Rising rhymer Maiya The Don is concentrated on the artwork of rhyming and making an impression together with her bars. The 22-year-old Brooklyn native creates songs for the ladies, the “self-made brats” and “first-born daughters,” who’ve appeared out for everybody however themselves, and now it is time all of them put themselves first. Huge Don’s confidence is clearly evident in her persona in addition to her rhymes. She brings her daring power to her 2024 XXL Freshman freestyle. With bars like, “B**ch, I am actually the most important,” it goes with out saying that she’s right here to remain. Or in her phrases, “Get on the practice or get hit by one.”
The 2024 XXL Freshman could also be a rap newcomer, however her expertise show she’s obtained expertise. “Have a look at the stats, if I am a rookie, she’s an beginner,” Maiya rhymes. She’s unfazed by any stressors that include the profession path she’s chosen. A path that she’s all the time desired to have since watching BET’s 106 & Park again within the day together with her brother, who has comparable rap aspirations. She takes her craft critically, noting that she would not need assistance together with her pen recreation. “Child, I am the dime, so the stress by no means shook me,” Maiya spits. “I heard a reference monitor, so no, you h*es won’t ever push me/B*ches obtained ni**as in author’s rooms simply to speak about they pu**y.”
Maiya The Don’s value is rising and he or she’s placing tax on it with intelligent wordplay. “I am out-rapping b**ches, that is with or with out the numbers,” Maiya raps. “You need my throwaways?/It’s going to value you want, seven figures/Ya proper toe and ya liver/They assume I got here outta nowhere/Lil b**ch, I been good/Easy circulate and supply, I am a midwife/B**ches’ physique rely and web price/It is me, myself and I/I do not respect the remainder.”
Whoever wasn’t acquainted with Maiya The Don prior, she’s assured that her expertise will achieve her a spot on anybody’s favourite rappers checklist. “Cash talks, so watch out who I communicate to/I been planning to take a seat on M’s like Evisu/Title a brand new b**ch that be rapping like this/I guess this freestyle alone may have you scrappin’ ya checklist, b**ch,” she provides.
It is evident Maiya takes a web page from the lengthy lineage of revered feminine rappers when listening to her bars. “I prefer to say I’m influenced by everyone,” Maiya tells XXL. “I feel anyone out of New York, particularly the ladies. I can’t be a younger Black girl from New York and never title Lil’ Kim, Cunning Brown, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, like, everyone who got here earlier than me, clearly. And I prefer to say that I’m super-influenced stylistically by Rick Ross [and] Jay-Z when it comes to how I prefer to rap.”
Following the success of her breakout single, “Telfy,” in 2022, Maiya has garnered over 7 million performs on Spotify and almost 3 million views on YouTube for the monitor. She’s locked in a number of collaborations with Flo Milli together with “Immodest” alongside Lola Brooke. She additionally has a tune of her personal with Flo, titled “Costly,” and appeared on the Atlanta artist’s monitor “Something Flows” with 2Rare and Kari Fake. Maiya’s different bangers embody “Dusties,” “Luv U Higher” and “In Your Fingers” that includes Ty Dolla $ign, all of which seem on her debut mixtape, Sizzling Commodity, which arrived final 12 months.
Final winter, Maiya showcased her expertise within the all-women cypher, curated by Latto.
Because the highlight continues to shine on her, the New York native is standing in her personal individuality. “Me, I’m someone who can’t be duplicated or replicated or imitated,” she maintains. “I really feel like I’m very contemporary by nature. I rap very historically. I really feel like I’m the precise reverse of what individuals need feminine rappers to be, the place they simply consider that it’s a person spoon-feeding them sh*t. Not ’spherical this b**ch. I’ve all the time been very rambunctious and the kind of individuals, the other method, like, black sheep sort of individual.”
Get acquainted with Maiya The Don and the flames she’s throwing in her freestyle beneath.
The Freshman challenge is on newsstands in all places. Along with interviews with the 2024 Freshman Class and producer Southside, there are additionally conversations with Sexyy Pink, Ski Masks The Droop God, Mustard, Rubi Rose, Ken Carson, Ghostface Killah, Lola Brooke and extra, plus, a glance again at what the 2023 XXL Freshman Class has been doing. Additionally, there are tales on the continuing scamming and fraud plaguing hip-hop, and the way podcasters and streamers are enjoying a serious function in rap beef. The problem is on sale right here, together with some unique Freshmen merch.
