Best New Artist (Unsigned) of 2008

Reader's Pick:
Tyga
Thanks to co-signs from label bosses Lil Wayne (Young Money Entertainment) and Peter Wentz (Decaydance), California emcee Tyga burst onto the scene in 2008. A cousin of Gym Class Heroes lead vocalist Travis McCoy, the young artist released his debut album, No Introduction, in June, led by the catchy single, “Coconut Juice,” and has plans to follow it up with the appropriately-titled The Introduction, in mid-2009.

Runner Up:
K. Sparks

DJ Booth Staff Pick:
K. Sparks

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Member Comments

d mac DJ Booth Crew	K Sparks and Tyga were solid for sure, but I gave this to UNI. Their album - chicken and watermelon - was solid and they had a lot of good features. DJ Booth on Twitter
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

lzfreshtadeath DJ Booth Member	I completely disagree. His album was awful. But at the same time. Tyga will undoubtedly make a name for himself. He has that charisma and drive to be recognized, as my man Kermit says.
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

Mike Dreams Resident DJ	My guys U-N-I should have won! Like forreal tho.
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

MuzzieBoi Resident DJ	Kinda surprised here...
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

UndoneIDoIt Resident DJ	same, thought it was definitely K sparks
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

Aussie_Pride Resident DJ	I voted for Tyga, though i thought for shore that K Sparks would of won
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

Kayleb101 Resident DJ	Sparks shoulda HAD THIS IN THE BAG!! come on people.. Tyga gets a couple hits and your gonna vote for him.. not HATIN, but Sparks shoulda mos def won..
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

Mr.Top Hat Resident DJ	now im Surprised .... K.Sparks don't worry djbboth still luv ya .... LOL
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

Bo-SoxKiD09 DJ Booth Member	Tyga man... ;)
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

DJ Z DJ Booth Crew	... power of the net... DJ Booth on Twitter
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

Kayleb101 Resident DJ	IMO people just came on, and voted, cause i know alot of people dont know about Sparks, and alot of people dont APPRECIATE true artist like him, so they just dont listen to him, and under-rate him, there loss, for me, Sparks is the man to go to every week.. and i would pick him over alot of people ANY day.. even Weezy..
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

DJ Hoffa Resident DJ	I thought K spizzy had this locked!!!! lol I agree with Kayleb 100% I got a new mixtape droppin soon and it's gonna have some exclusive spizzy treats.
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

Georgia Girl Resident DJ	sparks had my vote all the way : )
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

PrettyRaven Resident DJ	This was a shocker to me, K Sparks deserved this seriously.
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

JoseStayING:REAL DJ Booth Member	UNI if more popular could been responsible for makin ice cubes classic. Alive for skaters and skinnys.
	Posted on Jan 16, 2009

ISHIPHOPDEAD DJ Booth Member	K SPARKS
	Posted on Jan 16, 2009

Mr.Top Hat Resident DJ	& all it took was one commercial Hit .....
	Posted on Jan 17, 2009

E-dub Resident DJ	Did somebody overflow the votes or something this is a shame that Tyga won. He is mediocre at best and has just a few hits. A true hip-hop fan knows this K. Sparks is the next big thing!
	Posted on Jan 18, 2009

btaznpride
DJ Booth Member

have to admit, I didn't listen to any of the other dudes on here, so Tyga was my choice. I didn't think Tyga was that bad, he just dropped his album on the wrong day, got jacked by the streets and looked stupid eating money to prove he's stackin. Tyga's got some skills, but he needs better direction regarding his audience. The other guys listed were probably pretty good I just didn't hear any of their records.

Posted on Jan 19, 2009

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