May 20, 2021
Rubi Rose’s Distinctive Voice Fuels Her Rap Career
[ad_1] Show & ProveInterview: Kemet HighEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.A unique voice is crucial to rap stardom. And that just happens to be Rubi Rose’s God-given attribute. Though she’s petite in size, her sonorous tone makes her music larger than life, seemingly like she’s the seed of vocal prowess rap legends Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown. That voice delivers the sexually liberated lyrics on her 2019 smash “Big Mouth,” which birthed different viral TikTok trends from dance moves to people biting into various foods during the intro. Given the platform’s current superpower, that boosted the 23-year-old artist’s status in the...