Milo, the nom de plume of rapper Rory Ferreira, has established one of the strongest followings in independent rap. His projects, which he often releases as limited edition cassette tapes via his Ruby Yacht imprint, regularly trade for hundreds of dollars online. He's respected for his dense literary references and savvy homage to the glory years of the L.A. underground such as Project Blowed
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Milo: Why the Self-Sustaining Indie-Rapper Is Trying to ‘Sidestep the Gatekeepers’