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

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

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

“The YN tape is really a tape of me just going back to my younger self, bringing the drill style back: hard beats, dark sounds, and rapping about street stuff,” he instructed AllHipHop. “But it’s also to shine the light on the younger artists, the new generation coming up in Chicago for those who don’t know em. I just wanna see Chicago win over all and sticking together, and hopefully this tape can do that!”

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

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

“I chose these specific people because artists like Pretty Liyah, Fastmoney Ant, Star Bandz — they all from Chicago. They the new up and coming who music I f### with,” he defined.

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

The launch comes throughout a interval of elevated visibility for Lil Zay Osama, who lately made headlines for showing support to a Chicago mother and child who have been attacked by a gaggle of scholars.

The rapper supplied to fly them to Los Angeles for dinner and Christmas purchasing.

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 undertaking closes with each the unique and remix variations of “Dog S**t Records,” with the remix that includes OT7 Quanny.

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