Liomar Ricardo Acosta Orta found his feet in the underground freestyle cyphers of Caracas before dropping his first mixtape as Neutro Shorty in 2012. The succession of releases that followed unfurl a vivid narrative of a humble young man’s rise to the sonic stratosphere. A blistering volley of punchlines is underscored by a hauntingly melodic soundscape of classical instrumentation, giving each track an ethereal resonance. Between hazy trap beats and razor-sharp rap soliloquies, Shorty maps his history while charting his future path.