Check Out Kamaiyah As She Drops Her XXL Freshman Freestyle.
Even though, the 25-year-old Bay Area rapper has been playing with rhymes since she began bumping Bow Wow at around 8 or 9 years old, she admits to actually being a pop music fan who listens to the Chainsmokers and Zara Larrson. She would also give a telling perspective on the industry and how she approaches it differently from others coming out of the Indie hustle in a city like Oakland, saying:
“There’s like a mental trap in The Bay because the hustle is so independent that you can sell 100,000 out your truck. So you begin to depend upon that factor versus becoming national and worldwide. So there’s like a double-edged sword of how to make it out The Bay,” she told XXL. “So, how I stand out from everybody else is I see the benefits of the machine. I see how it’ll help you in the big picture in the long run behind that, versus just settling for circumstances.”
Kamaiyah does her thing in his 2017 XXL Freshman freestyle. The 10 MCs in the 2017 XXL Freshman Class includes the Bay Area’s Kamaiyah, The Bronx’s A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Philadelphia’s PnB Rock, Tokyo representer Madeintyo, Atlanta’s Playboi Carti, Portland’s Aminé, Atlanta’s Kap G, Ventura, Calif.’s Kyle; Houston’s Ugly God and 10th Spot winner XXXTentacion.
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