Showing no signs of stopping or slowing down, Kenzo B, one of the leading voices in New York’s rap scene announces her highly anticipated mixtape Top 2 Not 2 via Coke Boys/Warner Records is set for release this coming Friday June 23rd. The news arrives with the unapologetically energized music video for her latest single “BFFR” today. Watch above.
From the first frame, she immediately commands attention. The show-stopping spitter turns up in a Bronx park surrounded by friends. Kenzo transfixes with fast-paced choreography proclaiming her status at the top of the food chain, “I’m a five-star bitch.” The clip also showcases the borough’s love for her as she never relents, and sparks literally fly from her freshly manicured trigger finger.
Once again, she asserts herself as next-up from New York…
The track incited unanimous applause right out of the gate. The FADER declared, “It’s Kenzo B’s moment right now” and applauded “her charismatic take on drill, chiefly defined by a flow that whirls and slices like a tornado of razor blade.”
“BFFR” arrived in the wake of her 2022 debut mixtape, Top Dawg, anchored by the single “Hood Love Story.” To date, Kenzo B has attracted critical acclaim from Pitchfork, HotNewHipHop, Vulture, OkayPlayer, and FADER. More recently, she dropped the scorching single “DeadGame,” which warned of her willingness to get “deeper than music.”
With “BFFR,” Kenzo reconfirms her status of one of the hottest MCs in New York—and on the planet.
ABOUT KENZO B:
For Kenzo B, rap is a family business, but it’s also a cutthroat competition. The 18-year-old native of the Bronx, who has quickly become one of the most magnetic voices in New York’s vibrant drill music scene, honed her skills at home, where she vied with her brother, Bando, to see who could write the better verse to any number of borrowed beats. This spirit of rivalry continued when Kenzo took on the world. Her vocal adaptability and dogged attention to detail—not to mention the charisma that practically drips off of her—have not only made her one of the most instantly inimitable MCs in drill but have allowed her to navigate the traditionally male-dominated genre with ease. While she was still in high school, Kenzo released songs like the Dick Dale-sampling “Bump It” and the critically acclaimed “The Realest,” which were equal parts menacing and free-spirited, marked by raw energy and tonal sophistication the likes of which often elude artists twice her age. As she gears up to release a flurry of new singles—including the piercing, furious “No Tweakin” and the scorching track “Sanctioned”—as well as her debut project on Warner Records, Kenzo has continued to hone her rapid-fire flows and expand her songwriting repertoire. That’s all while remembering that, in an era where social media can pull listeners’ attention in a thousand different directions, the best way to make yourself stand out in rap is still to go harder than everyone else around you.
