070 Shake

Named after a New Jersey zip code and her favorite basketball move, 070 Shake (aka Danielle Balbuena) mixes poetry, rap, R&B, electronic, and alt-rock influences in her genre-bending sound. ∙ 070 Shake’s 2015 single “Proud”—recorded while she was in high school—caught the attention of social influencer YesJulz, who helped her sign to Kanye West and Pusha T’s G.O.O.D. Music label. ∙ She appeared on a pair of tracks on Kanye West’s chart-topper Ye, including the Platinum-certified “Ghost Town,” which made NPR’s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2018. ∙ Beyoncé tapped her to cowrite and perform “SCAR” with Jessie Reyez for The Lion King: The Gift, which won an NAACP Image Award. ∙ Her debut LP, Modus Vivendi, reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart and landed on Rolling Stone’s list of the 50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far.