CHELLY THE MC

Chelly The MC is a DMV rapper, but the 22-year-old prefers to specifically rep her actual hometown of Northeast Washington D.C. Her earliest Youtube music video, filmed in 2013, is for a track called“Set Em Up” – an ode to beating up disloyal boyfriends. If you dig deep into her Instagram, you’ll find a 15-second performance of the track at Cesar Chavez Primary Charter School talent show. Chelly eventually dropped out to pursue music, but even then, she commanded a crowd with the audience knowing every word of the cutthroat lyrics. With deep roots in poetry, Chelly started to craft her emcee skills at 15, with a style reminiscent of a battle rapper.