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The Austin 100: WebsterX

Kay Ibrahim
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Courtesy of the artist

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Genre: Hip-Hop

Why We're Excited: Rapper WebsterX has already become a widely beloved figure in his hometown — a debt he repays by shouting out the Milwaukee Bucks in "Intuition" — and he's got the enormous, stage-stealing charisma to break big outside the Midwest. A strong introduction to his sound, WebsterX's debut album Daymares nicely encapsulates his ability to explore the way an unquiet mind needn't be devoid of hope or uplift.

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