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o2kai!
o2kai! is an underground rapper from Tampa, Florida, melodic where much of his lane sits distorted. He traces the start of it to a voice-editing app on a Nintendo DSi at around seven years old, has been recording seriously since 2018, and found production on BandLab about four years ago. Nobody put him on and there is no label, manager or budget behind any of it. The rollout is four TikTok accounts posting every day. His December EP Child's P!ay runs 12 tracks with Chucky on the cover, and his Baby Snake project is on SoundCloud. He is part of the vrybad collective and works mainly with the producer Svvn.
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Tampa. Four TikTok accounts, fifteen seconds a day. No label, no manager, no rollout, nobody working it. Nobody passed him the ball, he found it himself.
Aug 30, 2026
o2kai! drops "bart," produced by tales link, an UNDERISING exclusive out now. Listen below. Q&A with o2kai! on the way.
Aug 21, 2026
This week on repeat #85 & #86 on UNDERISING. che, ladé, woodyintl, vikkitarra, patrickjacob and more underground rap, trap & soundcloud heat from the weekly rotation.
Jun 25, 2026