NF is the stage name of the young and talented rapper from Michigan (USA) – Nathan Feuerstein. Despite having a loyal number of listeners and followers, NF is still an interesting unknown among hip-hop fans.

NF’s music is often known as ‘Christian’, a school that specializes in sending positive messages to enhance faith in life and does not swear in rap lyrics. However, NF also denied the label that many people assigned him as a ‘Christian rapper’ in an interview: “I am a Christian, but I do not compose Gospel music or Hymns . Music will not be able to reach everyone with just one perspective. I write about everything that I actually experience. People don’t have to be Christians like me to feel empathy.”

NF shared that Eminem is the person who has the biggest influence on his rap career. NF remembers the first time he heard Eminem’s Detroit when he interviewed with NME in 2017: “Not everything I feel and think is the same as what Eminem thinks and raps about, but it is This is the first time I’ve heard such genuine music. What real music. I like music that moves me. I like music that takes me to places I never expected to go.”

Going back to the past, NF experienced a difficult and traumatic childhood when his parents divorced. Later, he was physically abused by his mother’s boyfriend when he moved in with his mother. Furthermore, the sudden death of his mother in 2009 from a drug overdose deepened the pain that NF had to endure as a child. To face his dark past, NF began to turn to rap as a way to escape reality. He started everything by recording on an old karaoke machine.

Immediately after that, NF officially released their debut album titled Moments in 2010. Without stopping, NF continued to release 4 more studio albums, Mansion, Therapy Session, Perception and The Search respectively. In general, all 4 albums have a very NF color, he also raps fast and rhymes continuously like Eminem, he also shows more noise through the screams and anger inside people, lyrics. about his inner dark corners and the process of fighting his own demons, but what makes the difference is that he doesn’t swear in his rap lyrics. Thanks to the uniqueness of music, NF’s albums gradually receive much support from the audience. In 2019, NF’s album The Search surpassed Chance the Rapper’s The Big Day, another name in the hip-hop industry, to rise to the top of the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

The album Hope was just released on April 7 and quickly dominated the Spotify Top Global Debut Album chart.

Recently, NF returned with his 5th studio album titled Hope, which, although still full of emotions, shows a man who for the first time chooses to turn his face towards the light to breathe fresh, open air. more open. The songs on the album show NF overcoming his demons to gain control of his music and not give up. Additionally, NF also talks about his mother with love, in contrast to the torment in previous songs. NF also decided to use this album to affirm his different journey compared to the popular music industry and other famous rappers.