inspiration from different places.”
“Shalaye” was TyStringz’s debut release in 2021 and the first he’d ever written in his life. Meaning “I can’t say it,” in Yoruba, and filled with bright percussion, the song resonated a large response and had listeners telling TyStringz how it evoked hope and happiness. It soon hit number 2 on the iTunes worldwide songs chart.
“I could write sad music, whatever piano you have, and make minor notes. But most Afro-beat music sounds very happy. That’s probably the number one genre right now. So it’s a reason for the combination of sound because of the happiness and this will make you want to dance and be happy,” he says. “For me, I believe melody is the soul of everything in music. And if you play instruments, you’ll understand that more because every melody can change your emotions. And if what is going on right now in the world right now, you know, people want something they can be happy about.”
On his latest track “Shy” featuring fellow Nigerian artist L.A.X., he takes that confidence and exuberance to the next level, talking to his listeners about breaking one’s shell and while emulating the feeling of metaphorically stepping onto a dance floor and overcoming timidness.
“People should be free, not be insecure about how they feel inside. The layers make a song start and you feel like a level of goosebumps your body like you know, and that’s kind of like that connection, like you feel like this is music,” he explains. “With what I’m trying to do I’m very intentional about every song that I write, every instrument; the tempo is using everything that we’re trying to drive. That’s kind of how my writing process is.”
TyStringz has over 30 unreleased songs ready, the next being “RoRa,” on July 22nd and described as a blend of African and Latin essence. The singer’s rapid popularity comes from the sound of his roots, but the character that TyStringz provides as a writer and composer makes his hits just as amicable and dance-floor-worthy.
“RoRa” is out July 22nd. Stay connected to TyStringz below.
“Colder Than Ice” is a re-release of one of the top picks from Bullet’s collaboration with Gus, “The Connection.” This record features Taki Tsan, who is one of Greece’s best-known MCs teamed with Bullet over a timeless Gus production. Bullet’s verse is in English, and Taki’s verse is in Greek, but the music is universal. We hope you enjoy this re-release of a great international record, or as they say in Greek, Yamas!
Ma Barker is a legend in the music industry. Formerly known as Shaqueen have a gold record. She recorded with great such as Jadakiss, Big Daddy Kane and the Gerald LeVert. Now Ma Barker is back with her new single The Rundown. Barker spits hard lyrics over the street gritty beat. Ma Barker haven’t missed a beat. If you a fan of real street hip hop, let Ma Barker give you the “Rundown”
“Messiah of Madness is Back with New Music After “Trick NI##az” Sparked Controversy In Pittsburgh Venues and Radio Station”.
The single hit the Pittsburgh Hip Hop scene hard after radio personality BLAKK STEEL broke the record on WAMO 106.7. But some listeners took the lyrics personal which led to co-host DJ Cruz requesting the record be pulled from rotation.
“Funny story, promoters at Shadow Lounge booked me to perform the single live. Halfway into the record I seen a big group push their way to the front of the stage and they were talking sh#t. They were really taking the lyrics personal. I got a call from the promoters saying no club wants to book you bro you gonna cause a riot” Messiah of Madness
In a recent interview The Aliquippa, PA rapper / producer said, “I’m not changing my style or lyrics for nobody”. If I can’t be me and perform the content, I want then don’t book me”. Messiah of Madness was recently invited to perform at the Deutschtown Music Festival in Pittsburgh July 23rd and closed the show for Wu-Tang affiliate group Killarmy in Orlando, Florida.
Stream the new single “30 Round Clip” available now on Spotify and Apple Music.
