Chicago natives Young Chop, King 100 James and Vic Mensa team up for the hard-hitting "Around My Way." Mensa is particularly impressive over Chop's production as the Roc Nation rapper once again shows his aggressive side. Making his stain in the game as more of a pop-friendly MC as part of Kids These Days, Mensa has been killing darker songs like "U Mad" and now "Around My Way." Referencing Wu-Tang Clan, dropping Jolly Ranchers in his codeine cup and chasing paper, Mensa is a force to be reckoned with. Check out "Around My Way" above.

Chop has been on his rapping and producing tip over the past year or so and spoke with XXL about his decision to step inside the booth. "I ain’t no rapper. I just did it to do it 'cause I was bored in the crib," said Chop. "So I was like, 'Let me do something.' Plus my DJ was like, 'Man, you should make a song.' I was like, [whatever] 'cause rapping again, I don’t know. I used to be a rapper before I was a producer, so I was like, 'I don’t know, man.' So I just did one song, the 'All I Got' song. Next thing you know, it just blew up.  It has 400,000 views and I was like, 'Damn, what the hell?' It was crazy."

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