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Top five UP AND COMING rappers of 2017 as “Blessings feat.Drake”, “IDFWY” “Research feat.Ariana Grande” and “Play No Games feat. Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign.”, as of February 1, 2016, “Dark Side Paradise” is certified platinum, sitting atop the Billboard 200 as his first No.1 album.
2: Travis Scott Jake McKinney Staff Writer When people think of top rappers in the game right now, they usually think of the big guys in rap ; Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West and J.Cole. Well there are some new kids on the block who are trying to make a name for themselves. This is a list of the top 5 young rappers in the game.
5: Lil Yachty
At number five is Lil Yachty. Lil Yachty has made a name for himself with his feel good songs and red beaded dreads. The Georgia rapper has released four studio albums.Yachty released “Summer Songs 2” “After Da Boat” and “Lil Boat” all in the year of 2016 and released “Teenage Emotions” in May 2017. Yachtys song “One Night” went platinum, got 39 million plays on Soundcloud and peaked at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Lil Yachty was picked for the Double XL Freshmen class of 2016.
4: Lil Uzi Vert
At Number four is Lil Uzi Vert. On April 15th, 2016 Uzi dropped his second studio album “ Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World.” This album features songs “You Was Right”, “Ps & Qs” and “Money Longer.” “Money Longer” it peaked
at number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Money Longer” has 110 millions plays on soundcloud, and is certified 2x platinum. Lil Uzi also released his third studio album on his birthday, July,31 2016. This album featured songs “ Erase Your Social”, “Seven Million” and “Do What I Want.” Most recently, he released his long awaitedfourth studio album “Luv Is Rage 2” was released on August 25, 2017. “Luv Is Rage 2” debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200, and sold over 208,000 copies in its first two weeks and is still the number one album out on iTunes. This album features, “Xo TOUR Llif3”, Lil Uzis biggest song so far peaking at number 7 on the U.S. Billboard top 100. It also has 128.6 million plays on Soundcloud, and is certified 3x platinum. Uzi was also picked for the Double XL Freshmen class of 2016.
3: Big Sean
At Number three is Big Sean. Big Sean has released four studio albums. Big Sean dropped his debut album “Finally Famous” June 28th, 2011, his second studio album, “Hall of Fame”, in August 2013, and his third album “Dark Sky Paradise” on February 24th, 2015. It may have been winter when he dropped “Dark Sky Paradise” but nobody was cold when they listened to it because it was some heat! With tracks on it such
At number two is Travis Scott. Born in Houston, Texas, Scott has released two studio albums so far. His first studio album, “Rodeo”, was released September 4, 2015. “Rodeo” contains songs such as “3500 feat. Future & 2 Chainz” and “Antidote.” The latter became his highest-charting single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 16. “Rodeo” debuted at number one on billboard top 100 albums chart. His second album, “Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight”, was released September 2, 2016, and was Travis Scott’s first number one album on the U.S. Billboard 200. Travis was picked for double XL freshmen class 2013.
1: Migos
Finally at number 1 is Migos. This rap group has three members, Kiari Cephus, Kirshnik Ball and Quavious Marshall, also known as Offset, Takeoff and Quavo. They were all born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and have reached great success as a family group, since they are all related Quavo and Offset are cousins and Takeoff is Quavo’s nephew. The Migos have dropped 7 studio albums, their first album “No Label” was released June, 1 2012, and on January 27, 2017 Migos released their most recent album “Culture.” Migos member Offset confirmed that “Culture 2” will be released in October of 2017. The Migos are also credited with releasing one of the biggest rap song “Bad and Boujee.” “Bad and Boujee” was number one on the Billboard top 100, with it’s popular line “Raindrops Drop Top”, and was certified 4x platinum.
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