Hip-Hop Lives Here
Hip-Hop Lives Here
Up-and-coming American artist LOE Shimmy is bringing his new hit, “Wake Em Up,” to mainstream audiences. The Pompano Beach, Florida-based musician shares his music across the world through streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube, and is set to bring his latest hit to the TikTok sphere. His refreshing sound is the perfect late summer vibe, ready to be accompanied by dance moves. Are you up for the challenge?
For five years, LOE Shimmy has been making fresh beats, including a feature with Kodak Black called “Bounty,” available on YouTube in video format. When it comes to writing music, he likes to listen to other music to inspire creativity when he goes into the booth to record. He is now signed to Lamar Jackson Entertainment, Inc.
While “Wake Em Up” isn’t out yet, it’s already making heat in music circles and inspiring the lucky ones who have previewed it. “Surround yourself with good people like I did,” shares LOE Shimmy. “Always appreciate your journey and those that help you along the way. Speaking of which, I want to give a huge thanks to Lamar Jackson Entertainment and my entire team for believing in me and trusting my dreams.”
“Wake Em Up” tells the story of LOE Shimmy “waking up people to who he is—people who slept on him and thought he wouldn’t make it.” Now he’s waking us up. Waking everybody up. And we would be wise to listen.
LOE Shimmy wants people to vibe to his newest song. By inspiring people all over the world to participate in his “Wake Em Up” challenge, the artist gives the stage to dancers and youth to share what they feel the song brings to them. His hope is to see how his song inspires others and what vision they have when they hear it.
“I want people to know that I am just like you,” explains LOE Shimmy. “Especially my young people. I’m hoping to inspire them through my music to know that you can make it. You have to speak things into existence and live by it.”
To take part in the new challenge, be sure to check out LOE Shimmy on YouTube and Instagram. The rules are simple—no remixing or sampling—and the possibilities are endless. LOE Shimmy can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Make sure to stay connected to LOE Shimmy on all platforms for new music, videos, and social posts.
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JOLIET, Ill. (September 20, 2024) – When a guy spends his entire young life growing up in rough surroundings and looking in the eye at tough situations every day, he needs a positive outlet to release his feelings and frustrations.
For Michael (“Wachtel”) Barnes, that outlet is rap music.
Today, Wachtel is releasing the new single “Nutball” through his own independent record label, Yungns Entertainment.
Wachtel describes “Nutball” as him taking all the emotions from what happened in his past that had been building up and what people were saying about him and accepting it to become stronger in the long run.
“In life, we go through so much - and for a period of time it beats us up inside until we can develop the ability to embrace it,” he said. “In my case, what once was holding me hostage is now working for me to my ultimate advantage.”
Then he said with a smile: “Okay, so if you call me a nutball and that’s what you think I am, then I’m going to be the best.”
Wachtel grew up in Joliet, Ill., a rough town and home of the Stateville Correctional Center where his father served time when he was a child and while the family struggled financially.
With a dream to get his family out of poverty by any means possible, Wachtel was pulled to the streets, surrounded by gangs, drugs and guns – finding himself trapped in a no-win situation.
As he fought against the odds from the community and the law, he released his pain and his past into his music.
Wachtel said his music is inspired to a certain extent by Tupac. In particular, he said he likes the strong presence that the rapper continues to have and how he used his platform to speak out on issues that were important to him.
In addition, he said he admires JAY-Z for the way he conducts his business and pushes forward, regardless of whatever challenges or obstacles he may face.
“I guess you could say I look up to him as sort of a ‘superstar hero,’” Wachtel said. “And I don’t mind saying that because we all need heroes to look up to in life.”
With ambition and determination similar to JAY-Z, Wachtel created Yungns Entertainment as an independent record label in 2017. After this focus on putting out his own music, Wachtel said he plans on releasing music with other local artists, performing live shows, and building the brand with custom clothing and accessories.
“By choosing that name with its unique spelling, I want to create a home for the young – those that have been underestimated and are now striking back against the status quo,” he said. “We’re not accepting it anymore. It’s not a political thing, but rather just the openness of being who we truly are.”
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