Independent and unsigned Arizona Zervas rapper celebrates the success of his track ‘ROXANNE’ which grabbed the #1 spot on Spotify’s US Top 50. Apple followed suit and added the track to Today’s Hits playlist. This is a Spotify ‘breaking artist story’. Spotify is flexing its muscles by taking an unsigned rapper from zero to hero on its streaming platform. Nevertheless, Arizona Zervas is pretty darn good with commercial appeal. Spotify knew who to get behind.

He writes on instagram “number one. no label. produced by my bff @94skrt
big thank you to everyone who has been supporting me over the years. this is a moment for us. still having fun with it.”

He’s been offered every deal to mankind but according to insiders it’s coming to a close.

Look out for Atlanta-based Hero The Band. They are a unique 4 piece and have a tough-to-pin-down sound- maybe an uptempo Imagine Dragons? I don’t know, figure it out with the track Trouble In My Mind. Either way, it’s fun. Their backstory is interesting as well. The band consists of all brothers, grew up in a musical family and have built their formative years playing in venues like the Masquerade, and opening for acts like the Mother’s Finest. They’ve released three albums independently and logged 350+ shows before signing with LAVA /Republic Records.

Tinashe inked a management deal with Roc Nation which houses Big Sean, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill and Rihanna. She previously released two albums with RCA Records but exited from the music label after facing creative differences. The 26 year old is readying the release of her new album ‘Songs for You’ this month via her imprint Tinashe Music.

UK’s Hatty Keane delivers drops a new track Digital Love. Her vocals are pretty powerful. She says the song is playing second fiddle in a relationship to the Digital age. The Michael King repped artist has tastemaker support from the likes of Spotify, Clash Magazine, Buzz Music and Celebmix.  She’s on 14+ Spotify playlists including Buzz Music. Moreover, she was flown to Israel by Forbes Magazine to perform at their biggest event of the year.

Nothing is stopping Kanye. His new album has launched into outer-space. Every single track on Kanye West’s “Jesus Is King” album have landed a spot on the Hot 100 this week, according to Billboard. The album launched at number 1 with 264,000 equivalent album units.

The track “Follow God” leads the Hot 100 at number 7, while “Closed On Sunday” sits at number 17.

This also marks the first time Kanye landed on Billboard’s religious charts reaching No.1 on both the Top Christian Albums and Top Gospel Albums.

West re-committed himself to Christianity and has kept his loyal fanbase. He also has dominated the national conversation with culture and politics. Moreover, Jesus Is King deviates from his previous releases, as the album is gospel-themed and contains no cursing.