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Lute

Charlo(e, North Carolina rapper and Dreamville affiliate Lute delivers humble, introspec:ve lyrics, o<en referencing his life struggles and his parenthood. His thoughAulness is o<en paired with mellow, soul-:nged produc:on and his style evolved on records like his 2017 studio debut proper, West 1996, Pt. 2, and its 2021 follow-up, Gold Mouf. Lute was born Luther Nicholson in 1989 and first burst onto the underground hip-hop scene as a member of the rap collec:ve Forever FC, alongside Jimmy Kelso, High I’m Ry, and SchylerChaise.

Lute delivered his first solo mixtape, West 1996, in 2012 while s:ll a member of Forever FC, but took a backseat a<er the birth of his daughter. With the group and Lute receiving plaudits from the likes of Rick Ross and Pete Rock, it wasn’t long before he was snapped up by J. Cole in 2015, signing to Cole’s then-burgeoning Dreamville imprint. His first effort for the label arrived at the end of that year on the compila:on Revenge of the Dreamers II in the form of “S:ll Slummin’,” a posthumous produc:on by J Dilla.

Two years later, the single “Juggin'” appeared and signaled Lute’s return. His debut album, 2017’s West 1996, Pt. 2, followed, with guest appearances from EarthGang and Elevator Jay.

Lute next appeared on the chart-topping 2019 compila:on Revenge of the Dreamers III, collabora:ng with J. Cole and DaBaby on the pla:num-cer:fied single “Under the Sun.” He released several singles in 2020, including “Life” and “Get It and Go,” and in October of 2021, his second studio album, Gold Mouf, appeared. The highly collabora:ve project featured a host of special guests and contributors, including performances from Saba, JID, Ari Lennox, Westside Boogie, and others, with sequencing help from Phonte and execu:ve produc:on from Big Pooh and Big Dho. In 2022, a deluxe version of Gold Mouf was released with six addi:onal tracks.

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Marseille, France
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Glasgow, Scotland
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Newcastle, UK
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Brussels, Belgium
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Berlin, Germany
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Warsaw, Poland
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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