North West's Debut EP: Punk Rock Meets Rage Rap

0:00It's May 1st. I'm Corey, with the story. This is Music News today, driven by AI and Bill for the Culture. Northwest, the 12-year-old daughter of YA Way and Kim Kardashian, just dropped her debut EP, called N-Zero RT-H4 EVR on May 1st. It's got six self-produced tracks blending punk rock vibes with that raw-rage rap energy. You can hear influences from Playboy Cardi's whole lot of red, and her love for Molly Santana, all over it. The opener, H-Zero W-S-H-Zero U-L-D exclamation, F-3-3-L, even Samples Megan Diaz Monster from 2006. She's been building buzz for a while now. Jumping on tracks from YA Way and Ty Dolla Sign's Vultures album, plus FKA Twigs, E-U-S-E-X-U-A. Back in February, she put out a single called, Piercing On My Hand, that didn't make the final cut. More spin previewing Beats and Collapse 2, like sampling her dad's coldest winter from 808's in Heartbreak and March, and popping up at, his shows in Mexico City and Sofie Stadium.

1:06She's got a festival debut lined up at Summer Smash in Chicago on June 12th, and this Friday, she's linking with Complex for a pop-up shop-on. Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles, from 4PM to 9PM. Pacific Time Keep an Eye on that Rising Star.