Denzel Curry announces his new project King of the Mischievous South Vol. 2 and shares new single “Hot One,” the first taste of the forthcoming body of work. King Of The Mischievous South Volume 2 finds Curry presenting a sequel to the project – and revisiting the sound – that helped launch his career.
While the first installment of King Of The Mischievous South was performed from the perspective of his Raven Miyagi persona, a name bestowed upon him by Raider Klan founder SpaceGhostPurrp, Volume 2 finds Curry operating under his Big Ultra persona — an elevated version of Raven Miyagi that is braggadocious and revels in the success that Curry has seen over the last decade of his career.
Denzel has been rapidly warming up his fanbase for King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 2. Recently, while in New York City, he stopped by The Lot Radio and teased new material on his Mischievous Radio show with DJ Dylan Ali. This past weekend he revealed the project’s features to fans directly on Instagram and put the original King Of The Mischievous South Vol. 1 on SoundCloud to prepare for the upcoming project’s release. Creating King Of The Mischievous South Volume 2 has been a goal of Curry’s for some time, though his earliest attempts to do so ultimately morphed into other projects, namely his 2016 album Imperial and 2020’s 13LOOD 1N + 13LOOD OUT.
It wasn’t until he stopped overtly attempting to create Volume 2 that its songs started to emerge naturally. Given the project’s sound, which pays homage to the great musical heritages of the South — from Memphis to Houston and Curry’s own South Florida — its features include the region’s greats, both old and new, as well as others whose style is indebted to the South’s musical legacy. Fellow former Raider Klan member Key Nyata, Memphis stalwarts Juicy J and Project Pat, Texas’ Maxo Kream, That Mexican OT and Mike Dimes, North Carolina’s TiaCorine, Atlanta’s 2 Chainz and Kenny Mason and South Florida’s Ski Mask The Slump God and PlayThatBoiZay, as well as A$AP Ferg and A$AP Rocky all make appearances across King Of The Mischievous South Volume 2. With all of the otherworldly adventures Denzel has taken listeners on throughout his last few conceptually-driven albums, this project serves as a showcase for the fun, spontaneity, and technical mastery that has made him one of rap’s most in-demand talents of the last decade.
In conjunction with the project’s announcement, Curry shares the FNZ and SkipOnDaBeatproduced single “Hot One” featuring TiaCorine and A$AP Ferg. Earlier this week, Curry debuted the new song during his “Mischievous Cypher” with On The Radar, a three-beat medley group performance featuring Ferg, Tia, Key Nyata and PlayThatBoiZay. The collaboration between Ferg and Denzel is a long-awaited union considering the proximity the two shared at the launch of their respective careers and the creative exchange that existed between A$AP Mob and Raider Klan before the relationship between the two collectives soured.
“Hot One” sees two of the most promising rappers of the 2010’s finally uniting alongside one of rap’s most promising newcomers to deliver a song that feels primed to be a break-out hit just as summer heats up.
