Accompanied by a minimally sinister beat from UK club DJ Sinden and MaTRiXXMAN from 5kinandbone5, Mykki Blanco dominates the track with her flamboyant flow. “It’s survival of the fittest” states Ms. Blanco menacingly. Looks like the rap queen superstar is determined to become the leader of the pack.

Check out the track below, and be on the lookout for her LP.

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Photo by Jake Moore

“Gayngsta rap” is now a genre. At least according to LE1F‘s Facebook page. So forget your personal position on who should be allowed to marry who and open your mind to this potentially game changing New York rapper. His style, reminiscent of Big Freedia and Azaelia Banks, takes advantage of infectious beats, mostly electro, and his slick rhymes. And don’t write him off as some kind of kitchy fad. He’s got a range of talents, including production credits on Das Racist’s hit “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” and Spank Rock and Big Freedia’s “Nasty.” If you’re trying to compare him to someone you know, it’s most often New York’s other gayngsta rapper Mykki Blanco, but he probably said it best himself– a “male Missy Elliot” and “gay Method Man.”

Video directed by Sam Jones

Listen to his mixtape Dark York:

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