- YUNG LEAN
Sprouting up now through the crisp, white Swedish ice into the thicket of the hiphop world is the replica-rap of Yung Lean. Direct from Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden, 18-year-old Jonatan Leandoer Håstad and his Sad Boys crew are charging through the internet to a stage near you. Their debut album, Unknown Memory, just dropped, so spaz out and step right up to hear the Swede in a bucket hat imitate a Southern “baller” accent. Yung Lean hints at syrup-drinking and disses bitches just like his rap heroes. He also raps in caves with a My Little Pony doll. Yes! He’s from Sweden, but does that make the rapping any less blocky or obvious? Is there skill? Is it parody? Is this hiphop evolution or gentrification? Questions abound…
