Georgia-born rapper Kali exudes confidence, confrontation, sex, and power on her evenly paced and hooky tracks. Her song "Do a Bitch" from her 2021 debut mixtape, This Why They Mad Now, was an early hit, and a remix featuring Rico Nasty just bolstered the track's appeal. Kali was joined by Latto, Yung Bleu, BIA and others on her 2022 mixtape Toxic Chocolate.

Kali was rapping by age 12, motivated to begin exploring music when her beatmaking stepfather promised she could have her own room on the condition that she wrote an album's worth of songs in a month. Her excitement surrounding music didn't stop there, and as a teen she self-produced songs and videos while also focusing on school, early work experiences, and sports. Kali auditioned for the Netflix rap competition show Rhythm + Flow, but didn't make the final cut. A fellow contestant, KenTheMan, urged her not to be disappointed but to keep pursuing music on her own, and she self-released her proper debut single, "Mami," in 2019. In 2021 she released "Do a Bitch," which quickly became one of her best-performing songs up until that point. Her first mixtape, This Why They Mad Now, also arrived that year, and multiple remixes of "Do a Bitch" surfaced, including new contributions from Rico Nasty, Saucy Santana, and Enchanting. Before the end of 2021, Kali issued the single "MMM MMM" featuring ATL Jacob, and the song was streamed tens of millions of times. The mixtape Toxic Chocolate appeared in 2022. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi