Photo Credit: ZaeZaeCookItUp – “Youngest In The Room (Official Video)”

Isaiah Smith, professionally known as, ZaeZaeCookItUp, delivers his brand new video, “Youngest In The Room.” The 12-year-old West Virginia, native, now residing in Los Angeles, California, is quickly gaining well deserved clout and respect for his rhyming abilities.

Zae’s first studio session was with Grammy nominated artist, YBN Cordae’s, engineer Bren; as they were mixing his song, Cordae happened to pop in on the session, and immediately took a liking to Zae’s music and posted a Instagram story with story with Zae. This led to Zae’s Instagram gaining more than 1,000 followers in one night.

From there on Zae kept running in to more and more major artists and producers like. JetsonMade, Lil Pump, Thouxanban Fauni, Uno The Activist, 147 Calboy, Polo G, and many more.

He got his first performance opening for Fauni at a Pink Dolphin’s Wavy Wednesday show that opened more doors for him and got him a lot of respect around the Fairfax district.

Zae then released his first single, “Blue Flexxin,” with No Jumper after it caught the attention of Adam22 during a livestream and did over 30k views. Zae followed up with his second single, “Big Drippy,” and is working to find his breakthrough hit.

In the meantime, you can watch his latest visual for his @KayohBeats produced single, “Youngest In The Room,” below!

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By: Big Flock

Maryland hip hop emcee Big Flock releases heavily anticipated 7 track EP titled Last 5Eva. After garnering almost 5 million streams on his The Great Depression EP, this release is right on time. After getting in trouble with the law, he is ready to show the world why his talent cannot be denied. The DMV trap icon flows effortlessly on heavily brass produced songs with melodic whims and the signatures ad-libs, distinguishing a distinct sound throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. With co-signs from major recording artists Rico Nasty, YBN Cordae, and Wale, Last 5Eva comes with heavy anticipation for fans of Flock and new listeners throughout the world. With all the hype and anticipation, he does a great job handling the pressure and success with grace.

His diversity and need for change is what makes him stand out an artist and creative. You will hear an array of ear appealing bars over raw hip hop beats, taking his thriving sound to new heights. In a studio session, Flock exclaimed “being away for so long, tough times many things about life and how I can use my talent to impact people. If my presence and music relaxes people by making their lives better than it’s all the motivation I need in the world.” Aside from music, Flock and his team are coming up with ideas to give back to schools in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area in efforts to makes his community a better and safer place.

With all of the motivation, good morals, and reason to celebrate in the world, Big Flock will have a major 2020. Join him in his return to music by streaming his latest Last project Last 5Eva below.

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YBN Cordae – The Lost Boy

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North Carolina-to-Maryland artist YBN Cordae has pretty much proven how dope he is over the past year, essentially setting himself apart from his YBN counterparts Nahmir and Almighty Jay. Now, the XXL Freshman alum delivers his official debut album The Lost Boy, which sees 15 tracks and appearances from Ty Dolla $ign, Arin Ray, Meek Mill, Anderson .Paak, J. Cole (in producer form) and Pusha T. Check that masterpiece out below, along with a recent performance of “RNP” alongside .Paak on Jimmy Fallon‘s The Tonight Show.

BJ The Chicago Kid – 1123

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Three years after the criminally-slept-on (?) album In My Mind, BJ The Chicago Kid delivers a new album titled 1123, which sees 13 new soulful cuts and appearances from Rick Ross, Anderson .Paak, J.I.D, Offset, Eric Bellinger, Afrojack and Kent Jamz. Press play on the project below, along with a Scottie Beam-starred visual for the track “Time Today.”

DJ Snake – Carte Blanche

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Parisian producer DJ Snake is back with a new album titled Carte Blanche, which follows 2016’s Encore. The genre-bending release sees 17 new tracks and appearances from Majid Jordan, Offset, 21 Savage, Gucci Mane, Bryson Tiller, Tyga, Cardi B, Burna Boy, Gashi, Selena Gomez and more. Check it out below.

E-40 – Practice Makes Paper

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Just like fellow Bay Area legend Too $hort, E-40 continues to add to his massive, iconic discography decades later. This weekend, he delivers his twenty-sixth album Practice Makes Paper, which sees twenty-six tracks (I see what he did there) and a slew of appearances from many of E-40’s peers (ScHoolboy Q, A$AP Ferg, Roddy Ricch, Quavo, Fabolous, Scarface, Ty Dolla $ign, Rick Ross, Redman, Wiz Khalifa and loads more). Press play below.

Chance The Rapper – The Big Day

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Finally: after number debut albums (including one that won a Grammy for ‘Best Rap Album’) comes Chance The Rapper‘s actual debut album The Big Day, which sees 22 wholesome tracks and appearances from John Legend, MadeinTYO, DaBaby, Smino, SWV, Gucci Mane, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Durk, Nicki Minaj, little brother Taylor Bennett and more. Enjoy below.

Young Dolph & Key Glock – Dum & Dummer

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Two of Memphis’ finest in Hip-Hop right now — Young Dolph and Key Glock — have taken inspiration from a classic comedy, joining forces on the collaborative release Dum & Dummer, which sees 22 hard-hitting tracks for your enjoyment. Check it out below, along with a visual for the track “III.”

Juls – Colour

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British-Ghanaian DJ and producer Juls takes a break from crafting hits for others to create some of his own. Check out his new project Colour, which sees 10 new tracks and features appearances from (frequent partner-in-crime) Mr Eazi, Che Lingo, Tiggs Da Author, Big Zeeks, Kojey Radical, Ms Banks and more. Press play on some new Afrobeats vibes below.

Tre Mission – Orphan Black

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One of the most slept-on artists in Hip-Hop and Grime (or music, period…the man’s been blending genres for a while now), Tre Mission delivers his new album Orphan Black, which follows the classic 2014 release Stigmata. This go ’round sees 14 news track with a couple of additional appearances from EllzBS and fellow Tizzy Gang member Merky Ace. Check out Orphan Black below, along with a visual for the title track.

Miraa May – Dark

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North London vocalist Miraa May follows up last year’s Care Package with a new EP titled Dark, which sees 6 new songs — including the Jme-assisted “Angles” as a bonus track. Check out the latest from Miraa May below…definitely one of those melancholy vibes I can get with right now.

Phora – Bury Me With Dead Roses

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California rapper Phora follows up last year’s Warner drop Love Is Hell with the independent release Bury Me With Dead Roses, which sees 16 new solo cuts — including “The Dream,” which also boasts a matching visual. Check it all out below, along with a quick break down of what listeners can expect when they press play, directly from the source:

“We all love too hard and hurt. We all have demons. We all want to feel SOMETHING. We are all lost. But NEVER let your past hurt your future. Struggle inspires growth and change come when we least expect it.”

Pop Smoke – Meet The Woo

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If you haven’t heard of Pop Smoke, you better catch the wave now. The Brooklyn rapper is doing something I’m absolutely in awe of as someone from both sides of the Atlantic: he’s merged his own hard-nosed New York sound with UK Drill and other elements to create something all its own…and it’s infectious as hell. Following the smash hit “Welcome To The Party” (video added below) comes the new project Meet The Woo, which sees nine new tracks (courtesy of production from Rico Beats and 808MeloBeats) to turn up to before the Summer’s out.

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Now, the two collaborators are back with another dope cut titled “Racks,” which centers on the evils of money over genuine love. Check it out below…these two might need to drop an EP together at this point.

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Congrats goes out to Comethazine, Tierra Whack, DaBaby, Lil Mosey, Roddy Ricch, YBN Cordae, YK Osiris, Rico Nasty, Gunna, Megan Thee Stallion and Blueface, all artists who have been making big strides toward permanent stardom before this cover came to light. You can also expect a slew of freestyles, cyphers and interviews to come from this class soon.

Check out the cover and announcement video below.

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This week, the D.C. area emcee delivers a new cut titled “Bad Idea,” which features assistance from current superstar Chance The Rapper. The song also comes with a visual to match, which sees the collaborators jumping from blue collar blues to enjoying a cookout with loves ones. Equally-talented artists SiR and Ant Clemons also appear on the track uncredited.

Check out “Bad Idea” — both the video and the initial premiere via Apple Music’s Beats 1 — below.

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YBN Cordae is way too talented. For his latest, the versatile emcee drops off a new video for “Target,” essentially a Slick Rick-esque story of a run-in with the police (with a West Coast twist, at least that’s what I’m getting). Vibe to that above; the clip can be found on YBN’s latest compilation project.

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