Quadeca has transitioned from a music career driven by his social media presence to a more defined and personal artistry. He started out making videos where he replicated the styles of various popular rappers, eventually parlaying this viral online content into attention for his own original music. He filled projects like 2016's Nostalgia for the Now with sometimes nerdy but often technical flows, and lyrics full of social commentary and popular-culture references. He eventually replaced the trends and tropes of commercial rap that made up his earlier work with a sharpened foc...