Rising rhymer Maiya The Don is targeted on the artwork of rapping and making an affect together with her bars. The 22-year-old Brooklyn native creates songs for the women, the “self-made brats” and “first-born daughters,” who’ve seemed out for everybody however themselves, and now it is time all of them put themselves first. Huge Don’s confidence is clearly evident in her character in addition to her rhymes. She brings her daring power to her 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle. With bars like, “B**ch, I am actually the largest,” it goes with out saying that she’s right here to remain. Or in her phrases, “Get on the prepare or get hit by one.”
The 2024 XXL Freshman could also be a rap newcomer, however her expertise show she’s bought expertise. “Take a look at the stats, if I am a rookie, she’s an beginner,” Maiya rhymes. She’s unfazed by any stressors that include the profession path she’s chosen. A path that she’s at all times desired to have since watching BET’s 106 & Park again within the day together with her brother, who has comparable rap aspirations. She takes her craft significantly, noting that she would not need assistance together with her pen recreation. “Child, I am the dime, so the stress by no means shook me,” Maiya spits. “I heard a reference monitor, so no, you h*es won’t ever push me/B*ches bought ni**as in author’s rooms simply to speak about they pu**y.”
Maiya The Don’s worth is rising and he or she’s placing tax on it with intelligent wordplay. “I am out-rapping b**ches, that is with or with out the numbers,” Maiya raps. “You need my throwaways?/It’s going to value you want, seven figures/Ya proper toe and ya liver/They suppose I got here outta nowhere/Lil b**ch, I been good/Clean move and supply, I am a midwife/B**ches’ physique rely and internet value/It is me, myself and I/I do not respect the remaining.”
Whoever wasn’t conversant in Maiya The Don prior, she’s assured that her expertise will achieve her a spot on anybody’s favourite rappers record. “Cash talks, so watch out who I converse to/I been planning to sit down on M’s like Evisu/Title a brand new b**ch that be rapping like this/I wager this freestyle alone can have you scrappin’ ya record, b**ch,” she provides.
It is evident Maiya takes a web page from the lengthy lineage of revered feminine rappers when listening to her bars. “I wish to say I’m influenced by everyone,” Maiya tells XXL. “I feel anyone out of New York, particularly the ladies. I can’t be a younger Black lady from New York and never identify Lil’ Kim, Cunning Brown, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, like, everyone who got here earlier than me, clearly. And I wish to say that I’m super-influenced stylistically by Rick Ross [and] Jay-Z when it comes to how I wish to rap.”
Following the success of her breakout single, “Telfy,” in 2022, Maiya has garnered over 7 million performs on Spotify and practically 3 million views on YouTube for the monitor. She’s locked in a number of collaborations with Flo Milli together with “Immodest” alongside Lola Brooke. She additionally has a music of her personal with Flo, titled “Costly,” and appeared on the Atlanta artist’s monitor “Something Flows” with 2Rare and Kari Fake. Maiya’s different bangers embody “Dusties,” “Luv U Higher” and “In Your Palms” that includes Ty Dolla $ign, all of which seem on her debut mixtape, Sizzling Commodity, which arrived final yr.
Final winter, Maiya showcased her expertise within the all-women cypher, curated by Latto.
Because the highlight continues to shine on her, the New York native is standing in her personal individuality. “Me, I’m any person who can’t be duplicated or replicated or imitated,” she maintains. “I really feel like I’m very recent by nature. I rap very historically. I really feel like I’m the precise reverse of what folks need feminine rappers to be, the place they only consider that it’s a person spoon-feeding them sh*t. Not ’spherical this b**ch. I’ve at all times been very rambunctious and the kind of folks, the alternative means, like, black sheep form of particular person.”
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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 Crimson, 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 taking part in a significant position in rap beef. The problem is on sale right here, together with some unique Freshmen merch.
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