Chicago rapper/singer Doa Beezy evolved from a more hard-edged rap style into a melodic and partially sung approach that kept with the movement of melodic rappers coming out of his city in the late 2010s. Moody, shifting instrumentals and lyrics about street struggles and surviving traumatic environments made up a series of singles like the emotionally heavy "Streetz Done."
Doa Beezy was raised on the South Side of Chicago and was rapping by his teens. He first made music under the name DoeBoi Flexx, self-releasing tracks and mixtapes throughout the mid-2010s. Around the end ...