MAVI is an American rapper from Charlotte, North Carolina, born in 1999, working the abstract, jazz-leaning end of contemporary hip hop alongside Earl Sweatshirt and Navy Blue. Let the Sun Talk (2019) is the dense, literary debut to start with; Laughing So Hard, it Hurts (2022) deepens the story. Dig into MAVI vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Omavi Edoro Minder, performing as MAVI, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 25, 1999. He attended Howard University. He launched his recording career in the late 2010s with self-released material and has been independent across his catalog. He has been positioned within the contemporary alternative hip hop and conscious hip hop scene alongside Earl Sweatshirt, Navy Blue, Pink Siifu, MIKE, and others - a loose collective of contemporary rappers exploring abstract, jazz-influenced production and literary lyrical approaches.
MAVI's sound combines hip hop, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, abstract hip hop, jazz rap, and underground hip hop with his distinctive vocal delivery, dense literary lyrical content addressing Black American experience, identity, family, and broader philosophical themes, and arrangements drawing on contemporary alternative hip hop production aesthetics.
MAVI Records and De Rap Winkel pressings of the MAVI catalog have been issued in color variant editions.
Listeners new to MAVI typically start with Let the Sun Talk (2019) or Laughing So Hard, it Hurts (2022).
