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GRAMMY NOMINATED RAPPER LATTO AKA “BIG MAMA” RELEASES HER THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, SUGAR HONEY ICED TEA

Today, ATL-based Grammy nominated rapper Latto aka Big Mamareleases her highly anticipated third studio album Sugar Honey Iced Tea via RCA Records.

The album is centered around Latto’s Georgia Southern roots and displays her signature raw, witty lyricism over magnetic beats. The 21-track album features A-List Southern artists including Megan Thee Stallion, Ciara, Coco Jones, Young Nudy, Flo Milli, Teezo Touchdown and more.

This album release follows Latto’s major Billboard July cover print issueand the release of the singles “Big Mama,” “Sunday Service,” “Put It On Da Floor” and latter two track’s respective remixes.

The 2023 BET “Best Female Hip-Hip Artist” award winner has brought everyone to her ATL church this summer starting with the original version of the single “Sunday Service” which garnered viral buzz when Latto teased a snippet of the song on her IG a few months prior, giving fans her signature witty bars over a catchy beat. Directed by Hidji World and Latto herself, the video features Latto in various settings including the Bronx with “twenty black suburbans we pull up like Sunday Service” – click here to watch. 

In June, Latto released the remix to her single “Sunday Service” featuring Megan Thee Stallion & Flo Milli and her next single, “Big Mama.” The latter track was dropped right before her two performances at the 2024 BET Awards – one for a medley of “S/O To Me,” “Big Mama” & “Sunday Service” and the other for Usher’s tribute. She garnered two nominations at the award show this year, “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” and “Best Collaboration.” Latto also headlined ATL’s Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash that same month and made history as the first-ever female headliner. Big Mama showed up and showed out giving a stellar performance to her fans and surprising them with major special guests including Usher, Flo Milli, Mariah The Scientist and more. Most recently, Latto has been nominated for two 2024 MTV VMA awards –  “Best Collaboration” and “Best K-Pop” for “Seven” with Jung Kook.

In addition to music, Latto wrapped up taping Season 2 of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow as a judge alongside DJ Khaled and Ludacris, which is coming out this year.

With over 1 billion streams worldwide across all platforms and accolades continuing to rack up from her success, Latto has the stage to become a global superstar. Since the release of her hit RIAA-certified and Music Canada certified 3x Platinum single “Big Energy” in 2021 Latto has been inescapable.

She went on to make history with the single as the first female rapper to ever have a #1 record at Pop, Rhythm and Urban Radio with the same single. Overall, she’s also the first female artist in 12 years to accomplish this feat, joining the company of Rihanna (“Rude Boy”), Alicia Keys (“No One”), Beyonce (“Irreplaceable”),  Mary J. Blige (“Be Without You”) and Mariah Carey (“We Belong Together”), the last five to previously achieve this. Since then, she has won various awards including: “Best New Artist” at the 2022 BET Awards, “Best New Artist”at the 2022 People’s Choice Awards, Variety Hitmakers “Breakthrough Artist” Honoree, 2023 Billboard’s Women in Music “Powerhouse Award,”“Song of the Summer” for “Seven” with Jung Kook at the 2023 MTV VMA Awards, and “Best Female Hip-Hop Artist” at the 2023 BET Awards.

In addition to all the awards Latto has racked up over the past few years, she was also nominated at the 2023 Grammy Awards for “Best New Artist” and “Best Melodic Rap Performance” (for “Big Energy (Live)”) and has graced multiple print covers in 2023 alone such as Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone “Musicians on Musicians” Issue with Snoop Dogg, XXL Magazine – which included a video component for XXL’s first-ever all female cypher curated bby Latto (that trended on Youtube and went viral) – and a digital cover for Forbes ’30 Under 30’ as the call out for the Musicians section. 

In the summer of 2023 Latto had her firstinternational festival run in Europe that included Wireless Festival (London), Roskilde Festival (Denmark), Rolling Loud Germany, and more. She’s also attended various fashion weeks over the years in New York, Milan, and Paris where shewent shows for Robert Cavalli, Etro, Blumarine, Diesel, Tommy Hilfiger, Rabanne, GCDS and more. With the release of her third studio album, this next chapter of Latto’s career will spolight her new music, have creative vibrant visuals and give more big energy from The Biggest.

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Latto Drops ‘Brokey’ Video Featuring Rubi Rose, Desi Banks & Contest Winner

ClayCo’s rising star, Latto, has dropped another hit with the visuals for her fan-favorite anthem “Brokey,” featuring comedian Desi Banks, rapper Rubi Rose, and surprise contest winner Yadira Ramirez. Known for her unapologetic bars, fashion statements, and culturally relevant messages, Latto once again delivers with her latest visuals, reinforcing why she’s a major force in today’s hip-hop…

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Outkast released their fourth album Stankonia October 31, 2000

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Latto in Sugar Honey Iced Tea promo trailer

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POPSTAR BENNY ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM OASIS

Atlanta production arbiter Popstar Benny has just announced that his new album Oasis will be released next month on October 11th and shared the LP's lead single "Wiz" (feat. Vayda & SadBoi) — out now along with an accompanying music video. Fueled by a moody piano riff, skittering hi-hats, and its Popstar Benny-produced visual, "Wiz" finds Vayda and SadBoi, two of ATL's 2024 breakout artists, trading lyrical barbs across a sleek tapestry of ominous 808s ("Why all these n----- wanna be a bad bitch?/Stay postin' all of these pics of they fits/Hookah and a bottle, they callin' it lit/Crumble under pressure, I'm callin' them Ritz"). The track marks the first offering from Oasis, which boasts a stacked all-woman ensemble of ATL rappers and vocalists, including Coco & Clair Clair, Vayda, SPOOK, SadBoi, and more.

On Oasis, in the words of Popstar Benny: “Atlanta is in its female renaissance. All the girls got something to prove — that’s why they can do it better than a lot of the guys.”

Known for his work with Rod Wave,Kevin Abstract, Destroy Lonely, and more, Oasis stamps Popstar Benny's first project of 2024 following the release of 2023's University!, which featured Tony Shhnow, Bear1Boss, and Duwap Kaine. Produced and curated by Benny alongside a familiar cast of frequent collaborators (Cashcache!, Nerdcoke, Baredex,), Oasis was mixed by ATL's own Alex Tumay (Metro Boomin, Young Thug, Travis Scott, 21 Savage) and features cover art courtesy of Farris Knudsen, who also designed Lil Uzi Vert’s Pink Tape and Gucci Mane’s Droptopwop. Recorded in just over a week at a treehouse Airbnb in ATL's Virginia-Highland neighborhood, Oasis is a celebratory ode to the city's woman-led rap renaissance — capturing an unforgettable portrait of Atlanta's vibrant new underground in the process.

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Today in Hip Hop History:

Outkast released their third album Aquemini September 29, 1998

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Happy birthday Lil Wayne ! 👑 What's your favorite song of his?

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