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The last time Hypebeast caught up with Niontay was over the summer. He had just dropped his studio debut, Fada<3of$, and found some time to slide through the studio to chat more about his creative evolution in the face of the modern underground hip-hop scene. Off the record at the time, Tay also shared he had rough plans to drop another project before 2025 closed out.Now, just six months later, the rapper is back in the cut, fresh off yet another striking studio LP. A testament to Tay’s unwavering commitment to his craft, Soulja Hate Repellant arrived in late December, marking his second long-form project in under six months; a feat many musicians would cut their teeth to emulate. But for the 26-year-old rapper, two formally packaged studio releases in half a year is no skin off his bac...