Ken Carson is an Atlanta rapper, born in 2000, signed to Playboi Carti's Opium label and a defining voice in rage rap alongside Destroy Lonely and Yeat. A Great Chaos (2023) is the breakthrough and the place to start — dense, distorted, relentless — with More Chaos (2025) pushing further. Dig into Ken Carson vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Kenyatta Lee Frazier Jr., performing as Ken Carson, was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 18, 2000. He signed with Playboi Carti's Opium label (an Interscope imprint) and launched his major-label catalog in 2021. He is widely cited as a defining figure in the contemporary rage rap subgenre alongside Playboi Carti, Destroy Lonely, Yeat, and others. His 2023 album A Great Chaos brought him commercial attention.
Ken Carson's sound combines rage rap, trap, hip hop, alternative hip hop, and experimental hip hop with distinctively dense distorted production, autotuned vocals, and aggressive aesthetic drawing on the broader Opium label and Playboi Carti rage subgenre.
Opium / Interscope pressings of the Ken Carson catalog have been issued in color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Ken Carson typically start with A Great Chaos (2023).
