Streets say 2txnez is the new face of OC after “Freak Ah Leak”

Orange County rapper 2txnez has a new single out, “Freak Ah Leak,” and the streets are saying he is the new face of OC, according to Juice Unlocked's Oct. 13 post.

The record has picked up co-signs from Los Angeles rapper Joe Moses, DJ Carisma and others, per the post, which was tagged in Santa Ana. It had drawn about 300 likes and 95 comments, and it put one question to readers: Is he next up?

The clips

The post pairs a portrait of the artist with footage set to the song: dancers fill a bright, all-white house while a rapper in a black-and-white varsity jacket performs to the camera.

The title echoes a club classic. Petey Pablo's “Freek-a-Leek,” produced by Lil Jon, came out in December 2003 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2004.

Who is co-signing

Joe Moses is a Los Angeles rapper whom XXL introduced in 2014 as the All Out Bosses (AOB) CEO, known for his hit “Ratchets.” He and Ty Dolla $ign have been friends since their early teens, and in 2018 Moses became the first artist signed to Ty Dolla $ign's THMVMNT imprint with Atlantic Records.

DJ Carisma is about as hometown as a co-sign gets. Raised in Santa Ana, she came up through Power 106's street team. In 2014, LA Weekly called her L.A. radio's biggest champion of West Coast hip-hop and credited her with helping break more local rap and R&B records than any of her peers.

What's next

For now, the buzz is on social media. Whether 2txnez turns those co-signs into a bigger run is the question Juice Unlocked is putting to OC.