Kraig Lyons, an Ohio rapper by way of Pittsburgh, releases his brand new mixtape “Next Friday” hosted by Trap-A-Holics and Traps-N-Trunks. Keeping it light with features, the 16-track project has two guest verses from Future and LightSkinKeisha. He also recently dropped a new music video featuring the late Jimmy Wopo entitled “Illuminati” that’s worth checking out below.

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Kraig Lyons – Next Friday [Mixtape]

Mike Smiff releases his highly anticipated mixtape “All Gas No Brakes Vol. 3.” Smiff has some pretty prominent features that include City Girls, Mozzy, Boosie, Trick Daddy, Jordan Hollywood, and more. With All Gas No Brakes Vol. 3, you should expect growth—from the word play to the content, to the beat selection. This is definitely the best you’ve heard Mike Smiff. Throughout the project, you will hear different sides of Mike Smiff. Mike states, “If you wanna ride to the truth, ride to Mike Smiff. If you want that thug motivation, that street shit, that pain, that substance, ride wit me.”

Smiff raps in song titled “Wanted More”, “I put it in the air that I can make it anywhere, then I decided Imma be a young black millionaire.” With the release of All Gas No Brakes Vol. 3, he is on that path.

Some of the youngest new voices of the south, the two auspicious emcees JayDaYoungan and Yungeen Ace have teamed up to deliver their first joint-project, Can’t Speak On It. Merging two pivotal styles of southern rap, the bullicole yet honest story-telling popularized by Florida rappers such as Kodak Black and XXXTentacion intertwined with the galvanizing trap melodies that have taken hold of states like Louisiana, Alabama and Texas in recent years, the two artists create a piece of work chock full of intricate production, raw lyricism and incandescent melodies that flow seamlessly with one another. The project boasts no features, and the pair take matters into their own hands as they create an atmosphere for their listeners from the first song to the last. The album is introduced with the track “Opps,” released as a single in weeks prior garnering upwards of 2.5M streams on YouTube, and from there the project transitions effortlessly from song to song, with stand-out tracks like “Jackie Chan” maintaining the energy and others like “Step For You” giving an insightful look into a more circumspect and emotionally self-aware side of the two young rappers. Concluded with “Jungle,” one of the duo’s most notable tracks that hit the public ear in the Summer of 2018, the project shows nothing but promise as Yungeen Ace and JayDaYoungan ascend to new heights not only in their home states, but in the ever growing universe of hip-hop.

Carolina’s own Ju$$ Wave drops another new visual called “Pour A Pint.” Produced by Big K. Directed by Connor Films. Shot by Dani Films and Guillermo Crespo.

Today West coast rapper Nikkosan releases his new record, “Find Out” produced by Yonder, BizzTurnMeUp, & Spentz.

On this record Nikkosan talks about wanting to “Find Out” the problems when money becomes accessible and he earns the wealth most people desire.

The combination of this smooth going beat and his transparent lyrics really intrigues first time listeners as Nikkosan draws influence from his Moorish-American and Japanese heritage.

As a whole Nikkosan’s music possesses an unforgettable, Asian influenced style he called “Asian Soul,” that leaves most true Hip-Hop fans craving for more with each listen.

Growing up listening to 90’s Hip-Hop and R&B, Nikkosan became notorious for performing live at the parties he hosted in college. Leaving behind his basketball scholarship at LaSierra University, he transferred to The Academy of the Art University in San Francisco, California, to further his musical career, and develop his craft full time.

Blazing stages across the country, Nikkosan has opened up for several relevant artists including Nipsey Hussle, Chief Keef, Problem, E-40, and Dizzy Wright and others.

“My dream is to build a brand that can financially contribute to my community while providing a platform for other artists to thrive as well,” Nikkosan explained.

Today rising Texas rapper Erreon drops the visual to his song “Checkway ” from his upcoming EP Better Late Than Never.

While some Hip-Hop fans might not be familiar with the term, “checkway,” Erreon defines the word as, “living by a limitless mentality,” and he does just that in the visual.

Kicking off the Jeff Adair directed visual by jumping in a helicopter for aerial views of Dallas, Erreon makes his way across the country visiting Bun B in Houston and eventually making his way out to Los Angeles where he walks the beaches of Venice with a few ladies.

Erreon explained, “Checkway is a single off the project that talks about me enjoying some of the fruits of my labor by living by a limitless mindset.”

It’s only fitting the visual depicts Erreon in a trip around the country as he will be performing at club dates nationwide in June and July. In June Erreon hits Las Vegas, Phoenix, LA, and San Diego for various spot club dates at which point he will perform at Houston Holiday June 27th, and then a spot date on July 14th in El Paso, TX.

Who could have predicted that Erreon’s budding career would kick off with a response record after a fellow classmate dissed him in 9th grade with a song on CD? From there combined with a big influence from Jay-Z, Erreon has used the ups and downs of life to motivate people to win through his music.

“The best is yet to come, I promise always to motivate, inspire and be the voice of the people – so let’s take this ride together!” Erreon said in a message to his fans. .

Going forward in preparation for the Better Late Than Never EP, fans can listen to his tracks “Nobody Knows” and “Locked In,” which were previously released leading up to the release of the project.

International Jamaican recording artist, Jahmiel, follows up his last video release with another visual for his single, “Don’t Wanna Lose You” featuring Moyann & DJ Frass.

Set in a tropical beach getaway on a private villa, Jahmiel and co-star Moyann, fuse their vocals over the Dance & Reggae inspired, uptempo production. The on-screen couple profess their love for each other, and share reasons as to why they don’t want to lose each other.

Cosigned by DJ Frass, Jahmiel’s rise is inevitable. Starting his career by aligning with Jamaican labels such as Young Vibes, T.J Records, Brit Jams, U.I.M. Records, Shocking Vibez, and eventually going independent – the 26 year old is a force to be reckoned with.

Today Texas rapper Lyrical Lexx delivers his new single, “I Cannot.” The single is a somber reminder that he can’t let people bring him down on his rise to the top. “I Cannot” follows in a musical lane similar to other emo-rappers that have battled through personal struggles and have a resilient message for fans.

“I always listened to music as a kid, and I always used music to help me cope and deal with what I was going through,” Lyrical Lexx said. “For me I do music based on how I’m feeling. If I’m feeling a certain type way my music is affected by how my mood at any given time.”

With so many positive things happening for Lyrical Lexx musically, “I Cannot” is a personal song that Lexx hopes motivates fans in their own life too.

“I Cannot basically was just having me fun with the beat and talking about some of the things that are going well for me in my life. I have a bunch of things that are going well for me right now and a lot of times when you have that happen people try to bring you down,” Lyrical Lexx said.

Recording, producing and rapping his own lyrics, Lyrical Lexx is a completely self-made artist.

“Honestly I’ve been independent since I started. For the past few years, since I’ve been taking it seriously, I self record, I do have my brother as an engineer, but now I’m starting to work with Mr. Lee and so now I’m starting to put together some of that music,” he said.

In addition to his rap career Lyrical Lexx is also working on opening his own studio just 30 minutes outside of the Seattle area.

“I’m building my own studio and I’m working on trying to develop that in the Washington state area. It’s just about 30 minutes outside of Seattle and it’s going to be called, Lexicon Studios.”

Today Pittsburgh $toney releases his new single “BRB”. The uniquely bouncy record has an appeal all its own as $toney steps out from behind the boards after being an engineer/rapper for nearly 10 years.

From the fan favorites like “2 Phones” and “Counterfeit,” from his project Blood on My Heart to this new loose track “BRB,” $toney is proving his worth on the Pittsburgh rap scene and nationwide despite his humble beginnings.

“I really dig this record and it has a unique sound. In this industry you have to bring some type of uniqueness to the game and it still has that popular modern bounce to it, so I think it’s going to do really well with the fans,” $toney said. “I think it’s just that good ride and smoke music. You can party to it, you can ride to it and it’s just good music that can get people hyped even though its chill.”

The track is the follow up to his project Blood On My Heart which was released in February, produced entirely by McCoy and was dedicated to Jimmy Wopo who $toney worked with frequently.

After the loss of Jimmy Wopo, his close friend, frequent collaborator and recently signed Taylor Gang artist, the Pittsburgh Hip-Hop community was in shock. $toney took the loss just as tough as anyone having spent many late nights in the studio with Wopo recording, engineering and perfecting their craft as he described in a Instagram tribute to his friend.

“It was a dedication to Jimmy Wopo,” $toney said of his album title Blood On My Heart, “I produced and engineered all the music that he was putting out and. Im just glad he made the impact that he did and that people are still listening to him.”

Having started his musical career while bored in class at the age of 15 , he began recording the raps on his phone and posting them online and he’s continued to grow and develop his craft recording and engineering at higher quality studios.

With a smoked out vibe and a riding quality that all great albums posses, $toney makes it clear that his mood music goes well beyond the speakers whether in the car or at home.

Today Houston bred and Los Angeles based rapper Foreign Musik releases the new music video for his motivational song, “Wake Up”

Encouraging listeners and fans to go out and get it everyday, Foreign Musik said that the song has become a fan favorite and he “had to shoot a visual” to appease the fans.

“My listeners are a loyal following but I was taking them down a more negative path. I wanted to change things up so I’m trying to just speak more positively and just make sure that the music is something that kids can look up to.” Foreign Musik said. “I realized that my music really affects people and so I wanted to switch it up and keep it positive. I was going down that path in a negative way myself too. I went through shit with the cops, I lost a house and I lost out on things in a major way.”

Focused on developing his Twenty-Five Nation label and business, Foreign Musik explains that everyone in the music video has a role in his company. In the visual Foreign Musik can be seen puffing on good, and vibing out to the song with his team.

“Everybody in the video, that’s my whole team. That video was shot by my own company. Adrian my business partner also started directing and he’s started doing a good job with that. As a business we’ve been offering that service to the people. You reach that peak and you just understand who you are and I tried to keep things clean and not smoke out when I was younger and managers didn’t like it, but now that I don’t have managers and I got 1.9 million streams on it and that’s over an 8 month span and its 95% good feedback. Thats no robot and no major.”

Foreign Musik’s musical journey started roughly 8 years ago in Houston, TX and since then he’s moved to California to expand his career and fan base with a more developed sound.

“Cali is just one of those places I always wanted be at and the landscape is so crazy, there’s nowhere like it in America.” Foreign Musik said. “California is just a place because my career is mobile and I can get around, but I could be anywhere.

The last time we seen College Park native Low Keezy, he was premiering his dynamic music video for his single “Stay Back” featuring Mykko Montana which appeared on his The Xplanation project. Now he’s returned to give us an explosive visual for a newer tune titled “Way I Was Taught.” The track features another Atlanta native and CEO of TDUL Entertainment, Joe Peeples Shawdy, who adds his own flavor to the track with a fast infectious flow. Stream “Way I Was Taught” on Spotify or iTunes and check out the music video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGt6Isi0OJY

Today rapper Succeed Phlyguy releases the music video for his song “No Cap Zone” ft DaBaby and Stunna4Vegas. Fresh dressed, sipping dark liquor and smoking good, Succeed Phlyguy grabs the viewers attention immediately with his red hair and tall stature.

“My music is indescribable, that’s why I had to move to Dallas and I’m traveling to other spots because it wasn’t anyone in the town that could do it like me. I combined my experiences and everywhere I’ve traveled in my music. It’s Arkansas Phly, it’s some of that Arkansas flavor,” Succeed Phlyguy said.

As is the case in this visual, the Arkansas native and Dallas,Texas residing rapper has no problem grabbing the attention of the room when his raspy voice lets loose.

“I grew up in Ft. Smith, Arkansas and got going at a bunch of talent shows locally, just writing and recording. Then I ended up taking a chance when I turned 18, and I moved to Dallas and that’s where I signed my first record deal.” Succeed Phlyguy explained. “Dallas is like a Hip-Hop hub. A few years ago I wouldn’t have thought that you could go to Dallas and make a name for yourself, but there’s a lot of spots that’s 4-5 hours from there, and you can move there and really blow up. I don’t know if the whole rap industry knows that but there’s a lot of producers and hell of a lot of good artists.”

Joining forces with DaBaby, one of the most talked about rappers in Hip-Hop today, and rising rapper Stunna4Vegas, Succeed Phlyguy is gearing up for his project Foreign Affairs, due in the coming months. When asked how the song came about, Succeed explained that his son put him on to DaBaby.

“My son just sits in front of the computer and my son found out about him 6 months ago and he was just on to dude. I was like who is? And then situation at Wal-Mart happened when he shot the boy that tried to rob him. Then I saw he was in LA so I hit him on the live feed and he answered the message and I eventually coordinated with his manager. I drove all the way from Vegas, we got Stunna on the song, they booked the studio time and it only took like 20 min in the lab and we vibe out smoked a couple and then we shot the video the next day. We ended up finding out we dealt with some of the same people and then I actually got the feature about 40 days before he signed, so everything was perfect the way it worked out.”

Having filmed visuals all around the world from Dubai to the Bahamas, Succeed Phlyguy is truly a different kind of artist that Hip-Hop as yet to embrace and in the coming months he will be releasing videos so fans can see it all.

Rising San Antonio, Texas artist Ronny Kash drops his highly anticipated “K.R.E.A.M.” mixtape with DJ Scream. The Ronny Kash infectious flow is a must hear and has been stamped by Texas legend Killa Kyleon!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR4n_Uc0I4c

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Ronny Kash – K.R.E.A.M (Hosted By DJ Scream) [Mixtape]