The Decatur, Georgia artist Zina X Kae operates under a split identity that makes perfect sense once you hear the music: Zyna is the wild card who treats genre labels like suggestions at best, while Kae is the actual person behind it all, handling vocals, production, design, the whole operation. Born in 2000, he went from being the kid who couldn’t sit still to the artist who won’t stay in one place creatively. This isn’t someone trying to fit into what’s already happening. This is someone carving out their own space and inviting you to step inside.
“Every track is a different room in the same haunted house. You know you shouldn’t enter, but you do anyway.”
The thing about this “ShiTalkinDiesase”: it’s a one-man show by choice, not by circumstance. Zina X Kae decided to lock in, build the foundation for something he’s calling the Designaverse, a cinematic universe where characters, stories, and sounds collide. Think of this first volume as the origin story for Zyna, the main character who’s part troublemaker, part philosopher, and entirely unpredictable. Every track introduces a different side of him, a different mood, a different piece of the puzzle.
His career starting point was in early-2000s battle rap culture, the 106 & Park era, where freestyles were survival of the wittiest. That’s where the foundation was laid, treating every verse like a fight, every bar like it has to earn its place. “ShiTalkinDiesase” takes that energy and drags it into 2025, mixing old-school battle mentality with new-school production chaos. The vocals shift constantly, from rapid-fire delivery to deeper, grittier tones that anchor the madness.
“ShiTalkinDiesase”, Vol. 1 is laser-focused on introducing you to a world and a character that will obviously expand from here. Future projects will bring in more voices, more perspectives, more corners of the Designaverse to explore. But this first volume proves the foundation is solid. The vision is clear. The execution is tight. And most importantly, it’s actually interesting in a way that a lot of current releases just aren’t. Press play and see where it takes you. Press play and see where it takes you.
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