Octavian

The East London rapper drops off his first project since being named one of NPR's Slingshot artists, playing hopscotch with trance, alternative R&B and hip-hop all at once.

This month's playlist includes 10 songs by Slingshot artists: public radio's favorite new musicians of 2018.

The U.K.-hailing NPR Slingshot artist experiments with his sound and strikes a vulnerable chord on his latest single.

The young British rapper wants to shatter all expectations of U.K. hip-hop.