Rakim was recently spotted at Riverfront Live in Cincinnati, where he performed some of his hit songs such as “Microphone Fiend,” “Juice (Know the Ledge),” “Paid in Full,” “Don’t Sweat the Technique” and more.
Niontay for Living Proof Magazine, Issue 12. Now available on the Living Proof Patreon.
Niontay is an American rapper and producer born in Milwaukee,
raised in Florida, and currently living in Brooklyn. Though he experimented with song writing on and off through his teenage years, he didn’t take rapping fully seriously until moving to New York in 2019, when an off the cuff drunken cypher session reignited his inspiration.
Initially getting by through working various modelling gigs, Niontay would eventually meet MIKE. The pair would quickly become frequent collaborators, with MIKE taking him on tour and signing him to his record label 10K Global.
In 2023, Niontay dropped his debut album Dontay’s Inferno featuring much of his own production under the moniker sexafterchurch, including standout hits “THANK ALLAH” and “Da City of a Hunnid Plays”. Riding the buzz, Niontay released Demon Muppy that same year, a six-track EP including features from MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt, 454, and El Cousteau.
In between the success of his sophomore album Fada<3of$ earlier this year and a European fall tour, Niontay spoke with Carlos Semedo about his latest project, regional rap scenes, his progression as an artist, and what’s next for the 26-year old rapper.
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