Platinum selling recording artist and producer Russ announces the release of his sophomore album, ZOO, available globally on September 7, 2018 via Columbia Records. Adding to an already banner year for the rapper, the project is the follow up to his RIAA certified platinum debut album, There’s Really A Wolf.
Russ has also released “The Flute Song”, the first track off the album. Produced by Scott Storch “The Flute Song” can be heard.
To support the record, Russ, fresh off monster performances at Coachella and Governor’s Ball, will be hitting the road later this fall for the second leg of his I See You Tour Part 2. The tour, which includes a Staples Center date, will make stops in major cities across North America and includes a special performance in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.
As one of the few artists to go Platnium with a debut album, Russ’s breakout album There’s Really A Wolf, features two double-Platinum songs and five Gold songs. The diverse 20-track album, served as the perfect showcase for his DIY approach having produced, mixed, mastered, engineered and written exclusively by Russ himself, and features both of his Billboard Hot 100-charting tracks “What They Want” and “Losin Control.” The popularity of the album helped Russ surpass 1.1 billion audio streams in the U.S. in 2017, making him one of Nielsen Music's 30 most streamed artists of the year. His strong vision and self-belief has resulted in six sold out tours, over 676 million YouTube views, 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and over 2 billion plays of his vast catalog, all sung word for word by his dedicated fan base at sold-out shows across the globe.