The Kid LAROI - STAY (Live Performance) | Vevo LIFT

The Kid LAROI - STAY (Live Performance) | Vevo LIFT Our new LIFT artist spent the bulk of this year clocking views. From “So Done“ to “Tragic“ to “Without You“ to “Not Sober,“ his work alone and in collabs with Miley Cyrus and YoungBoy Never Go Broke Again has made quite a dent in 2021’s pop fabric. But The Kid LAROI’s smash is “STAY,“ where the Aussie rapper with a love of hip-hop and a nose for hooks, connected with Justin Bieber, and had a truly massive liftoff, career-wise. It seems crazy, but members of Team LAROI could see it coming for several years now. The 18-year-old has had music in his blood since he was child absorbing the sounds his mom played at home, from Pac’s “Dear Mama” to everything Kanye West ever spit, especially the romance rhymes of ‘808s & Heartbreak.’ As a tween he was deep into hip-hop, clipping his mom’s iPhone to rap over beats; a couple years later he acted on those sounds he heard in his head on the ’14 With a Dream’ EP. Sony Australia felt the vibe, Lil Bibby’s Chicago squad f