A newcomer to the hip hop scene, 21 year-old Angel Haze began writing at age 11 but the idea that her captions might actually be lyrics only occurred to her recently, when a friend suggested the possibility of turning her poems into raps. To date, she’s been featured on several music blogs and websites, such as: XXL.com, DJBooth.net, MTVIggy.com, TheSource.com, UrbanSteez.com Unsigned Hype, HotNewHipHop.com, Pound Magazine, and a feature for TheFader.com. Even Pitchfork ran a couple of blurbs about her New York and Werkin' Girls singles and you know how much hip hop they cover.
In two short years, she already has thousands of fans following her career and continues to build her buzz online. Her songs have presently surpassed the 100,000 mark in downloads, and have over 1,000,000 views on YouTube which was reason enough for Universal to offer her a recording deal. Angel Haze's Reservation EP – featuring production by Hira Sky, J La, Paris Jones, North Kid, Odhi Beats, The 83rd, The Rip, TK Kayembe, Trell Fields and Will Idap – was released on July 17 via Noizy Cricket!!/Biz 3 Records for that random rap look.
Angel Haze headlines HOT97's Who's Next Live at New York's SOB's (200 Varrick) on Wednesday (August 29).
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