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Is Anaheim's kxllswxtch the best OC rapper of the last decade? Juice Unlocked asked

A March 2025 Juice Unlocked Music post put Anaheim's kxllswxtch up for the title of best rapper to come out of Orange County in the last 10 years, and asked followers to vote yes or no.

By Juice Unlocked NewsroomPublished · 1 min read
A short reel of footage of kxllswxtch with a rap track playing, under Juice Unlocked Music's orange banner asking whether kxllswxtch is the best rapper to come from OC in the last 10 years. Frames show a close-up of a dark circular opening and the artist in a beanie and chain, rapping at night in front of a white car with smoke drifting behind.
By Juice Unlocked NewsroomPublished · 1 min read

A March 2025 Juice Unlocked Music post put Anaheim's kxllswxtch up for the title of best rapper to come out of Orange County in the last 10 years, and asked followers to vote yes or no.

Juice Unlocked put one question to its followers on March 15, 2025: Is Anaheim's kxllswxtch the best rapper to come out of Orange County in the last 10 years?

The reel, posted under the Juice Unlocked Music banner and tagged in Anaheim, ran the question over video footage of the artist and asked fans for a straight yes or no.

The debate

The cover graphic put the choice in fruit: lemons or oranges, Juice Unlocked's usual shorthand for no and yes.

Followers weighed in. The post drew 208 likes and 64 comments.

Update

kxllswxtch kept showing up in Juice Unlocked's coverage after this post. In its all-time top 50 Orange County rappers list on June 2, 2025, Juice Unlocked ranked the Anaheim artist No. 5, behind Yeat, Phora, West Side Cartel and Yung Pinch.

In a Feb. 10, 2026, post, Juice Unlocked shared an RIAA listing showing kxllswxtch's single "Waste," released Oct. 29, 2021, certified platinum on Nov. 20, 2025, for 1 million units.

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