Nixed Opened For Rick Ross, Nelly And Yung Joc. ‘Get Out The Way’ Is Why.
Nixed has opened for Rick Ross, Nelly and Yung Joc, and “Get Out The Way” featuring Stevie Stone is the single carrying that run — about 36,000 streams deep and picked up by AllHipHop.
Nixed has opened for Rick Ross, Nelly and Yung Joc. That’s three different eras and three different lanes of rap, which means those weren’t local-favor support slots tied to one scene — somebody kept booking him across rooms that don’t usually share an opener.
“Get Out The Way,” featuring Stevie Stone, is the single doing the heavy lifting behind that. Stevie Stone comes out of Tech N9ne’s Strange Music camp in Kansas City — pulling him onto a Nashville record is an outside connection, not a hometown favor called in. The single sits around 36,000 streams, which is a solid number for an independent release carrying a real feature, not a padded one.
AllHipHop picked it up, too. That’s a legacy national hip-hop trade outlet, a different tier of attention than a local blog post, and it means Nixed’s story is getting told by people who cover the genre for a living, not just people covering Nashville.
Rick Ross, Nelly and Yung Joc — three artists from three different rap eras and styles. That spread suggests the bookings are about Nixed’s own draw, not a single promoter running the same lineup formula every time.
Stevie Stone built his name in Tech N9ne’s Strange Music camp out of Kansas City. Getting him on “Get Out The Way” is a connection that reaches outside Nashville entirely — it’s not a favor from someone already in the building.
Around 36,000 streams. That’s not a viral number, but it’s a real one for an independent release with a genuine outside feature attached — the kind of number that reflects an actual audience, not a bot-inflated one.
AllHipHop, a national hip-hop trade outlet that’s been covering the genre for years. That kind of pickup carries more weight than a local write-up because it means the story reads as relevant outside the city it happened in.
Stack the stages, the outside feature, and the trade press together and it stops looking like luck. That’s three separate signals — live draw, industry connections, and press attention — all pointing the same direction at once.
Opening slots get forgotten fast if there’s nothing behind them. “Get Out The Way” is the record making the case that Nixed’s run isn’t just a string of good bookings — it’s an artist building the kind of connections and numbers that turn into a real catalog.