The Eastern

Hailing from the east side's 6 Mile section, the 29-year-old born Marcellus Register is a staple of both Detroit and couture street rap at large. With his trademark conversational delivery and thoughtful wordplay, Ray has accumulated over 400 million streams in a little over 2 years .

Big K.R.I.T. (King Remembered In Time) has always been a bridge between eras—merging trunk-rattling Southern grit with soul-stirring introspection, and pairing lyrical dexterity with purpose-driven vision. A decade after his breakthrough, the Mississippi artist continues to evolve on his own terms, crafting music that speaks to legacy, healing, and human connection.

Released in God’s year of 2026, the 250th anniversary of the founding of America in Kurt Vile’s fine city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia’s been good to me finds one of our nation’s greatest songwriters staking a claim on his hometown. Largely self-produced, with assists from Adam Langellotti, keys wiz Matthew Jugenheimer, drummer Kyle Spence, guitarist Jesse Trbovrich, and longtime Violators boardsman Rob Schnapf, the record embodies Vile’s understanding of music as a conversation between people across time and space.