MAVI

One of the most unique rappers of any scene, North Carolina's Mavi exudes conscientiousness and charisma. He started turning heads as a teenager with his poetic flow and laid-back delivery, and he only got better with time, issuing some of the genre's most thoughtful releases of the late 2010s and early 2020s, including 2019's Let the Sun Talk and 2025's The Pilot. Born in Sumter, South Carolina, in 1999 but raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Omavi Minder and his siblings were nourished by a supportive, conscientious family: his grandmother was part of a middle school class...