25 New Rappers to Watch Out For - Complex mag.

[mortuus est]

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/07/25-new-rappers-to-watch-out-for/

Every year, a new wave of artists wash up in our Twitter mentions, flood our email inboxes, and strike it lucky on YouTube.

The measurement of what a "new" artist is, in the age of "FIRST!" has gotten a lot more confusing, of course. By the stringent standards of the internet, yesterday's hype happened literallyyesterday—no one is truly ever "new." Never mind becoming a household name—if an artist has an interview up somewhere, he's become "overhyped."

With that said, some artists might have made a little noise on the blogs, or gained some regional traction over the last few years, but the way we see it, they're still on the ascent. Similarly, some artists may not have much any attention whatsoever—but given the right look, they could end up becoming stars.

We scrounged the web looking for hip-hop's most promising future headliners, club floor fillers, auteur weirdos—and a couple who might be all of the above. Here are25 New Rappers to Watch Out For.

25. 100s (Hometown: Berkeley, CA)

24. 3D Na'Tee (Hometown: New Orleans, LA)

23. A$AP Nast (Hometown: Harlem, NY)

22. Bodega Bamz (Hometown: Harlem, NY)

21. Dillon Cooper (Hometown: Brooklyn, NY)

20. Doe B (Hometown: Montgomery, AL)

19. Fat Trel (Hometown: Washington D.C.)

18. Ibn Inglor (Hometown: Chicago, IL)

17. Isaiah Rashad (Hometown: Chattanooga, TN)

16. Kevin Gates (Hometown: Baton Rouge, LA)

15. Lightshow (Hometown: Washington D.C.)

14. Lil Herb & Lil Bibby (Hometown: Chicago, IL)

13. Lucki Eck$ (Hometown: Chicago, IL)

12. Migos (Hometown: Atlanta, GA)

11. Problem (Hometown: Compton, CA)

10. Rich Homie Quan (Hometown: Atlanta, GA)

9. Sage the Gemini (Hometown: Fairfield, CA)

8. Tory Lanez (Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

7. Travi$ Scott (Hometown: Houston, TX)

6. Two-9 (Hometown: Atlanta, GA)

5. Vic Mensa (Hometown: Chicago, IL)

4. Vince Staples (Hometown: Long Beach, CA)

3. Young Scooter (Hometown: Atlanta, GA)

2. Young Thug (Hometown: Atlanta, GA)

1. ZMoney (Hometown: Chicago, IL)

 

[thekidfromqueens]

Young Thug? Really though?

 

[Rominati]

Wow, no Armvnii

 

[beenz]

damn, only heard of travis scott and kevin gates. I'm way outta the loop I guess.

 

[mortuus est]

damn, only heard of travis scott and kevin gates. I'm way outta the loop I guess.

read the bio's, their videos are there too

im only feeling asap nast out of them all.

 

[quezlofresh]

damn, only heard of travis scott and kevin gates. I'm way outta the loop I guess.

rich homie quan, migos, fat trel, problem?

who the fukk is Z Money?

 

[Kid-Wave]

Vic Mensa made it, nice

 

[MINT]

nas > jay the old man

 

[blackslash]

who?

I dnt know any of these nikkaz

But to be fair..I also made it a thing of mine to not check out every and any rapper till they come to me with piff.....keeps me from being oversaturated with music and lets me enjoy music for far longer

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

Those shytty names

 

[desp]

Yo, this list is fukkin EXCELLENT. Y'all gotta stop sleeping, especially on these dudes:

13. Lucki Eck$ (Hometown: Chicago, IL)
6. Two-9 (Hometown: Atlanta, GA)

Two-9 is a collective out of Atlanta. I've made a thread about Retro Su$h! from the Two-9 camp but cats was sleeping still, it's a lot of rappers involved with the Two-9 movement. Look into Retro Su$h!, Key!, FatKidsBrotha, Curtis Williams... Snubnose Frankenstein is affiliated too.

Lucki Eck$ just dropped one of the nicest mixtapes of 2013. I've been meaning to make a thread about dude. Only 17 but he can spit some shyt.

 

[cleanface coney]

Young Scooter should be number 1 nikka

 

[Rominati]

nikkas is missing Robb Bank$ as well

 

[GoldenGlove]

Damn Chicago all over that list

 

[quezlofresh]

nikkas is missing Robb Bank$ as well

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