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<\/p>\nFor fans of:<\/strong> Rico Nasty, Lancey Foux, Doechii<\/p>\n At just 21 years old, Bktherula is on top of her game. Just one of the latest female rappers killing the music scene right now, Bktherula got her start on Soundcloud, earning clout for \u201cLEFT RIGHT\u201d and \u201cFaygo\u201d; TikTok then bolstered the emerging Atlanta rapper\u2019s name again, with \u201cTweakin\u2019 Together\u201d quickly going viral, as well as \u201cSANTANNY\u201d and \u201cIDK WHAT TO TELL YOU.\u201d Now with four albums under her belt, most recently releasing LVL5 P1<\/em> in February with features from Rico Nasty and Destroy Lonely, Bktherula has shown that despite her young age, she is a jack of all trades, infusing her music with a bevy of sonic influences, ranging from heavy trap beats to synthy dancefloor melodies. If one thing\u2019s for certain, the enigmatic rapper is sure to keep us guessing about what\u2019s next, as she told Hypebeast earlier this summer: \u201cThere is no final form. I\u2019ll just keep evolving as the years go on.\u201d<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Caroline Polachek, MUNA, Ethel Cain<\/p>\n Chappell Roan is writing the soundtrack for long road trips\u2026 when you\u2019re driving your car through the woods just after midnight. Midwest pop often lends itself to an air of sickly sweetness but Roan strips back the excess in her dark, enchanting ballads. The singer got her start as a teenager, eventually finding traction around 2019 with “Pink Pony Club,\u201d produced by Olivia Rodrigo\u2019s own go-to producer, Dan Nigro. The success of the track led to Roan opening up for Rodrigo on the \u201cSOUR Tour,\u201d as well as on Fletcher\u2019s “Girl of My Dreams Tour.\u201d Last month, Roan finally delivered her long-awaited debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em> and this fall, she\u2019ll be hitting the road with Rodrigo once again.<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Omar Apollo, Bon Iver, Kevin Abstract<\/p>\n If Dijon\u2019s music is one thing, it\u2019s raw \u2013 in production and lyricism. The Los Angeles-based artist has been making immersive, inventive music since 2016, first as a part of the duo Abhi\/\/Dijon with his high school friend Abhirath Raju, and then pivoting to his solo artistry in 2017 \u2013 appearing on BROCKHAMPTON’s “Summer” and dropping off a bunch of conducive-to-listening-on-loop singles, and eventually EPs. At the end of 2021, Dijon made his acclaimed long-form debut with Absolutely<\/em>, which sees the artist as his fully realized authentic self, ignoring the limitations of genre and relying only on his captivatingly raw and rugged \u2013 yet still silky smooth \u2013 sound. The 31-year-old artist then hit the road with Bon Iver for the band\u2019s Spring 2022 tour, and again this past summer as part of the Re:SET concert series alongside boygenius, Clairo and Bartees Strange.<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Missy Elliott, Eve, Da Brat<\/p>\n Flyana Boss took the internet by storm with two words: \u201cHello, Christ?\u201d The Los Angeles-based rap duo, composed of Bobbi Lanea Tyler and Folayan Omi Kunerede, add a fun twist to the machismo normally associated with hip-hop but still retain the braggadocio that made the genre a force to be reckoned with. Just check out their viral hit \u201cYou Wish,\u201d which has spurred a number of TikTok videos that sees them running through crowded spaces while rapping about breaking men\u2019s hearts, their sisterhood and being like Michael Phelphs with all the brand deals they\u2019re swimming in. Don\u2019t write them as a one-hit wonder though \u2014 their 2023 EPs and recent string of new singles is proving that they\u2019re sure to stand out amongst their peers.<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Charli XCX, COBRAH, Coucou Chloe<\/p>\n Namasenda is building her own universe of eclectic, queer and hands-down weird pop music. Born to Ugandan parents, the Swedish artist\u2019s career has been over a decade in the making. She began studying music as a teenager while living in Hollywood and ultimately returned to Sweden to begin working on her first new projects. After departing from PC Music, where she was the label\u2019s first Black artist, Namasenda opted to put out her sophomore EP on the independent Swedish label YEAR0001. Ambrosia<\/em> is an experiment project with songs sure to put listeners in a deep, rhythmic trance. It also contains Namasenda\u2019s first single written entirely in Swedish, \u201cMaserati.\u201d<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Playboi Carti, Sahbabii, UnoTheActivist<\/p>\n 1017 ALYX 9SM\u2019s founder and creative director Matthew M. Williams was on the Hardrock wave before all of us. The 19-year-old rapper recently showed out on the Givenchy and 1017 ALYX 9SM runways for the Spring\/Summer 2024 season, and also made a double feature appearance on ALYX\u2019s COMPILATION VOL. 1<\/em>, offering up \u201cRich Problems\u201d and \u201cBlack Truck Schemin\u2019\u201d for the label\u2019s first venture into the music scene. Though the rising Atlanta rapper has a handful of longform projects under his belt already, releasing his first album Take\u00f8ver<\/em> in 2021, followed by an admirable three LPs in 2022, and, most recently, 1of1<\/em>, which sees the genre-bending rapper deliver 16 distinctive, intentional tracks.<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Brooke Candy, Shygirl, SOPHIE<\/p>\n Slayyyter is definitively a self-made pop star. The singer was born and raised in Kirkwood, Missouri, and while attending college in her home state, ventured into making music by virtue of sheer experimentation. Settling on a lo-fi pop sound inspired by 1980s jams, Slayyyter promptly dropped out of school and got to work on her self-titled mixtape. In the approximately four years since, she\u2019s put out a few more tapes, along with her debut LP Troubled Paradise<\/em>. It\u2019s on her recently released sophomore album, however, that Slayyyter has truly established herself as a bonafide trendsetter in the pop space. STARFUCKER<\/em> sees the production-heavy artist engineer a unique blend of synth-pop that, as some have likened it, evokes the MySpace era of the mid aughts.<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span> For fans of:<\/strong> Syd, Jhen\u00e9 Aiko, SZA<\/p>\n UMI\u2019s music may sound cozy, comforting and calming, but the American-Japanese artist has a way to unearth her listener\u2019s complex emotions. There\u2019s a therapeutic aspect to the Seattle native\u2019s neo-soul sound and intricate lyrics that can almost serve as a mantra \u2014 aided by the meditation she starts off her shows with. Her message of being authentic comes with the notion of self-respect too, reminding her listeners that being honest with ourselves and processing our thoughts and emotions are processes that we owe to ourselves.<\/p>\n Listen: Spotify | Apple Music<\/p>\nChappell Roan<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDijon<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nFlyana Boss<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nNamasenda<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHardrock<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSlayyyter<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nUMI<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nYaya Bey<\/h2>\n
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