Hip-Hop Up & Comer Noodah05 Is Ready to Conquer the Rap Game: ‘I’m Like Thanos. Just Stay Tuned and Watch’

When you first come across Noodah05, the burgeoning Atlanta rapper is soft-spoken, a stark contrast to his music.

Though he seems shy at first, talk of success and strip clubs quickly awakens his inner dog.

“Starlets is that big strip club, right?” he grins, having recently celebrated his birthday.

“We in New York City.

We gotta turn up.

I ain’t tryna be in the hotel again.” With momentum on his side, courtesy of his new mixtape, Champion Sound , the wide-eyed twenty-something is enjoying the time of his life.

His melodic touch, street flair, and love-drunk anthems have him positioned to be the next big star to blow out of Atlanta.

His latest single, “Around Me,” is the crown jewel of Champion Sound .

The trunk-rattling track oozes bold proclamations about bag chasing, love at first sight, and cruising past his adversaries.

The song peaked at No.

14 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart and now sits at No.

22, proving Noodah can deliver hits and hold his own alongside some of hip-hop’s biggest names.

“Everybody in the club gets lit,” says Noodah when discussing his performances of “Around Me.” “Everybody stands up.

It’s like that for most of the songs, but [“Around Me”] is one of the songs where, if you’re not even a fan for real, it’s gonna get you in tune.” Billboard chatted with October’s Hip-Hop Up & Comer, Noodah 05, about the origins of his name, why old-school R&B always has him in a chokehold, his desire to emulate André 3000, and his aspirations to become the new-age Thanos of rap.