Southeast DC has been producing talent for years, but few artists capture the city’s energy like Paco Panama . A DMV vet, he’s been making noise locally for some time, and if you know Paco, you know exactly what kind of music you’re about to get — hustler music, motion music, trap-influenced bars that reflect real life in the streets. His latest project, SouthSide Sopranos, Vol. 2 , dropped November 4th , featuring 23 tracks  with appearances from Smoke Chapo, Dee Muney, and

RGP Spook is one of the DMV’s most active rising voices right now, and his latest single “Sand”  (released September 28th) proves he’s carving out his own sonic territory. The track pulls from the digital trap wave of the 2016-2019 SoundCloud era, channeling that neon-glazed Uzi Vert energy—but Spook flips it with a hard D.C. flow, merging nostalgic internet-era melody with a modern trap cadence. The beat feels spacious, bright, and highly digital, like it’s moving through a