RJ Payne

RJ PAYNE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS REIGN MAN, IS A BROOKLYN-BRED, PHILLY-GROOMED BATTLE RAP LEGEND WHO TOOK INSTAGRAM BY STORM WITH HIS “MURDER IN LESS THAN 60 SECONDS” FREESTYLE SERIES. HIS SIXTY-SECOND FREESTYLES CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF HEAVYWEIGHTS LIKE Lord Jamar, Pete Rock, Erick Sermon, AND Black Thought. PAYNE’S CAREER FIRST TOOK OFF UNDER THE NAME REIGN MAN, WHERE HE WAS SELECTED AS A FINALIST ON MTV’S MAKING THE BAND 2 BY Diddy, AND LATER WON THE MTV MC BATTLE—EARNING A DEAL WITH DEF JAM. AFTER INDUSTRY SETBACKS, HE CONTINUED TO BUILD HIS NAME IN THE STREETS AND ONLINE, BECOMING A STANDOUT DURING THE BATTLE RAP DVD ERA WITH A CULT FOLLOWING. REBRANDING AS RJ PAYNE, HE SHIFTED FULLY INTO RECORDING ARTIST MODE—RELEASING OVER 20 PROJECTS IN A FEW YEARS AND BUILDING A POWERFUL CATALOG. ALONG THE WAY, HE’S COLLABORATED WITH ELITE NAMES ACROSS HIP-HOP, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF Wu-Tang Clan, Lloyd Banks, Bun B, AND ARTISTS FROM Griselda Records, FURTHER SOLIDIFYING HIS PLACE AMONG THE CULTURE’S TOP-TIER LYRICISTS. HIS WORK HAS EARNED RECOGNITION AND CO-SIGNS FROM ICONS LIKE Dr. Dre, Eminem, AND Lil Wayne, WHILE ALSO BEING MENTORED BY LEGENDARY ARTIST Ice-T. KNOWN FOR HIS ELITE LYRICISM, CONSISTENCY, AND AUTHENTIC STREET NARRATIVES, RJ PAYNE CONTINUES TO PROVE WHY HE’S ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED AND PROLIFIC VOICES IN HIP-HOP TODAY