The songs on ninopaid’s latest project, Love Me As I Am, are just as reflective as that from his first project, 2024’s Can’t Go Bacc, though the latter record was a bit more outward-facing. His music has been compared to that of other pain rap contemporaries like Rod Wave and NBA YoungBoy, but Paid never had a particular vision in mind for what it would become. He just wanted to sound like himself. “My city, people mostly was rapping about, like, beef and stuff like that, but the beats was crazy. So I was like, I could just take that beat and just rap about what I want to rap about.” Read our GEN F profile at the link in bio, or head to TheFADER.com. ✍️ Kaila Philo 📸 kynakool #GENF #NinoPaid