In the past year alone, Young Thug has dropped five dope projects – including his commercial debut Barter 6 and the thrilling Slime Season trilogy.Īnd there’s no stopping Thugga once he’s on a roll. Southside: He’ll work all night if you let him, and the next morning too. Using the same scattershot, ADD work style as his idols – Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne – Thugga just releases music with no rhyme or reason to it. Recent work: Barter 6, Slime Season, Slime Season 2, Slime Season 3, I’m UpĮver since breaking into the rap game in 2013, Young Thug has established his strong work ethic and relentless music output. The game will feature brands like BMW, Nissan, and Cadillac, and will star Fetty and Monty. Not to mention, Fetty’s also expanding outside of his music ventures and into the tech world – developing his own mobile racing game as part of Nitro Nation Stories. In addition he’s also dropped projects with French Montana and his own Zoo Gang, as well as killing it on the feature appearances for Kid Ink, Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Khaled, Rich The Kid and plenty more. To prove the naysayers wrong, Fetty’s debut album managed to debut on top of the charts and has been certified platinum. Just staying in the studio and trying to outdo myself and keeping the people that’s around me to help me go harder and help me come up with different melodies or different ways to say things or different flows. “Trap Queen” might be a global smash hit but Fetty also followed it up with two more top 10 singles – “679,” “My Way” – a top 40 – “Again” – and that’s just on his debut album alone. The 24-year old New Jersey crooner might have only been in the game for a couple years but he’s quickly established himself as one of the hardest working and savvy artists in the game today.ĭon’t for a second think that Fetty Wap is anything close to a one hit wonder. Recent work: Fetty Wap, For My Fans EP, Coke Zoo (with French Montana), ZOO 16: The Mixtape (with Zoo Gang) So here we go, Stop The Breaks presents: the top 10 hardest working independent hip-hop artists in the game today. In addition to creating, distributing and promoting their music, independent artists also have to focus on building relationships with journalists and bloggers, educate themselves on the music business, book live shows so they can make money on the road and plenty more duties. It takes a certain type of individual, one who can combine their creative skills with a business mindset and a relentless entrepreneurial hustle to become successful in the independent game.
As we all know, being an independent artist is no joke.