GRIP - IDFT!? (Live) | Vevo DSCVR Artists to Watch 2022

GRIP - IDFT!?. An exclusive live performance for Vevo DSCVR ARTISTS TO WATCH 2022, an annual series highlighting those that are shaping the future of music. “I’m from the class of Hova and 3 Stacks/Pac, Nas, Big and Slim Shady,” asserts GRIP on his ‘I Died For This!?’ album. The last name is key - ‘I Died For This!?” is the ATL MC’s full-length debut on Shady Records, the imprint run by Mr. Mathers himself. A couple minutes later, Eminem hops on “Walkthrough!,” riding a buzzsaw beat over which both rappers trade bars touting the virtues of real spittin’ skillz. Contrary to the song title’s exclamatory punctuation, GRIP’s flow is laid back - especially compared to Em’s machine-gun delivery. A product of Decatur, just north and east of Atlanta, GRIP’s off-mic personality is equally low key. The “No Más” rapper got his name from childhood trips to the store; after paying, he’d frequently give spare change to a guy who eventually made a habit out of calling him “big money grip.” By the time the teen born Kyle C