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 

Jay Soundz offers South-style bump with new single ‘This Is It’ 

CHICAGO, IL – It’s not unusual for Chicago-based rapper Jay Soundz to be asked by fans who creates the beats for his songs. His percussive, Southern-style bump music is infectious and fun, and people want to know who he collaborated with to create that catchy sound. So it should come as no surprise that one of his favorite things to do is smile proudly and announce that the beats are all his – as is everything else about his music. From editing to songwriting to special effects, and everything in between, Jay Soundz is a one-man professional artist with skills that put him right up there at the top with other stellar artists in the game. 

“When people ask me, ‘Where’d you get this beat from?’ I love to tell them, ‘I made it!’” Jay said. “It all comes from me. More than anything that’s what I want people to know about my music is that everything is mine. I can produce my own beats. I can mix and master. I can write and record. Unless there’s a producer tag on a song that indicates I got it from someone else, the majority of what I create is mine. I like collaborating with others, but I have all the skills necessary to make a quality body of work on my own.” 

That journey as a musician started as a young boy who watched nearly everyone in his family embrace music in one way or another. His parents were both singers, and most of his cousins were artists and music professionals in one way or another. Jay started writing lyrics in sixth grade, and by high school he was producing and learning audio engineering. He eventually went to college to continue his education as an audio engineer, and after graduating he hasn’t looked back. Today he continues to explore new sounds and create new music that is equal parts entertaining and introspective.  

A sample of his work can be found on the album “Come Alive,” which is currently available on Soundcloud. It features 10 tracks, half of which are his own productions. The stand-out single from the album is “This Is It,” a track that he said is just a lot of fun. Like most of the music he creates, it has a nice beat with a catchy hook that says, “This is it. This that Feeling. This that vie. This that shit. This that feeling ya’ll be waiting for for years.” It’s a song that incorporates his blend of Down South style and Chicago-based vibes. You can instantly hear influences from some of his favorite rappers, such as Ludacriss, Kanye West, and Young Jeezy.  

“My beats might have a little bit of that Drill bassline, but my songs and sound won’t have that Drill vibe,” Jay said. “It’s just that I use a lot of percussion and drums. They have that South-style bump. I got a lot of stuff that bumps.” 

Jay said he’s working on completing a music video for “This Is It,” which should drop sometime later this summer. To listen to his music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links: 

https://soundcloud.com/jaysoundz_prod/this-is-it 

Instagram @JaySoundz 

Twitter @JaySoundz_prod 

Facebook www.facebook.com/JaySoundzprod

Don Private uses second chance on life to inspire others to learn from his hard ‘Lessons’ 

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Don Private is a prolific storyteller who paints vivid pictures with his pithy bars and distinctive voice. In 2020 he offered the world his debut EP “1229,” introducing audiences to his signature style and perfect blend of sharp, solid lyrics spilled over sturdy, hypnotic beats. Currently streaming on all digital music platforms, “1229” is a tour du force of sound and style that has been bringing in an ever-widening global fanbase for this young up-and-coming rapper. This year he followed that up with the release of his sophomore project “1229Empire,” and his debut single from that EP, “Lessons,” is making waves all around the world. 

With a hard-driving, fast-paced, rapid-fire flow, Don Private showcases a unique skill as a rapper on top of a nice, bouncy beat with “Lessons.” Coupled with a fun, piano-driven background melody, the song is an intriguing juxtaposition of bouncy fun and aggressive energy. It’s a song that talks about this unique artist’s struggle – getting sentenced to 13 years in prison on a murder charge when he was only 17 years old. Now out of prison, he’s using his natural gifts as a musician to inspire others to learn from his hard-learned lessons. 

“I’ve taken my bumps and bruises and kept my dignity and honor along the way,” he said. “I could come out of all of that and look people in the eye and stand tall and tell people younger than me what to do and what not to do to succeed in life. With my music I can paint a vivid picture. I know where you’re going right now, but let me give you this dream. I learned a lesson, and you can learn from me. I’m thankful for all my blessings and just want to share that with as many people as possible.” 

Don said he honestly doesn’t know what he’d be doing today if it wasn’t for music. Once a young bull tied to the streets and the struggle, music is the thing that literally transformed his life and took him down a healthier path.  

“I’m so passionate about my music and sharing my message and my vision with the world,” he said. “Imma play Picasso in this industry. My music isn’t like most in the mainstream today. I spit from the heart. This shit here is authentic. It’s not a gimmick created to sell streams. Hip hop is beautiful. It made a way for street niggas like me to escape their environment and live life. I’m grateful for the second chance. I’m definitely thrilled about this new project. Ya’ll gonna really feel this one.” 

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

Instagram: @donprivate1229 

https://www.instagram.com/donprivate1229/

YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TJsGp30RAUuIEkP6n48yw 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnf20ODKchyVgY4-psutgIQ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lit3Ie409o&list=OLAK5uy_kmILYs3kqlbayd6wBg4_pOp-remCRwACs&index=2