Viral success brought attention to Thutmose, a melodic rapper whose lines display a calm intensity. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Thutmose and his family fled as a consequence of the devastating 2002 armory explosion and immigrated to New York City's Brooklyn borough. The rapper's earliest commercial releases arrived in 2016, but it was a mid-2017 clip of him freestyling over the beat of Kendrick Lamar's "HUMBLE." -- a bold move -- that had a true breakthrough effect. The video also announced Thutmose's partnership with music management company TH3RD BRAIN, and in quick succession t...