Watch the official music video for “Let Me Cook” by X-YLE, now featured on RapStarVidz. Check out the visuals above, then scroll down to learn more about the release.
Queens, New York rapper X-YLE presents his new single “Let Me Cook,” produced by Ric The Great, alongside the music video directed by Akin Films. “Let Me Cook” is the lead single from Pray for Better, X-YLE’s new album released on Frontlyne Records through Roc Nation Distribution featuring Jaymillyrock, Whoisskitzo, Nikko Tesla, Adyeiis, YNG Mizzle, Dutch Alcott, Nikki Owens, and Isat Fakir. The founder and CEO of Frontlyne Records, X-YLE has been making music since age 11, coming up in Queens under the influence of DMX and Nas. He has been featured in The Source and Hip Hop Weekly, received airplay on Power 105.1 and Hot 97, sat for a Jack Thriller interview, and shared stages with G-Unit and the Ruff Ryders through events connected to Violator, Bad Boy, Interscope Records, and Def Jam. X-YLE describes his new single as “A new tone in the future of music.”
About X-YLE:
X-YLE is a rapper out of Queens, New York with a track record that runs through The Source, Hip Hop Weekly, Power 105.1, Hot 97, a Jack Thriller interview, and shared stages with G-Unit and the Ruff Ryders — built not through a label deal but through a decade-plus of independent work under his own imprint, Frontlyne Records. As the founder and artist-CEO of Frontlyne Records, now distributed through Roc Nation Distribution, he has maintained full control of his output while putting together a touring and media résumé that includes Violator, Bad Boy, Interscope Records, Def Jam Records, and The Source Magazine. His new single “Let Me Cook,” produced by Ric The Great and directed by Akin Films, arrives June 25, 2026 as the lead entry into his album Pray for Better.
X-YLE has been making music since age 11, coming up in Queens at the exact moment when DMX and Nas were defining what New York rap was supposed to sound like. That influence is embedded in his delivery — direct, raw, built on crowd interaction and the kind of slick lyricism that Queens has consistently produced. The foundation he built from those early years is the same one that eventually put him in rooms with G-Unit and the Ruff Ryders and landed his records on the playlists of Power 105.1 and Hot 97. Frontlyne Records exists because he chose to own the platform rather than wait for someone else to build it for him.
The body of work is now moving into its next phase. “Let Me Cook” is the opening statement of the Pray for Better campaign — a Ric The Great production with a video directed by Akin Films, distributed through Roc Nation Distribution. X-YLE calls it “a new tone in the future of music.” The validation that got him here — the press, the radio, the stages — was earned in the traditional way. The next chapter is being built on the same terms.