At the forefront of the current New York City underground rap scene, MIKE is perhaps the most agile at moving through life’s grief-stricken wooze on “What Do I Do?”, the second single from his forthcoming album, Beware of the Monkey. As with its preceding single “nuthin i can do is wrng”, a despondence makes everything around him in the cityscapes move in slow-mo, yet his reflections pull through in crystal clear definition. “Built a wave, I say I inspired it / Ain’t the greatest at taking a lie / I can’t wait in debating the size / Just counting the days ‘til retirement.” One could argue he’s continuing to move toward his peak even if the pull of life’s inertia challenges in another direction.

Directed by: Xin Wang

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MIKE”s Beware of the Monkey will be released December 21st on 10k.