Lil Yachty & Ian – “Hate Me”

I guess the time has come to acknowledge Ian, our latest white rap YouTube phenomenon. Ian is a good-looking 19-year-old from Dallas who dresses preppy and raps in the melodic gurgle-blur Atlanta trap style. His sound is a perfectly OK hybrid of stuff like Young Thug and Chief Keef, and it’s nowhere near as obnoxiously jokey as what I’ve been seeing from fellow white-rap YouTube phenomenon Lil Mabu, let alone a guy like Tom McDonald. (We are aware of all these guys, and there’s a reason...

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