Apex Hadez reaches new heights with bouncy new single ‘Breesh’ 

BROCKTON, MA – On the surface it may seem that Apex Hadez is an amazing rapper known for his use of universal beats and witty lyrics, but a glimpse into his life will show you how many levels there really are the created the build-up to his music rebirth. 

The Brockton-rooted artist (an urban city south of Boston that served as the origin of Rocky Marciano, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, and Thomas Edison’s first display of electrical equipment), often talks about being an onion with many different layers to his personality and artistic endeavors. And those layers are revealed through his music. Take his latest single “Breesh,” for instance. It’s an up-tempo bounce that feels classic and nostalgic, with an impressive feature from East Coast artist YT Olé. The smooth, high-class production offers a bouncy flow that makes you want to bop your head, with a fusion of new-era sounds laid against traditional 808s. It’s a side of Apex that fans have seen in the past, though with slightly different vibes as he showcases some of the nuances of the layers that lie deep inside him. 

“There are so many layers to me,” he said. “I can keep it very business or very street, based on the situation. I have the same face, but I’m wearing so many different hats. I bring a lot of different angles. Even with this single you get more than one angle. I’m talking about getting money and grinding, but that could be on the street side or the corporate side. It’s a celebration of getting that money and I’m working both angles. If you’re going through it, you understand.” 

Apex – which stands for All Profits EXpected – is the first member of his Haitian family to be born in America. Growing up in Massachusettes, he was inspired by early hip-hop artists such as Mobb Deep, Nas, Jadakiss, Andre 3000 and more. He knew music was something he wanted to pursue, so he made a makeshift studio in his closet. Fueled by a determination to cultivate his own lane in hip-hop, he began crafting a signature style that he has honed and perfected over the years.  

While life forced music to take a bit of a backseat as he got older, artists like Drake and Nipsey Hussle pushed him to circle back and refocus on his passion. Today, Apex writes through the emotions of losing his father and his childhood friend and fellow producer Statch, as well as battling the dark moments in his life. This year he’s made it his mission to share as much of his life with his fans as possible, and is releasing a new track every Monday at 12 p.m. ET.  

“It’s basically like you’re getting a 52-song album this year,” he said. “I take everything I learn from the street life and bring it to the corporate side, and vice versa. I’m trying to build and get to the top of the peak. Every time someone says my name it’s a reminder of that quality and authenticity and energy that I bring to the game.” 

Apex said listeners can follow his weekly new music releases by following the hashtag #GoodMoneyMondays.

To listen to his music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eeA-Y7UtSk
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/apexhadez
IG: https://www.instagram.com/apexhadez/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApexHadez/?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/apexhadez 

Authenticity and raw reality take center stage on new music from Lor Smoke 

BALTIMORE, MD – Lor Smoke is a rapper who prides himself on his versatility. He can make any type of music, and his catalog of songs shows that. Take his latest single “Magic City / First Day In The A” for example. It’s a song that not only shows what kind of rapper he is, but also his ability to ride any beat and create grooves that people from all walks of life can enjoy. 

Inspired by his first visit to Atlanta, the song literally gives listeners a breakdown of his first day in the city. From the time he wakes up to the time he drops back into bed after a long day, he explains everything he did on that first day in Atlanta. The accompanying music video was also shot in Atlanta on the first day he was there, with the idea of capturing everything raw and real and in-the-moment. 

“That’s what you get from me as an artist,” Lor Smoke said. “I’m not making up stories or fabricating anything. I’m just giving you my life. I’m writing stuff as I’m doing it. That’s just the type of rapper I am. I’m a reality rapper. Everything you get – from my persona to my lyrics – is just realness.” 

Lor Smoke said he’s always been into music, though he didn’t start taking it seriously as a professional recording artist until 2018. He was building up a nice career for himself until in 2019 he was shot because of street violence and he ended up taking a year off. But he came back to music in 2020 and is using his music today to inspire people while also sharing stories from the streets.  

“I’m giving you the struggle and telling you what my life is like,” he said. “Every hood in the world is the same – you see the same things and go through the same trials and tribulations. People from those places will be able to relate. But on top of that I have versatility. My catalog will show you I make a lot of different types of music. I can do reality rap, gangsta rap, Trap, Reggaeton … any type of beat you put in front of me, I’m gonna kill it.” 

That authenticity and realness is what Lor Smoke said he hopes people will recognize about his music, no matter who they are or where they come from. He wants people to know that what he’s saying is true and real-life. There’s no faking with him, which he said is powerful in today’s entertainment industry that’s often built around fake and fabricated ideas. 

Lor Smoke said he plans to follow up “Magic City” with a new single called “300 Addys,” which should drop before the end of the summer.

To listen to Lor Smoke’s music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links: 

https://youtu.be/R–YFDTCwrI 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CPyjRGaHfQd/?utm_medium=copy_link

Lil Dodge gets raw and real with relatable new track ‘Substance’ 

LONG ISLAND, NY – Michael Dodge has always battled a lot of emotional distress and anxiety. Known among friends and within the music industry as Lil Dodge, this hedge-fund-manager by day is a bona-fide recording artist by night whose unique brand of music has been making waves around the world in recent months. Audiences of his music can hear the pain and desperation as he sings and raps across tracks that range from Rock and Hip-hop to Soul and R&B, with tinges of Pop and electronic thrown in. It’s as if listeners are getting an inside peek at his scarred soul, and anyone who has gone through some kind of trial or tribulation will be able to immediately relate with his music. 

His latest single, “Substance,” is a perfect example. It’s a song that’s hard to label, and almost is its own sub-genre of Rock, Rap and Soul. It’s a song that perfectly captures the emotional distress from which Lil Dodge creates his art. Opening with a soundbite from an emergency situation trying to save someone’s life, the song slowly and smoothly makes its way into a swaying groove that perfectly features Lil Dodge’s gravelly tenor vocals. Pain and desperation are forefront in both his lyrics and his vocal performance, and immediately audiences are brought into a world of deep emotions. 

“I’m a guy who is constantly stuck in my head,” Lil Dodge said. “I’m always arguing with myself and beating myself up for bad decisions I make, even though I know I shouldn’t. So this is a song about over-thinking, which I think a lot of people can relate to. I’m not the kind of artist who’s talking about popping bottles and f*ing girls and making money. I’m being real with you. No one can relate to that other stuff because no one really lives that way. A lot of people can relate to emotional distress, though.” 

Lil Dodge said fans of Juice Wrld and Little Skies will likely enjoy his music, as those two notorious artists are creating similar “emotional distress” songs in the midst of today’s over-saturated commercial songs. Like them, Lil Dodge said he wants his music to be known for being raw and honest and relatable. He knows that’s what will attract the most listeners, but more than that he knows that the escape he finds through music is something with which many other people around find, as well.  

“It’s my release,” he said. “I can go in the booth and turn the lights off and just figure things out. Sometimes I can do it in one take, but more often there’s a lot of space in between the lines for me to gather myself and follow-up with some genuine, authentic lyrics.” 

Lil Dodge said he has about 30 songs ready to be released with features from various well-known artists. He also plans to drop a five-track EP in July called “I’m Alright.” “Substance” is currently available across all streaming platforms.

To listen to Lil Dodge’s music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links: 

https://open.spotify.com/track/2cnjm2oUMaUzV2Eoy7d9Im?si=w4pL3f6zS1qivky480tB_g&dl_branch=1

https://www.instagram.com/lil.dodge/ 

 

Badboy VT turns pain into motivation and inspiration on new track ‘Not Innocent’ 

CHICAGO, IL – Growing up, Davonte Watkins always looked up to his older cousin Ed “Badboy” Brown. He was a well-known boxer from the West Side of Chicago. But in 2016 Watkins’ cousin was gunned down and died. Watkins dealt with a lot of anger from the experience, and eventually got arrested on gun charges. It was during his time in prison that he started thinking about the impact Badboy had left on his life, and he made the decisions to follow in his cousin’s footsteps as a rapper. Once released from prison he started to take his music career seriously. He took on the stage name of his cousin, and today operates as Badboy VT with music that has hundreds of thousands of streams across multiple platforms.  

His latest offering to the world is the hit single “Not Innocent,” which was originally written while serving time in prison. It’s a song inspired by his late cousin and the challenges he has felt in the years since the original Badboy was killed. It’s a song that many people having come up through the struggle will be able to relate to as it explores the cultural and societal disadvantages many born to that way of life face every day. 

“I’m an innocent child, but I’m not innocent due to the circumstances of where I’m from,” Badboy VT said. “The way I have lived is what I was born into. I’ve been trying to escape it, but it’s hard to escape without getting in trouble and doing certain things. My cousin Badboy inspired me, and when he was killed his death really impacted me. I’ve turned that pain into motivation and grind. The majority of what I get done I do because of the pain I go through.” 

When it comes to musicality, listeners will immediately recognize that Badboy VT has a voice that’s different from anything else in the music industry today. He has a different way of talking about familiar topics, and his flow and sound are unique and original. He’s also extremely versatile. He can ride any beat – from jazz to rock to hip-hop and everything in between – and is one of the most naturally gifted freestyle artists in recent memory. Whatever he’s feeling in the moment just pours out of him on the mic, and the result is recording gold. 

“I actually heal and touch people,” he said of his music. “I inspire people to do better and to do what they can to get through certain situations. Do what you can for yourself and don’t worry about what the next person thinks. Stay focused. Put family first. Keep your head down and push forward through the pain and don’t worry about what anyone else thinks.” 

Badboy VT said he plans to follow up “Not Innocent” with another single called “So Amazing,” which should drop later this summer.

To listen to his music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links: 

https://youtu.be/UPMPFOqBGU8 

https://youtu.be/HrIsD_rDkkQ 

https://youtu.be/uUDsOngXYkU

Hit-maker RDCH drops two new club bangers with ‘But Your Body Say Yes’ and ‘Baby Just Rock’ 

TUSCALOOSA, AL – You’re unlikely to find a more complete artist, producer and audio mixer/ engineer in Alabama than Antonio “RDCH” Hope. This rapper, songwriter, singer, and multi- instrumentalist has been creating hot music for the past few years, and his latest club bangers “But Your Body Say Yes” and “Baby Just Rock” are testament to his ability to create hit after hit.  

The driving beat of “But Your Body Say Yes” has a nice kick to it that makes listeners feel good and want to move their bodies. It’s a song that pays homage to women. RDCH said a lot of times women might say no, but their bodies say yes. “Women look good these days,” he said, “which is the crux of what this song is about.”  

“Baby Just Rock” is also directed toward women. The original beat and lyrics make use of a sample from Freddie Jackson’s “Rock Me Tonight.” RDCH utilizes auto tune to good effect with this track as he talks about wining and dining a woman and creating a great evening together. It’s a song that he said has gotten some great feedback from fans and which is helping to grow his audience in ever-widening sweeps across the country.  

“You really can’t categorize my sound,” RDCH said. “Everything I do is a hit. That’s the only thing I will put out. That’s not to say I won’t experiment and try out some other sounds, but when I release something it’s a hit. That’s what I want my music to be known for: good hits. That’s the only thing I’m aiming for. When people say my name, I want them to say, ‘He makes hit music.’ If you’re anticipating something from me, you should be anticipating and expecting hit music. If it’s not a hit, I’ll set it to the side.”  

RDCH said he first got started creating music around the age of 13. He had a keyboard and some dual tape decks, which he would use to record a piece of a song and patch it together a bit at a time until he had a full-length song. By the time he was 19 he was recording his own music and had elevated his style to a fully professional level. Along the way he learned every trick of the trade, and has developed himself into a multi-media artist who helps other musicians in a variety of ways – from producing to directing videos and everything in between.  

“I am the only artist and producer who is able and willing to push the culture forward through the blend of mixing music with creativity,” he said. “I am not to be categorized as one of ‘the other rappers.’ You can say I excel them. I am uniquely my own, and control every pattern and rhythm and lyric that flows through my mind.”  

RDCH’s new singles are currently available across all streaming platforms.

To listen to his music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links:
Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rdchmusic
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rdchmuisc/  

Young Nolia Makes Turnt Songs “While The Kids Sleep” 

ATLANTA- Growing up in Poplarville, MS, Young Nolia remembers waking in the night to hear his aunts and uncles partying and playing spades in the next room. To him, it was a hint of the mysterious lives parents have at night. Now a father of two, Nolia sees those nights from a different perspective, and that’s what inspired his new EP “While The Kids Sleep.” 

“I wanted to do a project with four turnt songs, no slow songs. Normally my projects are like a roller coaster where they bring you up and then drop you down. These songs are all high energy,” the artist promises. The EP kicks off with the title track, ““While The Kids Sleep,” a pre-party anthem for people about to get loose. Next up, “Live Large” celebrates the struggle to keep a hustle mentality and the rewards reaped from it.  

In the project’s third track, the artist looks at all the social media challenges that encourage women to share their sex appeal with strangers. He describes his take on this, saying, “From their man’s perspective, he’s saying, ‘You’re doing all that for the ‘gram; do it for me.’ My idea for the video is me with a girlfriend and she’s doing all these challenges and I’m just in the cut. Then take a social angle and have me see what I can put on social media. 

The EP closes with “Please Excuse the Swag” (or “PES”), which nods at Nolia’s love of looking fly. In fact, he has a clothing line named “Courtesy of The Fly,” and he knows how the right clothes can make a difference in how a person feels. In this song, he answers to haters who feel threatened by his fresh look. “You get dressed up nice and guys want to hate on you. But I get dressed to look fresh, not to make them mad at me. Please excuse the swag. I’m not doing this to upset you. I don’t get dressed to do you harm,” he laughs.  

That mix of big city style and grind with small-town humility give the artist direction and maturity. He also honed those values on previous music he released as Kobe Flyant. Nolia has found that originality comes with time. “Once you start out, you sound like the people that you listen to the most because you haven’t found yourself yet. It took me some time and finding what I really wanted to rap about. I really want to rap about things I actually do. It took some years, but I’m comfortable with how I sound now,” he says. “It’s easy to get out here and rap about crime and all that, but I don’t want that kind of energy.” He compares his music to the chill vibes of Curren$y, Big K.R.I.T., and Wiz Khalifa. 

“I take my music very seriously. I work hard and I’d love to be heard, and I think I’m good,” says Nolia.  

“While The Kids Sleep” will be available on June 25 on all major streaming platforms.

To listen to his music, please visit the following links: 

www.soundcloud.com/youngnoliatns/sets/wtksep 

 

Teezy Presidential elevates summer vibes with bouncy new groove ‘Vacay’ 

FAIRFIELD, AL – Teezy Presidential is an on-the-rise Fairfield, Alabama artist whose latest hit single “Vacay” has been lighting up the clubs and airwaves this summer. The playful flow offers listeners a fun, bouncy groove that makes you smile when you hear it. Offering listeners a get-away from the hardships of life and a break from the monotony of daily routines, “Vacay” is the ultimate summer single, and a great introduction to this young artist from the South.  

Teezy has only been in the game for a little bit, but he’s already carving out quite a niche for himself within hip-hop and music at large. He’s already had the opportunity to work with notorious artists such as Project Pat and New York’s Maino, and with his latest hit single “Vacay” he’s looking to make his mark on the industry.  

“I try to be different with my flow,” said this rapper from the South, whose accent is one of his most defining features on almost any track he creates. “I try to match my exact mood to the vibe of the song. My music is very diverse. I try not to push myself into any one category, I just make songs based upon what I’m going through in life situations. With this song I was dreaming about being somewhere else because at the time I had some issues that were going on and I had to handle business and there was just a lot of stuff up against me at the moment. I needed a getaway – a space to clear my mind. I think a lot of people need that right now in this post-pandemic period. This song offers you that all in one package. It has soul and emotion and it’s just a lot of fun” 

Teezy said soul and emotion are two things that will always come to the forefront in his music. It’s something he’s worked hard to capture since he was a young boy first exploring songwriting and music-making. He’s been dabbling with music off-and-on for about 12 years, but it wasn’t until recently that he picked it up full-time and pursued it as a full-blown career as a recording artist. He said he knows he has what it takes to make a splash in the industry because he has a different viewpoint and a strong work ethic.  

“Presidential is a reference to the status that I hold myself to with my music,” he said. “Everything has to be at a certain level. The energy that I’m coming with is all about the status of being elevated. At the end of the day I want to better relate to people through my music. No matter how far I get in the industry, I always want to stay to a point where I can connect to people who are listening to my music.”  

Teezy said he’s already in the process of developing another track, which he hopes to release before the summer is over. He’s also working on a video for “Vacay,” which should drop soon.

To listen to his music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links: 

https://youtu.be/xLkpVmOaGbw?list=OLAK5uy_kU89CoM5v0IJWeGctWKDadrYneUr8Mefc 

https://open.spotify.com/album/6ba2A9gXa5Dy3jJOc9OceF?si=3eUDujIxRyqT00B0fimkVQ 

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/teezypresidential/?hl=en

Twitter is @teezypresidential