Wealthy Amiri has been betting on himself and he’s beginning to stack up some main wins. The 20-year-old rapper from Boston has constructed a serious following developing from rap’s underground over the past couple of years with a method and melodic supply that’s each welcoming and enigmatic paired with lure soundscapes. Wealthy stays true to type and gloats with a syrupy stream in his 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle.
Wealthy Amiri Followers pined for the rising artist for in final yr’s XXL Freshman Class, however his spot within the 2024 XXL Freshman version is extra apt. He has been in uncommon type not too long ago and raps like a person who sees himself in pole place.
“I do not care a few b***h, cool with none of those rappers I am f**king they broad/I do not know nothing ’bout a key, this a 2024 push a button once I’m beginning my automobile,” he raps as he pantomimes his lyrics for the digital camera. “Working by way of the money like tracks, signed a deal for the M and I went and acquired a Audemars watch.”
The New England native is flexing as he ought to be. After he began to rap in 2020, he put collectively a string of well-received singles together with “Stroll In” in 2021. After dropping his debut challenge, For the Higher in 2022, final yr Wealthy actually piped up. He acknowledges his latest progress.
“It is the lyrics, content material, it is my writing abilities have improved, my manufacturing abilities have improved,” Wealthy tells XXL. “I’ve extra of a hand in manufacturing. The place I am getting inspiration from, it modified. Music is subjective, so you possibly can’t actually say whether or not it improved as a result of I am listening to totally different artists. However undoubtedly, the place I am pulling inspiration from, artist-wise, has modified. Every part is simply revamped. Every part is totally different.”
Wealthy, who inked a cope with 10K Initiatives in March of 2023, put out his Evolution challenge that includes the music “Poppin” with Lil Tecca in March final yr. He doubled again with extra music in 2023, dropping the singles “Codeine Loopy,” and “Ain’t Nothing” earlier than delivering “One Name,” his greatest document up to now final November. They appeared on his Ghetto Fabulous album two weeks later. “One Name” peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart and was licensed gold in late Could. The time is now.
“I really feel like I’ve the momentum proper now in my profession, and I am at that spot in my profession the place XXL can take me to the following degree,” says Wealthy, who now has over 10 million month-to-month Spotify listeners. “I do not suppose there’s anyone making what I will launch. I do know I’ve taken a few half-year break the place I solely had one releases, however inside the half-year, I have been on this studio each single day engaged on my craft, and I simply do not suppose… I do not suppose anyone in my lane or round my age, like, interval, goes to be coming how I am coming.”
Take a look at Wealthy Amiri’s 2024 XXL Freshman Freestyle beneath.
The Freshman subject is on newsstands all over the place. Along with interviews with the 2024 Freshman Class and producer Southside, there are additionally conversations with Sexyy Pink, Ski Masks The Stoop God, Mustard, Rubi Rose, Ken Carson, Ghostface Killah, Lola Brooke and extra, plus, a glance again at what the 2023 XXL Freshman Class has been doing. Additionally, there are tales on the continuing scamming and fraud plaguing hip-hop, and the way podcasters and streamers are enjoying a serious function in rap beef. The difficulty is on sale right here, together with some unique Freshmen merch.
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