January 12, 2022
Big30 Gears Up for Release of His Debut Album
[ad_1] Show & Prove: Big30Words: Peter A. BerryEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Winter 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.Big30 doesn’t rap as much as he fires away. His steamrolling delivery and scabrous lyrics evoke a harsh environment as he unloads tales of shoot-outs and block wars in unsettling detail. The rap world saw the aftermath of a Big30 assault after hearing his merciless guest verse on Pooh Shiesty’s “Neighbors,” a menacing, yet infectious single from Pooh’s Shiesty Season mixtape, released last February. On the track, 30’s bars spill out like a death threat: “I’m in the field with choppers, you can’t come up on this turf/And I’m...