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Connie Diiamond is ready to make her jump from the Bronx to the top of the charts. Following the October release of “Started,” a single that’s equal parts intimidating and addictive, she is maintaining the thrilling momentum with a placement on the NBA 2K23 soundtrack and a December EP, Gift Raps. The four-track collection is compact but bursting with color and personality. Diiamond’s buzz began in 2016 with her freestyle atop Drake’s “Summer Sixteen” before a menacing 2021 rendition of DaBaby’s “Ball If I Want To” sparked a viral flame. Since then she’s shared EPs like 2019’s Southern-fried Trappin’ For the 99&2000, which found her spitting over Down South classics, as well as 2020’s Trap Elliott 2.0, and 2022’s Flow of Forum, which celebrated New York City hip-hop. These EPs led to acknowledgment from various media outlets, including Consequence of Sound, NPR, XXL, and more. Diiamond’s genuine nature has also led to multiple co-signs in the rap industry including peers like Fivio Foreign and Remy Ma.
While she will always represent the Bronx, she wants her skillset to shatter any music molds that may come to mind when thinking about the historic borough. “I just want people to view me as an overall creator—not just a phenomenal female rapper,” she says. “I want to just be a phenomenal artist overall.”
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