The world is beginning to take notice of 21 Savage. The Atlanta rapper is capitalizing off his newfound recognition with the release of his Slaughter King mixtape, which you can stream now. 21 Savage's new project features 14 tracks with production by Zaytoven, Metro Boomin and Sonny Digital among others. There's also notable guest appearances by Trouble, Dreezy and Young Nudy.

21 Savage was recently featured in XXL's The Break series and told us why his presence in Atlanta's rap scene is so important.

"My voice is needed," 21 Savage told XXL. If it weren’t for my voice, n---as wouldn’t even know n---as shoot in Atlanta. N---as would think everybody wears Giuseppe’s and buy Versace. N---as would think everybody got money in Atlanta. There’s n---as fucked up in Atlanta. It’s a lot of poverty, it’s n---as struggling, it’s n---as hustling, it’s n---as robbing and n---as killing in Atlanta. It ain’t all money and drugs like the picture is painted. It’s a lot of gangsta shit going on in Atlanta. We’re going to bring that back, every aspect of everything. I salute everybody coming out of Atlanta because they keep the light on Atlanta. But I’m going to bring that young n---a feeling back."

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