Between lush beats and lean rhymes, rapper kizaru sculpts his sound with a ruthless sense of minimalism. Oleg Nechiporenko was born in St. Petersburg, but spent time in Western Europe having relocated to Spain in the ‘10s. It was there that he began dropping tracks digitally, combining an old-school sense of unfiltered realism with crisp, cold soundscapes. Collaborations with Smokepurpp, HoodRich Pablo Juan and Tory Lanez are a testament to the way kizaru has cemented his name as synonymous with serving smooth trap cuts—but it’s his scorching flow that sets every verse on this mix alight.