Clyde Kelly is an independent rapper and songwriter from North Carolina. His music defies genre boundaries, blending hip-hop, R&B, and pop with lyrics about self-awareness, self-doubt, mental health, and love. 
 He released his debut album Not Rich Yet in 2016. The second single, "Magic," was included on Spotify's Hip-Hop Central playlist. His next two projects - LRx - EP (2017) and Side Hustle (2019) - both debuted in the top 50 of the US iTunes chart in the R&B/Soul and Hip-Hop/Rap genres, respectively. He co-wrote "Black Swan" by BTS, and continues to collaborate as a songwriter with artists across all genres. 
 Clyde has been profiled in The Daily Pennsylvanian, The Wharton Journal, DJBooth, HipHopDX, and Poets & Quants. He has opened for artists such as T-Pain and Yung Joc, and currently resides in Los Angeles.