Bio

Fresh from supporting James Blake’s tour, SWAVAY may appear to be an ‘underdog,’ but the GRAMMY-nominated rapper & producer is positioned to be next up, no questions asked. Few artists have the musical depth & creative vision of the East Atlanta prodigy, whose brand of “soul-trap” has earned him cosigns and collabs from Wale, Leon Thomas, J.I.D., No ID, James Blake & Jermaine Dupri – to name a few.

On the back of a solid 2025 with releases BILLY2 – EP (5.17M all time streams) and NO DELUXE, being direct support for Wale (16 cities), J.I.D. (11 cities), Chase Shakur (8 cities) on U.S. tours; featured on Jermaine Dupri’s “Magic City” soundtrack on “More Than Me (feat. Belly Gang Kushington) and A Ma Maniére x Air Jordan 5 Retro “Black Collective” film; it’s no wonder why SWAVAY is one of this year’s strongest contenders for the coveted XXL Freshman cover.

SWAVAY released his first solo project, Poet Talk (2012), while still in high school and continued to drop independently until his persistence paid off in 2017 when producer Metro Boomin took notice, and signed him as the first act on his Boominati Worldwide label.

Under Metro’s tutelage, SWAVAY dropped his breakout project, Pure Infinity (2019), followed by B4DAlBUM – EP (2020), and earned a GRAMMY nomination for his contribution to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack on “Elevate” with Denzel Curry & Cordae. In 2022 his major label debut album Almetha’s Son on Def Jam Recordings officially solidified SWAVAY as one of hip-hop’s next up, proving his genre-traversing sound is ready for music’s biggest stages.

On his latest offering “The Prelude,” a 7-song EP with appearances from Jermaine Dupri, NASAAN, Girlfriend and Marco Plus, SWAVAY, over classic hip-hop and R&B samples, boldly claims 2026 as his. With a fall headline tour to be announced, yet another fire album on the way, and new brand deals and music collaborations in the pipeline – it’s proving his claim to be correct.