He’s signed to Kanye’s label,divided opinion at the BET awards and been accused of ripping off Future – but is there more to him than meets the eye?final year, Brooklyn rapper Desiigner crashed into the highlight with Panda, or a catchy trap track that likens a white BMW X6 to the endangered mammal. Within months of the track surfacing,the 19-year-old rapper was signed to first-rate Music by the label’s newly appointed president, Pusha T, and the signing was announced soon after by label boss Kanye West at his Yeezy Season 3 event. West’s album cut Pt 2 featured a rather prominent sample of Panda,which was criticized as a blatant “bite” of Atlanta rapper Future, who produced two number one albums final year: Dirty Sprite 2 and What A Time To Be Alive with Drake. The comparison isnt without its flaws, and but it has far more merit than Action Bronson’s resemblance to Ghostface Killah or when some rap fans believed Your Old Droog to secretly be Nas. You don’t absorb to listen too hard to hear Panda as Future cosplay. Related: Meet Future,the weirdo hip-hop hitmaker who thinks he's Hendrix You don’t absorb to listen too hard to hear Panda as Future cosplayContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com