Niontay needs no introduction — his early-career co-signs say it all.

At just 26 years old, the 10K rapper has garnered support and collaborations from Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE , the latter of whom has played a key role in the kickstart of the rapper’s uprising from the confines of the East Coast underground.

“MIKE put a battery in my back before I even released music,” Niontay told Hypebeast, the pair boasting five studio tracks as a unit.

Now, with two studio albums under his belt — fresh off the release of Fada<3of$ at the end of April — the Milwaukee-born, Florida-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper has established a tight-knit, symbiotic network of creative collaborators, including MAVI and Sideshow with Tony Seltzer on production.

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What he hasn’t established

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