Deante’ Hitchcock is a rapper and singer who rose out of the Atlanta scene and got notice through his viral social media posts. ∙ After a series of mixtapes, he was signed by the RCA affiliate label ByStorm in 2017. ∙ His appearance on J. Cole and Dreamville’s 2019 album Revenge Of The Dreamers III earned Hitchcock a Grammy nomination. ∙ Rodney Carmichael, host of NPR’s Louder Than A Riot, called Hitchcock’s debut album, Better, one of his favorite releases of 2020.