LaBlackie is a rapper from Barcelona who has given a lot to talk about in the last couple of years after going viral on TikTok. “I came out of the rib of a raxet” is already an iconic chorus by Marina Neumann and belongs to her 2022 single ‘Costilla de Raxet’. “Raxet” is a Spanishization of the term “ratchet”, born from American hip-hop slang and describing a “choni” and empowered woman. With ‘Costilla de Raxet’, LaBlackie expresses that her talent was born from other previous rappers: she cites Nicki Minaj and La Zowi among her main influences.
Since 2022, LaBlackie has released the EP ‘Pretty Bitch’ and singles such as ‘Stephanie’ or ‘No Hook Freestyle Pt.2’. She has also appeared in the remix of ‘My Girls’ alongside L’Beel, another singer from Barcelona who we told you about a few months ago.
Recently, LaBlackie signed with Universal and, this Friday, released his debut album, ‘La Favorita’. The album includes the singles ‘Blessd’ – Marina’s first after her jump to a multiplex – and ‘Chinu Chanu’ and collaborations with Villano Antillano in ‘Maremoto’ and Israel B in ‘Muévete’. Friday’s focus track was ‘Violence’, Song of the Day for today, Monday.
From Nicki Minaj, LaBlackie may have learned her fast and aggressive way of rapping, and that is what the Barcelona artist offers in ‘Violence’, a great hip-hop song full of bragadoccio and bars against those “pimps” who go beyond what they don’t. are. LaBlackie also points out homophobic rappers (“they hate gays but for being homos”) and highlights their authenticity: “I feel like a diva doing this shit / but I was already cool when I was wearing a backpack.”
Over an aggressive hip-hop base with piano hits a la ‘HUMBLE.’ by Kendrick Lamar, produced by Groove 2070, LaBlackie above all emphasizes that she is here to stay: “I always knew I was never a flop” is another of the many quotable bars from ‘Violence’.
