Since 2014, rapper and multi-instrumentalist Rhys Langston has released 19 projects which have stretched beyond genre and even the musical medium itself. They have earned wide acclaim and covered vast conceptual ground, with lyrics and album concepts exploring comparative race and ethnicity, searing pop cultural criticism, and the digital humanities.

Notable works include 2020’s Language Arts Unit, which came with a 104 pg book that dissected rap and race in a long form lyric essay. Grapefruit Radio arrived two years later in similar fashion—with an 88 pg paperback of his visual art and absurdist prose, along with full album lyrics. Those earned him nods from The NY Times, The LA Times, Bandcamp, SPIN, STEREOGUM, DJ Booth, and others.

Wider range and idiosyncratic edge can be found on other projects, like 2021’s burst of punk rock invective Stalin Bollywood, 2019’s visual EP The T.C. Wash Suite and his production on outsider artist Andrew Mbaruk's Affect Theory and the Text-to-Speech Grandiloquence .

In 2023, Langston released the Pioneer 11 collaboration, To Operate This System, a melody-forward melange of hip-hop, alternative R&B, and electro-psych. In 2024, his collaborative streak continued with the Frankie Jax No Mad-assisted notes from the unemployment office, and then the Steel Tipped Dove-produced Polyglot on Chloroform.

He is preparing his next album for release in 2025, the 20th work in his collection.

He eagerly awaits your ears.