Once the tour manager for Derek Minor, Christian rapper Dylan Alexander Phillips (a.k.a. nobigdyl.) has since become a star in his own right. Kicking off his career with two ace albums, 2017’s Canopy and 2018’s SOLAR, the Tennessee native established himself as an idiosyncratic MC tucking playful yet emotionally layered meditations of faith and life inside sinewy trap beats and immersive pop production. This is music not to be merely heard but soaked up. The same can be said of his mixtapes and collaborations, including his work with Indie Tribe., whose 2021 debut, UPPERHaND, oozes that same heartfelt eccentricity.