Samara Cyn has been rapidly rising since the release of her 2024 EP, The Drive Home. The 10-track project put the 26-year-old Murfreesboro, Tennessee native on plenty of radars, and her joining Smino on his ongoing Kountry Kousins Tour is putting her on even more.
That makes the timing of her latest release, the introspective single “Bad Brains,” perfect as more eyes and ears than ever are on the lookout for Samara Cyn. Over a slowed-down sample of Thee Sacred Souls’ viral hit “Can I Can You Rose?” Samara contemplates her current situation through a stream of consciousness that includes slick punchlines, devastating realizations, and references to viral memes (“I’m a bad b*tch — you can’t kill me!”).
Samara Cyn’s 2025 breakout even included a crossover with one of the year’s other major rap breakouts, Doechii. At the same Jazz Fest concert where Lauryn Hill bestowed Doechii with her co-sign and a duet performance, Hill also knighted Samara Cyn, sealing her as one of the most exciting artists coming up today. Stay tuned.
Listen to Samara Cyn’s “Bad Brains” above and see the remaining tour dates for Kountry Kousins below.
5/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall5/02 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Las Vegas5/05 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre5/07 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren5/09 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater5/10 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall5/11 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum5/14 – New Orleans, LA @ The Joy Theater5/16 – Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live5/17 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Live5/18 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live5/20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern5/22 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte5/24 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa5/28 – Washington, DC @ Echostage5/31 – New York, NY @ Terminal 56/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall6/05 – Hartford, CT @ The Webster Theater6/07 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner6/10 – Toronto, CA @ REBEL6/13 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed6/14 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple6/15 – Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion6/17 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre and Ballroom6/19 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle6/21 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee6/22 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Saint Louis Music Park
