Refering to his work as "pain music," Chicago native Lil Zay Osama delivers hard-hitting raps about his harsh, violent upbringing, tempered with Auto-Tune-heavy singing. He signed with Warner Records in 2019, following the breakthrough success of the song "Changed Up," and he issued several Trench Baby and Hood Bible mixtapes. A pair of The Streets Calling My Name EPs appeared in 2024.
Born on the South Side of Chicago in 1997, Zay's early years were turbulent and filled with legal troubles. After serving a three-year jail sentence, he decided to take music-making more seriou...