donavan johnson, better known as XV, has the online hip-hop world going crazy. the kansas-born rapper has been getting hype everywhere for his mixtape "everybody's nobody". this is his 6th mixtape. its about time that people start giving this kid credit. XV classifies himself as a nerd being obsessed with video games, comic books, and action figures but his lyrics and style are finally making him stand out the way he wanted to. he says he is playing the same role he did in high school as he is in the rap game, a nobody begging to be a somebody. his next album "the kid with the green backpack" is about how people knew him in highschool. he made up a fictional planet called "planet squaria", which is a place where he says he departed to when he was 15 (hence the XV). i was blown away when i first heard this mixtape. to me he sounded like drake with a faster flow with the creativity of kid cudi and the lyrical talent of someone like kanye or wayne. he has a lot to say his his music and everyone should start listening.
download the mixtape "everybody's nobody" here
heres XV live in brooklyn:
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