I had a funny experience the other week, I was in a record shop and the owner was chatting about records and kept saying "man you gotta check out Jalen, he's got a new 7" single out on Daptone, he's local" and I was like yeah yeah, and she turned and pointed at a dude walking in the door, going "this guy! you gotta check him out he's blowing up!"
He went behind the counter with her so I guess they know each other and she was like "I just ordered five more copies of your shit man, it's hot!" and turned to me and kept hyping him.
He greeted me and I was like oh, it's you she's talking about, that's funny. Didn't buy anything. Anyway that Jalen (Ngonda) sings on this new Gorillaz album!