Destroy Lonely

Destroy Lonely has built a career by pushing himself to try new things—and pushing at rap’s boundaries in the process. The 21-year-old weaves together inventive production and inborn charisma to craft soundtracks for a lifestyle that’s getting more luxurious by the day. This approach is on full display on NO STYLIST, his debut mixtape on Playboi Carti’s record imprint Opium. But the young artist born Bobby Sandimanie III has been rapping basically since he can remember. By age 17, he began demonstrating his rap vision with projects like Forever, ILY, Underworld, Overseas, each earning thousands more streams than the last. His rise was cemented when he met Carti in early 2021, who was taken by his groundbreaking sounds, and by the end of the year, he’d signed a deal with his fellow Atlanta rapper’s label. Now, NO STYLIST offers yet another evolution of Destroy Lonely, an artist who’s made his name off of never slowing down. “This is where I get to finally show people who the fuck I am. It’s like when the roller coaster is going up,” he says. “But it’s never gonna go down.”