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6 days agoWho Killed Rock And Roll? | Defector
1996 marked a significant shift in music, with rap rising in popularity and rock facing challenges amid changing cultural tastes.
Most Oscar Best Actor contenders don't need to disprove rumors that they're secretly a British rap artist. Timothée Chalamet, though, is full of surprises - and bars. The Marty Supreme star has just posted "4 Raws Remix," a new video collaboration with EsDeeKid, following after weeks of rumors that Chalamet was secretly the Liverpudian rapper. EsDeeKid performs with his face concealed, but similarities in their body type and their eye shape caused the speculation that he was actually a Chalamet musical side project.
On the first track, Jenkins links with TDE's Ab-Soul over a Python P production that leans into minor-key eeriness and abstract textures. The two emcees riff on competition and legacy with a poet's restraint and a fighter's resolve, crafting verses that feel like coded warnings rather than brash declarations.