# @forthespeakers on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-09-28T22:17:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** For the Speakers | Daily Music Content (@forthespeakers) — https://gondola.cc/forthespeakers

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Before the fame, the tours, and the millions of listeners, some of these artists and creatives were already building together 

From Yung Lean & Bladee meeting as teenagers in Stockholm, to LUCKI living with SZA and TDE in LA, Cole Bennett documenting Chicago’s underground, and A$AP Yams helping shape Rocky’s entire vision, a lot of major careers started with friendships that existed long before the spotlight

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LUCKI & Cole Bennett came up around the same underground scene in Chicago during early 2010s.
Cole started Lyrical Lemonade as a teenager and was already documenting Chicago’s emerging artists when LUCKI was making a name for himself with Alternative Trap. 

Their relationship grew through years of videos, interviews and collaborations.
They reunited in 2022 for “Coincidence”, shot on Cole Bennett’s iPhone in London, and are still close collaborators to this day.

Before being frequent musical collaborators, Yung Lean & Bladee are close longtime friends.
Around 2013, when they were just two teenagers from Stockholm experimenting with music, they found each other through Bladee’s younger brother, who was classmates with Yung Lean.

They quickly bonded over fashion, skateboarding, internet culture, and underground music. Yung Lean formed Sad Boys, while Bladee became a core member of Drain Gang. The two groups eventually fused into a tight-knit creative circle.

Ever since they began achieving global success around 2013–2014, the two artists have always been very close to one another, both artistically and personally. They have collaborated on numerous projects and still frequently tour together. Both have repeatedly stated that they consider each other brothers for life.

This one is family: Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar are cousins. Keem grew up around a family full of musicians and started producing as a teenager.

When he was around 14, Keem eventually sent Kendrick some of his music, w

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