Lil Zay Osama unveils YN TAPE, a 15-track challenge that includes Chicago’s rising drill artists Fairly Liyah, Fastmoney Ant, and Star Bandz.

Lil Zay Osama launched his new challenge, YN TAPE, on December 19, bringing collectively Chicago’s rising drill artists for a 15-track assortment that showcases town’s subsequent technology.

The Chicago rapper defined his imaginative and prescient for the challenge to AllHipHop.

“The YN tape is mostly a tape of me simply going again to my youthful self, bringing the drill model again: arduous beats, darkish sounds, and rapping about road stuff,” he informed AllHipHop. “Nevertheless it’s additionally to shine the sunshine on the youthful artists, the brand new technology developing in Chicago for individuals who don’t know em. I simply wanna see Chicago win over all and sticking collectively, and hopefully this tape can try this!”

The album options collaborations with rising Chicago skills, together with Fairly Liyah, Fastmoney Ant and Star Bandz. Lil Zay Osama additionally introduced in artists from different cities, resembling OT7 Quanny and YTB Fatt, to spherical out the challenge.

When discussing his collaborator choice course of, the rapper was direct about his decisions.

“I selected these particular folks as a result of artists like Fairly Liyah, Fastmoney Ant, Star Bandz — all of them from Chicago. They the brand new up and coming who music I f### with,” he defined.

He famous plans for added options in a deluxe model, saying he wished to highlight younger artists with whom he has real relationships.

The discharge comes throughout a interval of elevated visibility for Lil Zay Osama, who lately made headlines for exhibiting assist to a Chicago mom and little one who had been attacked by a bunch of scholars.

The rapper provided to fly them to Los Angeles for dinner and Christmas buying.

The YN TAPE tracklist contains standout collaborations like “YN’S” with YTB Fatt, “Turnt” that includes Star Bandz, and “Hood B****es” with Fastmoney Ant.

The challenge closes with each the unique and remix variations of “Canine S**t Information,” with the remix that includes OT7 Quanny.

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