I rep hard for Florida, but talent is talent! This artist spotlight is all about Philly rapper, Big Osama.
In just three years, he's gone from rapping for fun to rapping for a career and creating his own label called Ghetto Baby Records.He began at the age of 22, and like most new rappers, he made social media his best-friend by posting his freestyles and music videos. This helped begin a buzz about a new rapper with brutally honest, and beyond truthful lyrics about Philly and his upbringing.
With that being said, he still wants you all to know that he isn't just any instagram rapper. He's passionate about is music and he's doing more than just 60 second takes. He's dropped 5 projects in his short time in the game.
Obviously, Philly natives could relate to him, and respected what he was saying. They let there support be known when he recently won Best Rap Artist at the Philly Hip Hop Awards. He let that win give him a new boost of energy to help him create his most recent and most notable project, Ghetto Baby - EP.
From his start in 2016 to now in 2019, Big Osama has collectively surpassed over 1 million plays on SoundCloud and 800k views on YouTube.
Based on the lyrics, he has a story to tell and he's captivated an audience ready to listen.
His fan base now spreads far and wide throughout the US and even across the pond in London with kids, teens and peers reposting every song and lyric from the EP. You take a listen and let me know what's your favorite.
Keep up with Big Osama at @1osamabinstackin on social media.