THE NEXT GENERATION IS HERE
Bursting into a tired UK Rap scene with an energy so infectious it’s unstoppable, 17 year olds LeoStayTrill and JayBaloo, bought together by 22 year old mogul Ade STP, have linked to drop the track of the summer.
Both MCs are already riding high. In September 2023, Leo’s track Honeybun went viral hitting 2m streams and securing him a prestige On The Radar freestyle – one of the only UK acts to get that co-sign. it puts him on a platform alongside the likes of Drake, Meek Mill, and Central Cee. He followed that with Falling in Love, a collaboration with Ugandan chart topper Joshua Baraka that showed he could spit heartbreak bars as smoothly as party chat.
Meanwhile JayBaloo has exploded out of nowhere. Performing his release Only A Number on Balamii Radio (home to Victory Lap) saw the track blow up on tiktok and Instagram- it has now hit over 700K in under 3 months, not bad for a self-released, second ever single.
Now they’ve joined forces. I Know was recorded in a single, heated studio session the day the pair met. United by their hunger and effortless pen game, Leo and Jay go bar-for-bar delivering a boisterous much needed reminder of MC essentials: flow, bars, punchlines and fun… Interrupting each other’s flows, flipping each other’s rhymes and scattering ad libs like cartoon TNT, this is the hottest duo track since Krept & Konan destroyed Otis over a decade ago.
With the preview clips of I Know already hitting over 1m views on IG and Tiktok, and picking up likes from Dave, Central Cee, Russ and JME along the way, the track is poised to dominate parties all summer. To match the tracks innovative energy, it comes with a video from Don Prod (Nemzzz, AJ Tracey, K Trap) shot entirely on film, with a scrolling effect flicking between MCs faces and movements, quite unlike any other UK Rap video out there.
Tune in to Balamii Radio at 4pm April 17 to see Leo and Jay perform the track live, alongside other freestyles and new heat…
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