Vayda (rapper)
{{Short description|American rapper}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_place = Decatur, Georgia, U.S.
| origin = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Trap|plugg|dance}}
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| years_active = 2019–present
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Vayda is an American rapper and record producer. After starting her rap career in 2021, she released the mixtapes Breeze and Forrest Gump in 2023.
Career
Vayda was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia.{{cite web |last1=Sutgrey |first1=DeAsia |title=Women rappers finally shatter Atlanta's hip-hop ceiling |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/arts-culture/hip-hop-50/women-rappers-finally-shatter-atlantas-hip-hop-ceiling/IYHNSAGUG5HHZGRJK2DXGUPJLA/ |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=October 17, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Love |first1=Tirhakah |title=Vayda Knows All the Tea |url=https://www.thecut.com/2023/12/vayda-rapper-forrest-gump-mixtape-interview.html |website=The Cut |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=19 December 2023}} Her father is a former rapper who was part of a hip hop group. As a child, she learned to play piano by ear. After receiving a subscription to the production software FruityLoops in high school, she was inspired by mashups on Soulection to become a record producer. She produced remixes that she posted on SoundCloud as well as beats that she sold on Twitter.{{cite web |last1=Meara |first1=Paul |title=#OnTheVerge: Vayda Won't Be exploited; 'Forrest Gump' Guides Her |url=https://www.bet.com/article/f4dozo/vayda-ontheverge-interview-atlanta |website=BET |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=December 13, 2023}}
Vayda started producing music professionally in 2019 and started rapping in 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic. She released her extended play, VV, in 2022. In 2023, she released the mixtape Breeze, her EP Shade, and performed as an opening act for Veeze.{{cite web |last1=Grove |first1=Rashad |title=5 Female Rappers You Need To Know In 2024 |url=https://www.bet.com/article/o2g39y/five-female-rappers-you-need-to-know-in-2024 |website=BET |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=March 7, 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Callender |first1=Brandon |title=The Rap Report: How to be a player, starring Shaudy Kash |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/03/09/the-rap-report-shaudy-kash-interview |website=The Fader |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=March 9, 2023}} Pitchfork named Breeze as one of the best rap albums of 2023 and Vayda's song "Jenner" as one of the best rap songs of 2023.{{cite web |last1=Pierre |first1=Alphonse |title=Pitchfork Rap Columnist Alphonse Pierre's Favorite Records of 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/our-rap-columnists-25-favorite-records-of-2023/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=December 19, 2023}}{{cite web |title=The 42 Best Rap Songs of 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-songs-2023/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=December 11, 2023}} Her mixtape, Forrest Gump, was released on December 8, 2023, with her song "Hood Zendaya" released as its lead single in November 2023.{{cite web |title=Vayda Announces New Mixtape, Shares "Hood Zendaya" Single |url=https://dirty-glove.net/vayda-announces-new-mixtape/ |website=Dirty Glove Bastard |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=November 21, 2023}}{{cite web |title=New Music Friday: Stream projects from Nicki Minaj, Vayda, Car Seat Headrest, and more |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/12/08/new-music-friday-stream-projects-from-nicki-minaj-vayda-car-seat-headrest-and-more |website=The Fader |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=December 8, 2023}}
Musical style
Vayda's songs have been described as trap music, particularly plugg and drill, and dance music.{{cite web |title=The 42 Best Rap Songs of 2023 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-rap-songs-2023/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=December 11, 2023}} Her songs are often sped-up and around two minutes in length.{{cite web |last1=Sundaresan |first1=Mano |title=An interview with Vayda |url=https://nobells.blog/an-interview-with-vayda/ |website=No Bells |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=August 4, 2023}} She has stated that she "barely [has] any songs that reach two minutes". For BET, Paul Meara wrote that her lyrics were "whisper-quiet" and "snarky" and compared her sound to "FKA Twigs mixed with early 2010's and modern-day Jersey club". For Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote that her songs were "lush hybrids of ASMR R&B and airy rap" that were typically "not much longer than a minute".{{cite web |last1=Pierre |first1=Alphonse |title=Listen to Vayda's 'metempsychosis': The Ones |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/vayda-metempsychosis-new-song-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=March 15, 2022}} DeAsia Paige, for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, described her voice as "soft and squeaky" and her beats as "sped-up". Jordan Darville of The Fader wrote that Vayda sounded "effortlessly cool" in her music.{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |title=Song You Need: Vayda and NoGumHundo are the 'topic' |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/05/08/song-you-need-vayda-and-nogumhundo-are-the-topic |website=The Fader |access-date=April 4, 2024 |date=May 8, 2023}} Tirhakah Love of The Cut wrote that her songs were sample-heavy and "two-to-three-minute short stories, where she mows over snakes attempting to test her backbone".
Discography
=Mixtapes=
=Extended plays=
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
==As featured artist==
=Guest appearances=
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| scope="row"| "Lookin..'! (Gorgeous)"{{cite web |via=Apple Music |title=It's Too Quiet..' | by Pink Siifu & Turich Benjy |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/its-too-quiet/1714328312 |access-date=April 21, 2024 |date=October 31, 2023}}
| Pink Siifu, Turich Benjy, WiFiGawd | 2023 | It{{'}}s Too Quiet..{{'}}! |
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References
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Category:American trap musicians
Category:People from Decatur, Georgia
Category:African-American women rappers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women rappers
Category:21st-century African-American musicians
Category:American women record producers