16-year-old Harlem-born melodic drill artist, DD Osama, has just shared his debut project, Here 2 Stay with features from Coi Leray and Rylo Rodriguez, as well as frequent collaborators HoodStarDotty, Lil Zay Osama and more. The project arrives alongside a new video “Be Alright”, on which he pulls out his heartfelt singing to more extreme lengths, putting together an expressive R&B-leaning performance over soulful ATL Jacob production. With more than 1.4 million Monthly Listeners on Spotify and over 130 million combined catalogue streams, DD Osama‘s new project features his red-hot singles “40s N 9s” (50M streams) featuring Sugarhill Ddot, “Letter 2 Notti” (26M streams) and “Upnow” (20M streams) with Coi Leray. In just a matter of months, DD Osama has gone from sporting his school uniform to being handpicked to model for Drake’s NOCTA x Nike ‘Street Uniform’ collection, and selling out a number of out-of-state shows in Chicago, Atlanta, L.A., and Rhode Island, where he recently opened for Lil Durk. In celebration of the release of his debut project Here 2 Stay, DD Osama will be making his hometown debut, performing a sold-out show at Racket tonight.
Here 2 Stay is an expansive culmination of DD Osama‘s monstrous career thus far. Whether he’s flexing his melodies and loverboy raps over emotional beats like he does on tracks like “Show No Love” (feat. Rylo Rodriguez) & “Who I Am” or showcasing his aggressive, no-nonsense bars on more straightforward drill songs like the intro “What We Doin'” (feat. HoodStarDotty & Lil Zay Osama), the one constant throughout Here 2 Stay‘s 14-track runtime is his evident star power. Out now, Here 2 Stay finds DD Osama honing in on his uniquely melodic sound and candidly expressive bars, showcasing how far he’s come with his innovative sound and staying power in the process.
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