May 5, 2021
Lakeyah Aims to Be Quality Control Music’s Next Up
[ad_1] Show & ProveInterview: Sowmya KrishnamurthyEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.Milwaukee is known for its breweries, cheese curds and NBA basketball star Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo, but hip-hop has struggled to escape its city limits to make it on the big stage. Lakeyah, a native of the Wisconsin city, wants to change that. “I aspire to be the biggest artist in the world,” she affirms. The 20-year-old rapper-singer has always had grand aspirations beyond her hometown. “I never saw myself doing anything else besides being an artist,” she conveys. That dogged determination catapulted Lakeyah to joining Quality Control Music in 2020—home...