

As a cousin of Dungeon Family producer Rico Wade, Nayvadius Wilburn is part of Atlanta's rap royalty. And he carried the legacy of Outkast and Goodie Mob's creative, melodic approach to hip-hop into his own career as Future. Combining Lil Wayne and Kanye West's Auto-Tune experiments with the trap music grit of his mentors Gucci Mane and Rocko, he forged his own idiosyncratic sound.