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Lisa Ramey Enters America’s Next Top Hitmaker Competition
The New York-based vocal dynamo has officially stepped into the spotlight as a leading contender in America’s Next Top Hitmaker, a nationwide talent search that will crown one extraordinary artist with a performance slot at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival, a coveted feature in Rolling Stone, and a grand prize of $50,000.
You may recognize her fiery voice and magnetic presence from NBC’s The Voice, where she captivated the nation as a finalist on Team Legend. More recently, she’s been making history as one of only two featured vocalists on Zayn Malik’s all-female band, commanding stages across the U.S.
Lisa’s résumé reads like a blueprint for superstardom:
- Shared the stage with legends like Lauryn Hill, John Legend, and Common
- Made waves with her debut album Surrender, named one of Good Morning America’s Top 50 Albums of 2020
- Dropped her latest EP Foretaste in 2024, with lead track “Vagabond” catching fire across streaming platforms
With over 600,000 Spotify streams and a sound that’s impossible to ignore, Ramey is a rare artist who merges soul, grit, and grace with every note.
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The Devil’s Violinist returns!West Coast beat-boss / rhyme capo Dios Negasi finally drops the long-awaited LP, Black Violin 2. Out now via streaming courtesy of Chamber Music Ent / Reagan Era Records this edition tops the grit factor and guest roster of the 2023 first edition.
The project is named after legendary composer Niccolo Paginini (1782-1840) who was nicknamed “The Devil’s Violinist” for his supernatural ability on the instrument and adherence to wearing all black. Negasi also has a similar mastery of dark boom-bap sounds, creating some of the roughest tracks of this century.
Reagan Era Records cohort Skrillz Dior makes multiple appearances on the project and Los Angeles homies also appear including Dyverse, Killa Kali, K-Borne and Chamber Music’s Ominous also guest. However, the guest list on this project also taps a litany of mic legends including Ghostface Killah, Young Zee (Da Outsidaz), Conway The Machine, RJ Payne, Blu and Fredro Starr (Onyx).
Stream Black Violin 2: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/chambermusicentpresents/black-violin-2-2
Speaking on working with legends Negasi said “Ominous was dead set on topping Black Violins 1 plus I think he just likes seeing me under pressure. Of course when you are dealing with artists of this caliber, the end product takes longer to complete but I love this album!”
Additional props must be given to M-s BEATZ THE MAD KID from Colombia who produced “Black Scrolls” ft RJ Payne, Chris Scott who sprinkled keys on “Gods Wallabee Clarks” ft Ghostface Killah and “Only God Can Save You” ft Conway The Machine and finally the UK’s Too Nasty who engineered the album.
(rings in the holidays with a blast! Enlisting Onyx’s Fredro Starr for new single “Bust Back” the Dios produced banger combines two of the grittiest lyricists of the West and East coasts.
Listen to “Bust Back” ft Fredro Starr: https://youtu.be/4j0hFml5ly0?si=aBxxuYruhdjq2403
Listen to “God’s Walabee Clarks” ft Ghostface Killah: https://youtu.be/_9e-6RgHQ40?si=bXQRrDDcd9eu2O0i
Listen to “Black Scrolls” ft. RJ Payne:
Listen to “Domingre Gang” ft Young Zee:
Listen to “Only God Can Save You” ft. Conway The Machine:
More Info: https://www.instagram.com/diosnegasi/