Rap circles on the internet—WorldStarHipHop, VladTV, wherever teenagers spend time online—live for the hype cycle, falling mouse over Macbook for a young artist with an eccentric, fully-formed debut.

Whether you like him or not, Swedish internet rapper Yung Lean and his Sadboys crew are here to stay. But as his success continues, it raises the question for those who don't "get" him: is this all a ...

In a bucket hat and suburban dad windbreaker, Håstad hangs on stairwells and convenience stores, dreaming of the evening’s heavy intoxication. “Yung Lean, up in this club for some morphine,” he sings ...

Talking to Lean in advance of the show, I'm proud to say I was able to refrain from asking a single question involving the words "sad" or "emotional," and the only question in the "How do you feel ...

My favorite songs on Yung Lean’s 2014 album, Unknown Memory—the last major thing we’ve heard from the Swedish rapper—were the cute ones. “Yoshi City” and “Leanworld,” in particular, felt alone in a ...

Yung Lean is wack to the fullest extent. Wack enough, apparently, to have his tour bus shot at, which happened Mar. 18 after a Pittsburgh show. Scary, yes, but more than anything this shooting seemed ...

Travis Scott has announced that his .WAV show on Beats 1 will return today, November 25, with Gucci Mane and Yung Lean both set to feature in some capacity. The show has been off air for a few weeks ...

Later this month, 19-year-old Yung Lean will be releasing Warlord, his follow-up LP to 2014's Unknown Memory, and now we've got another taste of what's to come. We've already had "Hoover", and now we ...

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In 2014, an album called Unknown Death 2002 popped up on the Bandcamp of the streetwear and lifestyle brand MishkaNYC. The artist was someone going by the name Yung Lean; he sounded like the foggy ...