Blxst

Matthew Dean Burdette (born September 17, 1992),^[2] known professionally as Blxst (pronounced "blast"), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Los Angeles, California.^[3][1][4] He signed with Red Bull Records by A&R executives Kenny "Tick" Salcido and Charles "CB" Burks III, to release his debut extended play (EP), No Love Lost (2020). It spawned the single "Chosen" (featuring Tyga and Ty Dolla Sign), which peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2022 single, "Die Hard" (with Kendrick Lamar and Amanda Reifer) peaked at number five on the chart and remains his highest-charting song.^[4] His debut mixtape, Before You Go (2022), was released in April of that year and meekly entered the Billboard 200, while his debut studio album, I'll Always Come Find You (2024), failed to chart.

Burdette grew up in South Central Los Angeles. He began rapping and producing shortly after he finished high school.^[1][5]

Blxst launched his music career with a hip hop collective called TIU Muzic, where he gained experience in the music industry and gathered a local following. In 2014, Blxst produced "Do Yo Gudda (Remix)" by Hitta J3 (featuring Kendrick Lamar, YG, and Problem).^[6] In 2015, he founded his label Evgle, and became a creative director for his graphic design and music videos.^[7] Blxst released his first song "Who Would've Thought" in 2016, with a string of independent singles in 2018 including a collaboration with Eric Bellinger. In 2019, he released his first solo hit single called "Hurt", with millions of streams.^[8] On August 28, 2019, he released a collaboration EP with Bino Rideaux titled Sixtape.^[9]

In 2020, Evgle partnered with Red Bull Records for the release of his debut EP No Love Lost on September 4, with the singles "Overrated", "No Love Lost", and "Be Alone".^[10] The EP peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The deluxe edition was released on December 4, with additional features from Ty Dolla Sign, Tyga, Dom Kennedy, and Bino Rideaux.^[11] On March 12, 2021, he released a two-track EP titled Just for Clarity, including "Don't Forget" (featuring Drakeo the Ruler) and "Fck Boys" (featuring Russ).^[12] That same year, he was listed on XXL's Annual Freshman Class. On July 16, Blxst released Sixtape 2 with Bino Rideaux.^[13]

In September 2021, music streaming service Audiomack named Blxst "Up Now."^[14] “Being an #UpNow Audiomack artist, it's a dope platform, to be even considered, to be a part of, and I'm humble for it, overall,” Blxst told Audiomack.

On December 3, 2021, Blxst released the single "About You", with the music video being released on January 26, 2022.^[15] He released another single on March 3 titled "Sometimes" (featuring Zacari).^[16] On April 22, 2022, Blxst released his debut mixtape, Before You Go.^[17] On May 13, Blxst appeared on Kendrick Lamar's album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, on the song "Die Hard" with Amanda Reifer.^[18] On June 16 2023, Blxst was featured on EXIT 9, the 10th track from Killer Mike’s album MICHAEL. On June 27th, 2024, Blxst announced his debut album "I'll Always Come Find You" would be released July 19th, 2024.

Blxst grew up listening to West Coast hip hop with influences from Ryan Leslie, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West. His musical style has been compared to West Coast rapping and singing hybrids such as Ty Dolla Sign and Nate Dogg.^[19][20]