Duvy Essentials

Rapper Duvy, who was born Tafari Minott in Toronto in 1999, has a reflexive iciness that’s befitting of his hometown—but that gives way to layer after layer of musical acuity. Able to bend his pliable voice into a tight staccato and deeply felt bursts of melody, and to hit complicated technical runs while injecting each word with heart-wrenching emotion, Duvy folds a lifetime of struggles into compact, irresistible packages. With hits like the pulsing “Southway” and the slinking, introspective “NightmareZ”, he displays a versatility that suggests he can adapt to any conditions.