Rye Rye News

A protege of M.I.A. , Baltimore rapper Rye Rye is nowhere near as abrasive as that association would indicate.

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After several delays, Baltimore party starter and M.I.A. protege Rye Rye finally releases her major-label debut, which finds the club rapper cheerfully spitting her in-your-face flow over a variety of tempos and styles.

The 21-year-old Baltimore rapper has been rocking clubs since she was 16, and after five years of paying dues, and touring with mentor M.I.A. , she unleashes her booty-shake-inducing rhymes on mainstream listeners.

The project was eagerly anticipated, not only because of Rye's talent, but because the number of up-and-coming female MCs coming down the pike at that time was even lower than usual.

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With her debut album Go! Pop! Bang!, Rye Rye just wants to have fun. The Baltimore native, who established relevance as M.I.A.'s choreographi cally gifted hype woman, has spent the past four years attempting to lift her career from the party rap trenches.