{"id":686212,"date":"2025-08-20T23:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-plaqueboymaxs-livestreams-reimagined-the-rap-underground\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:50:17","slug":"how-plaqueboymaxs-livestreams-reimagined-the-rap-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-plaqueboymaxs-livestreams-reimagined-the-rap-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"How Plaqueboymax\u2019s livestreams reimagined the rap underground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d827913191\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-plaqueboymaxs-livestreams-reimagined-the-rap-underground\/#Xaviersobased_Nino_Paid_Lazer_Dim_700_and_more_reflect_on_how_In_The_Booth_and_Song_Wars_created_a_new_more_crowdsourced_vision_of_rap_in_just_over_a_year\" >Xaviersobased, Nino Paid, Lazer Dim 700, and more reflect on how In The Booth and Song Wars created a new, more crowdsourced vision of rap in just over a year.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Xaviersobased_Nino_Paid_Lazer_Dim_700_and_more_reflect_on_how_In_The_Booth_and_Song_Wars_created_a_new_more_crowdsourced_vision_of_rap_in_just_over_a_year\"><\/span>Xaviersobased, Nino Paid, Lazer Dim 700, and more reflect on how <i>In The Booth<\/i> and <i>Song Wars<\/i> created a new, more crowdsourced vision of rap in just over a year.<span 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id=\"content_block-273382\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            From its inception in May 2024 through the first half of 2025, Twitch creator Plaqueboymax\u2019s <i>In The Booth<\/i> sessions reigned as the livestreaming era\u2019s most consistent hit-making machines. Challenging artists to record a song on camera while the now-22-year-old streamer manned the DAW, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> served as a conduit between buzzy next-gen r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ers and young fans who spent late nights glued to the chat. If you couldn\u2019t escape a viral rap hit during that period, from DDG\u2019s \u201cPink Dreads\u201d to Cash Cobain\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trip<\/a>pin on a Yacht,\u201d there\u2019s a solid chance it debuted on a Max stream, only to be clipped and passed around by rabid fans, pre-release.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            <i>In The Booth<\/i>\u2019s success has attracted higher-profile rappers like Sexyy Red, Quavo, and Will Smith, hoping to make hits of their own. But consistently, Max\u2019s most intriguing guests have been underground artists. Sessions with Lazer Dim 700, Summrs, and Hardrock felt more natural; their come-ups arrived in a contemporary landscape dominated by instant IG Live access and streaming-era demands for new content.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273395\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bay Swag - Trippin On A Yacht (Plaqueboymax Live Snippet)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjLE2PA1h4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273395');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273383\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            And it was the underground that helped solidify Max\u2019s streams as appointment viewing. One of his most popular shows is the <i>Song Wars<\/i> series, in which contestants remotely drop into the stream to participate in a single elimination tournament decided by judges. A pair of February streams that included artists like Yung Fazo, Molly Santana, and Lazer Dim 700 helped solidify the series\u2019 status as appointment viewing, making the already frenetic pace of underground rap culture feel even more im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te and personal.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Challenging contestants to record and present tracks in short notice, the streams made fans feel like they could be in the room alongside Jace! as he dropped a new diss track, or were feeding off the energy of a whimsical Lazer Dim loosie in the studio. This parasocial intimacy would serve as a proof-of-concept for <i>In The Booth<\/i>, providing rap obsessives an even greater level of access to their favorite artists. Since then, Jace! retired from Max\u2019s tournaments after becoming a fixture, wary of being pigeonholed as a \u201c<i>Song Wars<\/i> rapper.\u201d Lazer\u2019s contributions earned him back-to-back MVP nods from Max and the judges, and included his now classic pluggnb track \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MNdNd353KUI\">Asian Rock<\/a>\u201d. \n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273384\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lazer Dim 700 - Laced Max (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XfmrigWskpM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273384');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273385\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cWhen I first met him, they was already on the <i>Song Wars<\/i>,\u201d Lazer Dim tells me over a Zoom call. \u201cHe called me up and was like, \u2018join real fast,\u2019 so I got on. And from right there, that\u2019s when I started blowing up.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Max was impressed enough by Lazer\u2019s rambly, hypnotic flow to invite him over for a one-on-one stream that May, shortly after Max joined FaZe Clan and relocated to the streaming collective\u2019s content house. Posted in a barely-furnished room, the duo was on a mission to experiment outside of Lazer\u2019s signature dark plugg wheelhouse, rifling through packs from rage-rap experimentalist OsamaSon and New York City swag-rap auteur Xaviersobased. Faded after a hit off Lazer\u2019s too-strong blunt, Max struggled to determine whether an hour or two minutes had passed; Lazer paced the floor, snickering like a trickster god.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cLook, I let him smoke and he done got high,\u201d Lazer laughs. \u201cAt first he ain\u2019t want to do it, but I peer pressured him. That\u2019s why I said it on the song.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Struggling to suppress his laughter, Max still managed to find the \u201choodtrap xaviersobased emotional jerk type beat\u201d that would become \u201cLaced Max,\u201d Lazer\u2019s most-streamed single to date, and a stylistic departure from his then-typical bursts of punched-in non-sequiturs over power drill 808s and dissonant synth arps. In just 20 minutes, the pair recorded, mixed and performed the song live on stream, even attempting to lay down a scrapped Max feature within the time frame. \n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273394\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Plaqueboymax and 5$tar song wars reacts to LAZER Dim 700 - Asian Rock!!! Fawk Fwak !!!! \ud83e\udd29\ud83e\udd29\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gDLZPi-AYDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273394');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273386\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cIt pushed my career,\u201d Lazer says. \u201cNot even just a little bit, it pushed it a lot. The way the songs we did were, it ain\u2019t really my usual style. It gave me exposure to different kinds of people.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The stream served as the blueprint for <i>In The Booth<\/i> and was a landmark event for each creator. It proved that Max\u2019s loose, chat-fueled production style could translate into platform-defining hits, and gave artists a space to test new sounds in front of thousands without the polish or pressure of a label rollout. Thanks to this formula, lucky viewers who tuned in would occasionally watch a bottle capture lightning in real time.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n            Xaviersobased knew his single didn\u2019t have a chance. Placed on a <i>Song Wars<\/i> lineup against stars-in-the-making OhGeesy and Babytron as well as <i>Song Wars<\/i> vets like Jace! and BenjiBlueBills, Xavier decided not to play things safe. \u201cI kinda figured how it was gonna go,\u201d the New York City swag-rap auteur remembers, \u201cso I just played the rawest song and hoped for the best.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273391\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"xaviersobased - double whammy (song wars)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXV-6xUMmUY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273391');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273387\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            That track, \u201cDouble Whammy,\u201d prompted a lukewarm response from judges, but the chat loved it. Max invited him back for an <i>In The Booth<\/i> stream that would reveal how the more avant-garde arenas of rap\u2019s underground can flourish in the format. The droning, minimalist sound of Xav\u2019s 1c34 collective was now front and center.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Though jerk beats styled after their work had been the cheat code that turned \u201cLaced Max\u201d and \u201cPink Dreads\u201d into viral hits, neither song matched the eerie, brooding tone of Xavier\u2019s on-stream sessions. His final work of the night, \u201cfieldtrips,\u201d is his personal favorite, in which he and Max trade bleary-eyed verses over a bassy wall of digital strings and crumbling drums. \n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273392\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ian - ETA (OG) (prod. sxprano) (PlaqueboyMax)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_cmPJXpTXlQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273392');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273388\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The chat\u2019s contributions can get far more granular. In October 2024, PG County beatmaker Sxprano joined Ian, who was in the process of rolling out his <i>Goodbye Horses<\/i> album, for a studio session and sushi dinner on Max\u2019s channel. Sxprano wasn\u2019t initially sure what sort of beat he wanted to chef up while on stream, but the chat began clamoring for one that sampled NewJeans\u2019 Kpop hit \u201cETA,\u201d which had played as FaZe\u2019s JasonTheWeen hit 100,000 subscribers on Twitch just a week earlier.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt was lowkey on demand,\u201d he says. Though the pressure initially sent Sxprano into a panic as he tried to navigate the unfamiliar collection of drumkits on Max\u2019s computer, he eventually found the chat\u2019s presence welcoming. \u201cIt\u2019s not like you\u2019re timed, but you feel like you gotta deliver right there in front of everybody. After a bit, I got into it, started talking to the chat, adapting as I went. It puts you on the spot in a good way.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            For Sxprano, it\u2019s the unique, off-the-cuff energy of streaming that imbuing the final result of his <i>In The Booth<\/i> session with an element of surprise. And while he had direction from the chat, he didn\u2019t feel like he had to compromise anything. \u201cIn every part of your life, you should be yourself and when I was there I could really be comfortable doing that.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273390\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nino Paid &amp; BabyChiefDoIt - Coolin (Official Audio)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rnsWVjaEy34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('273390');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-273389\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cIt definitely changes things,\u201d says Nino Paid, who recorded one of his signature songs \u201cCoolin\u201d with Chicago emcee BabyChiefDoIt and Max on stream in November 2024. \u201cYou feel a little bit more pressured to do something else instead of being in your regular comfort zone. A lot of artists don\u2019t even record in front of people.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Since its debut, <i>In The Booth<\/i> has carved out a raw new lane for rappers looking to perform online. Will Smith can hop on jerk beats; entire cities\u2019 scenes can converge on single points; era-defining stars can crash and burn. But that volatility cuts both ways. In a rap ecosystem dominated by livestreaming, newer artists who aren\u2019t as comfortable providing constant access to themselves risk being overlooked entirely.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cIt&#8217;s like the tech industry runs hip hop today and music is this secondary thing,\u201d Virginia rapper $ilkmoney told The FADER in July. \u201cYou gotta play video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s for hours and then go, \u2018Hey, like the song, guys!\u2019 and then make people go, \u2018Oh, yo, he&#8217;s actually pretty good at making music.\u2019\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            For better or for worse, the growth of streams like <i>In The Booth<\/i> means that fans can demand\u2014and access\u2014the sort of behind-the-scenes views that were once sequestered to an artist\u2019s inner circle or hackers looking to sell ill-gotten, unreleased songs on the black market. Whether <i>In The Booth<\/i> is a panopticon-era talent show, a revolutionary development in how artists create and share, or something in between, the show\u2019s format will be a hip-hop staple for years to come. When Xaviersobased is the OG for a new generation of teenage rappers, <i>In The Booth<\/i> and its kin will still be finding moments of unrefined creative joy and transmitting them live, their artists eagerly awaiting feedback from the chatbox. \n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Jude Noel<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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