Sexyy Red, Kodak Black, Hunxho, Loe Shimmy, BlakeIANA

From the first shouts of 2023 smash “SkeeYee,” ruby-haired rapper Sexyy Red captured the hearts of boisterous baddies worldwide. Drawing from the call-and-response playbook of Southern rap greats like Gucci Mane and Three 6 Mafia, the St. Louis native specializes in booming basslines and sound bites chock-full of sexual wordplay. Her presidential tour might be our last shot at national peace – check the chorus on recent SZA/Drake collab “Rich Baby Daddy” for proof (“Bend that ass over/ let that coochie breathe”). Can’t we all get behind that? – Genevieve Wood