Young Riot | Amalgam Digital Blog

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Erin Baldassari sat down with 10 of Boston’s most promising artists for her article on who to look for in 2010. Included in the list is Young Riot who also drops a quick freestyle for the piece.

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YOUNG RIOT
“When I’m in the studio, I’m calm,” says Young Riot, sitting in a swivel chair at his East Boston studio. “I can get pretty animated and go off. Someone saw me moving and called it a riot.” Call it the calm before the storm. The young rapper is making waves in Boston’s hip-hop scene. He signed with Bay State staple Amalgam Digital last year and has since been covered in Hip Hop magazine and the Source, performed at the 2010 SXSW music festival, gotten nominated for MTVU’s best freshman video (for “Money Money”), and started his own clothing company, YOMP.

But don’t expect a mixtape from Young Riot — instead, he’s releasing professional music videos. The first was for “Cream of the Crop (Mr. Clean)”; two others have followed. “I don’t want to flood the market. I wanted to jump in with visuals. With each new song release, and each video, I want people to see my growth.”