Throughout history, the city of Detroit has acted as a breeding ground for culture, churning out some of the most important names in music. As a crucial hub for jazz, hip hop, rock and roll, R&b, and techno, Detroit has had the rare opportunity to witness the full evolution of American music in real time. As a result of this geographical melting pot of sounds, the city has been a massive asset in helping some of the most renowned rappers find their voice.
Among this lengthy roster of legendary artists is Veeze,...
Among this lengthy roster of legendary artists is Veeze,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Matt Tighe
- Rollingstone.com
Over four nights in March, Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW brought the stars of tomorrow to Austin’s famed Acl Live at the Moody Theater. Each night, the 2,750-seat venue was packed — not just inside, but outside, too. Ahead of the second night’s bill, which was topped by música mexicana superstar Peso Pluma, lines of fans stretched for blocks, including, reportedly, the longest line in SXSW history. (One fan got in line at 4 a.m. for a show that didn’t start for more than...
- 3/22/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Veeze has joked that 2022 was his “rap internship” as he prepped his debut LP, Ganger, and spent time around rap stars like Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, and Babyface Ray, observing them and learning rap-star decorum. Now, with the album out to much acclaim, the 28-year-old Detroit native is on the verge of stardom, and he’s the one whose example younger artists will be following.
Singles like “Gomd” and “Not a Drill” were ubiquitous among rap heads in 2023, with so many artists still doing freestyles to the latter that he...
Singles like “Gomd” and “Not a Drill” were ubiquitous among rap heads in 2023, with so many artists still doing freestyles to the latter that he...
- 3/21/2024
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone’s second annual Future of Music SXSW showcase brought four days of the music of tomorrow to Austin, packing the house at the Moody Theater with sounds from hip-hop to música mexicana, urbano to Afrobeats, and beyond. Teezo Touchdown, Peso Pluma, Young Miko, Flo Milli, Red Clay Strays, Uncle Waffles, and Veeze were just some of the 19 up-and-coming acts who played. Here are the best photos from an event to remember...
- 3/13/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Six years ago, in the spring of 2018, Teezo Touchdown and some friends drove nearly 250 miles across Texas from their hometown, Beaumont, to the state capital of Austin. SXSW was in full swing, bringing thousands of people each day to the downtown thoroughfare of Sixth Street, where Teezo and his friends set up. “We got ourselves a speaker and a microphone,” he recalled last night. “But we didn’t have no shows.” So, Teezo said, he spilled his soul right there on the street until the cops made him leave for performing without a permit.
- 3/13/2024
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Peso Pluma, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown, Young Miko, Faye Webster, and others will grace the stage at Austin’s famed Acl Live at the Moody Theater for Rolling Stone’s weeklong Future of Music showcase at South by Southwest.
The four-night concert series will take place between March 12 and March 15, featuring artists from around the world and across the genre spectrum. Texas Mc Teezo Touchdown will headline night one, March 12, which will also feature performances from Brooklyn’s own Lola Brooke, Detroit punchline king Veeze, rising Atlanta rapper Karrahbooo and...
The four-night concert series will take place between March 12 and March 15, featuring artists from around the world and across the genre spectrum. Texas Mc Teezo Touchdown will headline night one, March 12, which will also feature performances from Brooklyn’s own Lola Brooke, Detroit punchline king Veeze, rising Atlanta rapper Karrahbooo and...
- 2/21/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Drake recently topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the 13th time with his latest solo album For All The Dogs. The polarizing record accrued 402,000 sales units in the United States during its first week, including 514 million streams. For All The Dogs is Drake’s fourth album in two years — though his first solo rap album since 2021’s Certified Lover Boy. Even with the deluge, his streaming numbers reflect a ravenous appetite amongst rap listeners; he’s become too big to fail. He enjoys a fanbase that spans demographics. And even those...
- 10/23/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
In May, Detroit rapper Veeze told Rolling Stone that he took things back to the drawing board after his Instagram page was removed last year. His fans were anticipating a follow-up to 2019’s Navy Wavy but felt like he had hit a period of complacency with rap. Having to run his Instagram following back up to its current 300,000 followers made him reflect on how he could improve his career — including refining his craft. He says time spent around established stars like Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, and Babyface Ray allowed him...
- 6/30/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Detroit rap is the most hilarious subgenre in hip-hop right now. And the experience is even more palpable with an in-person Veeze ad-libbing bars as he recently did during a listening session of his upcoming album, Ganger, in Rolling Stone’s New York offices. “What’s wrong with that bitch?” he incredulously asks after I chuckle at one of his lines about a woman he knows. The album is a follow-up to 2019’s Navy Wavy, which solidified Veeze as a pillar of the new Detroit rap vanguard with tracks like his breakout “Law N Order,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
The rap world is ever-changing, and 2022 showed us where we might be heading next. The year was full of solid releases from budding stars who set the stage for a lower-key sensibility within hip-hop. It was a year where fans turned away from the larger-than-life superstars towards more down-to-earth figures in the scene. The rise of homegrown acts like Babytron and newcomers Ice Spice proved that hip-hop’s new landscape is abundant. In today’s rap world, there’s something for everyone.
2023 is poised to be no different. This year,...
2023 is poised to be no different. This year,...
- 1/16/2023
- by Jeff Ihaza, Mankaprr Conteh, Dewayne Gage and Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
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