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Lay Luscious Debuts “9live$” Visual

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3 years ago

January 4, 2024

Haitian-American music artist Lay Luscious releases her debut single, “9live$.” “9live$” is a track with a lot of bravado and spunk. The energetic song is laced with hard-hitting, catchy lyrics. The rising star demonstrates that she is a force to be reckoned with as she accompanied the release of “9live$” with a self-directed music video. Lay Luscious also served as the stylist for the music video and showed off her impressive dancing skills. The video perfectly accentuates the song’s theme, and Lay Luscious slays and exudes supreme confidence.

Although “9live$” may be Lay Luscious’ first single, she is less so a newcomer. She is a model, poet, rapper, songwriter, and influencer. Lay Luscious made special guest appearances in music videos for Ty Dolla $ign, Nef The Pharaoh, Saweetie, Priceless Da Roc, Blac Zac, and many more. She participated in various international poetry competitions such as Brave New Voices, and has worked with and opened up for notable talents such as Haiti Babii and Chris Gotti. Lay Luscious has starred in a variety of productions such being in an international Nike commercial, featuring in a Dolls Kill’s commercial catalog, modeling in LA Fashion Week – hosted by Angel Brinks, and appearing on WorldStarHipHop, WE tv, Oxygen, etc.

Lay Luscious has a lot more in the tank, and this is just the beginning. So, get live to “9live$” while we wait for her next song to go live.

Follow Lay Luscious on Instagram (@layluscious__).

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Pivot Gang Return With New Single Location

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20 hours ago

November 1, 2026

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Pivot Gang. Photo via @pivotgang.

Chicago collective Pivot Gang have released Location, their first group single since 2024. The song arrived on October 28, 2026, and it is the first single from the group’s sophomore album, due in early 2027. That album will be their first since You Can’t Sit With Us, the debut they released in 2019.

Location puts the crew’s core chemistry back on display, with Saba, MFnMelo, Joseph Chilliams and Frsh Waters trading verses over production co-created by daedaePIVOT and Ben Nartey. The video, directed by JLEAN, keeps the world small and familiar: a basement, a poker table, a pool table and a game of Uno, the group posted up together the way they started. In the years since the debut, the members have built substantial solo careers, Saba most visibly, which makes a full crew record an event rather than a routine release. Location works as both reunion and announcement, a reminder that the individual successes were always rooted in this circle.

The album campaign leads toward a hometown ritual. John Walt Day, the group’s annual Chicago celebration honoring their late member John Walt, returns on December 19, 2026 at Thalia Hall. Between that date and the early 2027 album, Pivot Gang are giving their city, and everyone who watched them rise from it, a full season to look forward to. Location is the sound of a crew that never really left, only scattered, sharpened their individual crafts and returned stronger. The single is streaming now on all platforms.