Derek Lemire's Blog – November 2021 Archive (8)

Multi-talented South Bronx lyricist and entrepreneur Dot Demo delivers the visual for "Himalayan Pink Salt", which the Ultra Nostra Records' founder directed with his teams at OMERTÀ and Daily Gems. The song features comedian Pop Vazquez, who serves up sincere subjugation on the marvelous intro and outro, enhancing the virtuous veracity laced in Dot Demo's bars.





"Himalayan Pink Salt" was produced by Don The Jeweler, and will be featured on Dot Demo's 93HUNNIT album, slated for… Continue

True Prophecy is an up and coming artist from Texas. He was born in Pennsylvania but raised in Texas. He is Edgy, unique and embodies hope for anyone going through a hard time. True Prophecy wants to give a voice to those who can't speak up, and he has been through trials in tribulations that he knows can change the world if you just listen!





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Promising Nola rapper, Mike Mayjor, gets the assist from Houston's DJ Chose on his latest offering, "Saved." The follow-up to his summer hit, "Look Into My Eyes", Mayjor describes the release as "a classic hood story that shows what happens between friends when one decides to break loyalty within their circle."





Mike Mayjor got his start in rap almost by accident. He was asked to write a 2nd verse for a song his cousin was recording at the time and the responses that received… Continue

Big V of Nappy Roots accomplished so much during his time as lead vocalist of the group. Multi-platinum sales, Nominations for Grammys, MTV Music Video Awards, Soul Train Awards and AMA's. Recording… Continue

One Kay, born Dontavious Hubbard, moved from Chicago to Atlanta at an early age with his siblings and mother, who was in search of a better and safer life for her children. While she thought this would be the case in a new city, Hubbard’s mother noticed suspicious behavior from her son at around age 13. This was about the same time he began to record under the name One Kay. Upon further investigation, his mother discovered One Kay’s gang affiliation and illegal hustles. Faced with cutting his… Continue

As the controversy surrounding Dave Chapelle's Netflix standup "The Closer' rages on, singer/songwriter Jalen Thomas aka Sonboy felt compelled to add his voice in the form of his latest single, "STONEWALL NIGGA." Taking to Instagram Tuesday the young creative, who describes his sound as 'soulful art-pop' shared his motivation for the song.…





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Los Angeles Underground king “THEBREAKUP“ aka “thebreakupisover” delivers melodic godly vibes on his latest single “Make It Rain” featuring New Jersey’s goat artist “Young N Fly” , with next level production from Netherlands producer “Quenn” ,We asked how “Make It Rain” came together, THEBREAKUP responded “Me and Quenn made the beat over IG FaceTime call, told him I need new age club vibes, beat was done in 10 minutes, and you know I had to get the New Jersey Devil Young N Fly on the song,… Continue

San Antonio's GMGcenzo can literally summarize this past year of his life within the grand sum of 8 minutes and 15 seconds. He does, in fact, with the release of this 3-song EP, "See Bout It", which hit the steaming world Tuesday.





The title track, a single Cenzo dropped in May, caught the 19- year-old on a high note as he celebrated his recent management deal under ByrdGMG and the beginning of a new chapter in his budding career.





The follow-up tracks, "Change… Continue