LaRussell

A Vallejo, California rapper with an authentic, heartfelt flow, LaRussell Thomas is also the founder of Good Compenny, an organization that promotes rising Bay Area artists. In 2017 -- the year he founded that label -- LaRussell released singles as Tota, such as the injustice-themed "Cyntoia Brown" and the autobiographical "6am in Vallejo." He described 2018's The Field Effect as his first proper project and issued the sprawling Never Forget Who You Are later that year. After spending much of 2019 and 2020 releasing freestyle raps over his own compositions, he issued his first project under the LaRussell name, Silence Won't Save You. In 2021, he released Marlin 7, the first of several projects to be produced by Tope. The expansive LaRussell & The Homies: Live at the New Parish appeared in 2022, and he issued DJ Gutta Butta Presents: 3 Point Play in 2024.