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Apr 20, 2021, 8:10 AM
Waco, TX – Pick Six Records has gained much traction this year with its one of
HipHopDX’s 2021 rising stars Morray, which also landed a partnership deal with Interscope Records for him earlier this month. The Moe Shalizi-owned label now has Wacotron as its next artist gaining much steam to continue Pick Six’s hot streak.
The Waco, Texas native has released his appropriately titled debut album
Smokin’ Texas for the 4/20 weed holiday on Tuesday.
Smokin’ Texas is executive produced by prominent Atlanta-based trap music producer and 808 Mafia’s Southside, who’s known for his work with Kanye West, Drake, Future, Gucci Mane and Young Thug to name a few in his 11-year resume with Hip Hop’s top-selling artists.
Morray uses his impassioned singing voice and athletic rhyming ability to tell clear-eyed stories about his rise from poverty to prominence. Continuing a meteoric rise that started with a runaway hit in October 2020, Morray announces that he has signed a new record deal withÂ
Interscope, in partnership withÂ
Moe Shalizi. The signing comes hot on the heels of Morray’s hit debut single “
Quicksand,” which currently sits atÂ
#73Â on theÂ
Along with the new signing, Morray announcedÂ
Street Sermons, his upcoming debut mixtape, during an interview with The Breakfast Club. The tape taps into the spiritual uplift and church-trained singing that makes Morray’s brand of hip-hop so unique, taking unflinching looks at Morray’s youthful struggles and indiscretions and examining his motivations to succeed. The upcomingÂ
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Welcome to Emerging Artists Spotlight, the Billboard series where we highlight a musician or band who has recently made their debut on the Emerging Artists chart. Whether they are new to the industry, or have been around for a while but are just starting to have a chart impact, the intention is to showcase where they are here and now. This week’s pick is rising rapper Morray, who debuted at No. 45 on the chart dated Jan. 16 thanks to his breakout single “Quicksand.”
Morray already became your favorite rapper s rapper with his debut single Quicksand, which he released in October. But the rising Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper doesn t rhyme about falling into fame like quicksand; the song likens it to not getting consumed by life on the streets. And rappers who faced the same feat in the same hood have quickly taken a liking to Morray.
Welcome to Emerging Artists Spotlight, the Billboard series where we highlight a musician or band who has recently made their debut on the Emerging Artists chart. Whether they are new to the industry, or have been around for a while but are just starting to have a chart impact, the intention is to showcase where they are here and now. This week’s pick is rising rapper Morray, who debuted at No. 45 on the chart dated Jan. 16 thanks to his breakout single “Quicksand.”
Morray already became your favorite rapper s rapper with his debut single Quicksand, which he released in October. But the rising Fayetteville, North Carolina rapper doesn t rhyme about falling into fame like quicksand; the song likens it to not getting consumed by life on the streets. And rappers who faced the same feat in the same hood have quickly taken a liking to Morray.