Latto's Reign: Dominating the Rap Scene!

Get ready for the latest from Latto, Atlanta's rap sensation. As she prepares to release her highly anticipated album 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' this Friday, we explore her rise from young star to one of the hottest women in the current rap scene.

In the City of Atlanta, she was known as "Miss Mulatto" before we came to know her as "Latto" or "Latto777." Depending on who you ask, they might refer to her by that moniker still. For most people, becoming a musician is not an easy path, but Latto has done a great job holding the title. Raised in Atlanta and born in Ohio, she was exposed to music at a young age. She began writing and performing her own songs at the age of ten.

During 2016, Latto made her television debut with Lifetime's reality series "The Rap Game", which was produced Jermaine Dupri and the one and only Queen Latifah. Accompanied with four other rising talents, Latto and her castmates went through 8 weeks of intense competitions involving rap, fashion/style, mentorship with the greats in music as well as group sessions with her other cast members. She was declared winner of the first season! Winning came with the opportunity of signing to Jermaine Dupri's "So So Def Records", but she declined due to financial constraints and her will to pursue music independently. Since then she has released multiple singles, mixtapes, and albums. She has been giving opportunities to headline for festivals, multiple tours, and landed numerous spots on Billboard music chart! With her rise to fame, talents and resilience have been tested more than once (but she has shown us time after time why she is the "Queen of the South").

Friendships Amongst the Rap Girls

The rap industry has forever been known to be a male dominated genre, only ever inviting some of best female MCs into the big boys club. When you look back at the history of rap music, some of the greatest rap groups or duos always had a chick spitting hot shit into the mic.

The number of known female rappers increased as rap became more mainstream, but it just wasn't enough. With the result of the numbers being low, competition for the title of "Queen" increased. This competition was either created by loyal fanatics or the artist themselves. With Latto being one of the top girls in the female rap game, we've seen her and some of her peers ban together in solidarity. Just a few months ago, Latto hosted her very firstall-women cypher featuring Flo Milli, Monaleo, Maiya the Don, and Mello Buckzz. This showed the world that femal rap is more than just catty bars, sly tweets or backhanded insults. It's a sisterhood at the end of it all.

So when Latto says she's "Queen of da Souf" it's more than just a brag. True queens are able to share the thrown and fix their fellow queens crown and I believe Latto does just that.