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Calycal : Next Big Rapper Up

Calvin Lavender aka Calycal Is an up and coming music recording artist.calycal is 22 years old and He is from the small city of Lafayette Georgia.

How did u first get introduced to HipHop/Rap?

My mom bought me a bow wow doggie bag cd for Christmas and I played it like there was no tomorrow and I still have that cd to this day Bow wow was the first rapper I got introduced to and seen in real life.

What does the word respect mean to you?

Showing appreciation of what that person is doing, did or how they are but it’s loyalty at the same time also to get respect u have to respect yourself take the time to get to know yourself and what u want in order to grow.

Growing up in your hometown who did you see yourself becoming?

A agent of change, when I started to tell people I wanted to be a rapper I wanted to be real and authentic but I wanted to see if this was the right choice so I started to go to church and when I went the pastor told me “you better get them ready “ so I felt like that was a sign from god so I started attending church and after 2 years I got serious with my music and I told god that it’s in his hands so studying my mind and myself I wanted to make history with my home town I wanted to make people lives change and the only way I could do that if I spark there mindset I want people to come together as one so I create the I AM ENERGY moment.

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Kyle Ashen’s sun-drenched recollection with new release “That Local Girl”

Kyle Ashen’s latest release, “That Local Girl,” is a gorgeous trip down memory lane, a country single that explores that golden glow of memory, like flipping through old photographs touched by salt air and summer sunlight. It’s warm, cinematic, and deeply relatable, a song about the kind of love story that never quite goes away, even as time moves on.

“That Local Girl” is filled with imagery that quickly takes the listener into a world they can walk right into. You got a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl on a boardwalk street by the ocean, a souped-up truck driving through town, neon lights reflecting off the ocean breeze, and the electric innocence of young love burning in the background.

But under all that cutesy trapping is something more than that, longing. Some people, some places that leave permanent marks on Kyle Ashen and us know that. What’s so brilliant about this song is that it marries those two ideas, making love and hometown memory feel beautifully inseparable. Sometimes you miss a person. And with that person, you miss an entire version of life. “That Local Girl” is more than a country love song from Kyle Ashen. He is a living postcard from the past, sun-faded, bittersweet, and glowing with feeling. A reminder that summers pass by, but some memories stay with us forever.

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ECHOFLIP inspires faith and fire with triumphant anthem on “Kingdom Rise”

ECHOFLIP marches forward with commanding purpose on “Kingdom Rise,” a single that not only demands attention but also commands it. Driven by pounding drums, soaring melodic textures, and full-conviction lyricism, the song arrives like a battle cry with the heart of worship. Bold and energized and spiritually charged from beginning to end.

“Kingdom Rise” is street realism meets kingdom vision at its heart. It’s got grit in its pulse but grace in its message as well. Each bar rings with resilience with ECHOFLIP, a record that embodies struggle, perseverance, and steadfast faith in the face of adversity. The result is music that is rooted in reality while reaching for something much larger.

What makes the single particularly compelling is how seamlessly it combines high-energy Christian trap with uplifting spiritual themes. The hard-hitting production has edge and urgency, and its faith-centered focus gives it soul. It’s motivational without being pushy. Worshipful without momentum loss, without losing authenticity. Ideal for trap gospel, inspirational rap, and urban playlists that aim to uplift as much as energize, “Kingdom Rise” delivers on all fronts. It moves the body, it sharpens the mind, it stirs the soul.

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