Coi Leray is within the midst of a surprising resurgence. Whereas rap followers undoubtedly slept on her versatile debut album regardless of standout singles like “Blick Blick” and “Anxiety,” she bounced again late final yr with the Grandmaster Flash-sampling “Players.”
At present, in a brand new interview with Billboard, she discusses the ups and downs of her profession to date and explains why “it’s no competitors” amongst her fellow feminine rappers as they storm the charts in a method that hasn’t been seen in hip-hop in almost 20 years.
“I don’t compete with them, since you simply can’t,” she says. “The very best factor about this business [is], there’s room for everyone. That’s why it’s no competitors. I could possibly be right here and you might be right here proper with me. On the finish of the day, even when we on the prime of the mountain, I’ma be Coi and also you gonna be you, and we may commerce locations or I may turn out to be another person. I’m gonna decide my greatness, my future, and my future. What’s for you is for you, whereas we’re on the prime collectively. Metal sharpens metal.”
She additionally listed a few of her favourite friends within the rap recreation, naming GloRilla, Ice Spice, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, Flo Milli, and rising star Lola Brooke, in addition to name-checking Latto, who was not too long ago embroiled in a ghostwriting controversy over leaked reference tracks for Coi’s “Blick Blick” and BIA’s “Entire Lotta Cash.”
