The Break Presents – Sett

With a stage identify derived from the traditional 1996 motion flick Set It Off, rising rhymer Sett embodies Memphis’ ever-bubbling rap scene.

Sett, 21, is the youngest man amongst a household of 10 youngsters and proudly represents the Bluff Metropolis’s South Vegas neighborhood. He’s additionally Pooh Shiesty’s cousin, which proves that his Memphis hip-hop lineage runs deep. In reality, Sett is holding it down whereas Pooh stays incarcerated.

In 2020, Sett was impressed to begin rapping by his late good friend, Cam, who recorded Sett’s first rhymes in a humble dwelling studio. Nevertheless, shortly afterward, Sett’s life within the streets of Memphis landed him out and in of jail for the higher a part of the following two years. Whereas he was nonetheless locked up in 2022, a monitor known as “Obtained Movement” that includes TayG caught the eye of Gucci Mane. Guwop took curiosity within the fledgling rapper, which led Sett to ink a cope with Gucci’s The New 1017 file label that very same yr.

Sett was launched from jail instantly after signing to Gucci Mane. With a brand new outlook on life and a brand new file deal in tow, he dedicated to going to the studio and is now having fun with the fruits of his labor. In October of 2022, Gucci hopped on Sett’s “Break Out Dat Cake,” which raked in 700,000 streams on Spotify proper from the bounce. The tune has since reached over 1.1 million streams on the favored DSP.

After gaining much more traction with tracks like “First Day within the A” and “South Vegas Drive,” Sett dropped the broadly acclaimed “Piss Set Off” in April of 2023. The breakthrough lead single from his debut mixtape, Lifetime of a SlimeCrook, has seen 5.7 million YouTube views and even landed on Jay-Z’s Couple Songs of ’23 Tidal playlist, which highlights Hov’s favourite songs of the yr.

With a jovial character and extremely entertaining tales, Sett joins XXL’s The Break: Reside. He chops it up about his upcoming single “CBFW” that includes Lil Child, the undertaking he is on the point of drop in February and what makes him stand out among the many many well-liked Memphis rappers. He additionally touches on how his South Vegas upbringing supplied an schooling for dealing with his enterprise and far more.

Try the complete interview beneath.

Comply with Sett on Spotify and Instagram.

Standouts:

“Piss Sett Off”

“Break Out Dat Cake” with Gucci Mane

“Snap” that includes Finesse2tymes

“Cottonwood to South Vegas” that includes NLE Choppa

Lifetime of a SlimeCrook

See the Tales of How Rappers Obtained Their Artist Names