Follow Atlanta’s next up and coming hiphop legend. Seen on Noisey working alongside well known musicians Starita & Otis McDonald, music Producer DJ Rasta Root (Phife Dawg/ATCQ), brother to late J Dilla, Illa J and fellow Cleveland Legend NicX. Xarius “Zay Bcuz” Hampton is a young artist, musician, writer, and producer who claims all Atlanta as his home but is specifically from Stone Mountain, Ga. Zay started to take music seriously around the time he was 13 years old; But back then, he didn’t think it would be a career. At that age, his interest in music had grown much deeper, as opposed to his peers. Hence, being an artist became his reputation. When asked about his inspirations, he says that hip hop in all art form is his true love and acts such as “Native Tongues” & “Dungeon Family” actually inspired him, with the way he won people over singing AND rapping with a dope alternative style mixed with a prolific, yet a piercingly poetic flow.