Caleborate
San Francisco
Caleborate called us from his engineer's house in Pacifica, Calif., where he finished up mixes for his latest album, 1993. Caleborate grew up in the Bay Area, splitting time between there and Sacramento after his parents separated. He started rapping seriously at age 17, filling up notebooks with autobiographical lyrics—a style that now defines his work and reached the ears of fellow local rapper G-Eazy. The two have since collaborated and grown close, which is the norm for the Bay’s music community. "The culture out here is growing up," Caleborate says. "Everyone in the Bay is like family."