2019 hottest music artist known professionally as Same-Dfrnc, is an American rapper, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, record executive, and community Icon. Considered among the best artist-rappers of all time, he is regarded as one of the world’s most significant global figures in popular culture.

Born and raised in Chicago, Same-Dfrnc first began his musical career at as a teenager. His grandfather was a well known musician. So Same-Dfrnc musical roots goes deep. As a native of Chicago toughest streets as a teen he relocated to Texas to further his carrer

His new release ABOVE ALL ELSE, examines wealth under every lens of street life to the life of conscious man shaping his identity.   On the amazing song “$truggle”, he brings up his life struggles that many can relate to as done in acapella with no beat behind him shows you his verbal reality about black people struggle in the inner cities of America. Even though it’s only 12 minutes long, ABOVE ALL ELSE is the first Same-Dfrnc album where you’re hanging on every single word from start to finish, because the words have about four times as many meanings as they did on any of his albums prior.

It’s only fitting that a fellow multi-generational hip-hop architect, produced the entire record. So the beats on the song “SIMP. OR FYE” paired with Same-Dfrnc here are thoughtful, abstract, and most importantly, beautiful. They’re often built on skeletons of expensive soul samples and further cut up into arresting shards for the master of ceremonies to interact with, yet they don’t distract from his astounding evolution towards an echelon of wordplay that has always matched his younger self’s precision while refusing to conceal his feelings or his responsibilities.