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Alabama rapper
NoCap's style incorporates emphatic Auto-Tuned vocals and soul-searching lyrics about growing up within the culture of a dangerous street life. After releasing a few tracks online,
NoCap broke through with several viral singles. He kept this momentum going with mixtapes like 2019's well-received
The Backend Child and 2020's
Steel Human. Two years later, he issued his debut album,
Mr. Crawford.
NoCap was born Kobe Crawford in Mobile, Alabama, and got into music around age nine through the mentorship of a man his mother was dating. With this man's help,
NoCap and his brother began performing live shows locally, rapping and singing while they were still just children. When the romance between his mother and this early mentor fizzled, the young rapper took a break from music until his teenage years, when he came back with an intricate and emotionally reaching style comprising sometimes-rapped, sometimes-belted sung vocals. In 2017, he began releasing music online. By the next year, he'd broken through with the single "Legend," as well as his debut mixtape, Neighborhood Hero.
NoCap also collaborated with Atlanta rapper
Rylo Rodriguez in 2018 on the Rogerville mixtape.
The following year, the fully formed mixtape
The Backend Child arrived, with buzz surrounding the heart-wrenching single "Ghetto Angels." The mixtape featured guest spots from like-minded rappers
OMB Peezy and
Quando Rondo. Before the end of 2019,
NoCap returned with another lengthy mixtape,
The Hood Dictionary. The 16-song collection doubled down on the confessional, gospel-tinged style of his previous project and included a remix of "Ghetto Angels" featuring new verses from
Lil Durk and
Jagged Edge. In July 2020,
NoCap surprise-released the mixtape
Steel Human. The 16-song project included guest appearances from rappers such as
DaBaby,
Boosie Badazz, and
Lil Uzi Vert. 2022 saw
NoCap release his official debut long-player,
Mr. Crawford. The album was relatively light on contributions from featured artists, but included appearances from
Kodak Black and
NBA Youngboy.
Mr. Crawford debuted in the top ten of the Billboard charts. ~ Fred Thomas