Aside from Saweetie, H.E.R, Olivia Rodrigo and apl.de.ap, there is another Filipino-American conquering the US music scene and signed to a US label. Meet rapper MBNel who is currently with San Francisco-based label Empire (the same label of Tyga, Fireboy DML, Tink, Jake Miller, Amber Liu, Alextbh, Afgan).

"I'm not afraid to delve deeper than what's on the surface," explains MBNel. "I make music like a journal."

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