Top Dawg Entertainment may be saying farewell to their star pupil but the label continues to expand. This week, they announced the signing of Ray Vaughn, a Long Beach native who serves as the first addition to the label since 2019. The rapper joined the label in 2020 where he patiently mastered his craft, according to a press release. Now, he's ready to show and prove with the release of his three-song EP, Peer Pressure. It's a short project that's meant to get fans ready for what he has in store in the near future.
"I'd love to tell you how I created the project but to tell you the truth, to revisit the place of brutal honesty these songs came from is a chaotic process," he said. "Don't take me too seriously. Honestly, just learn to have fun."
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