“Everything I do is for Tigray,” affirms Sideshow, the Addis Ababa-born, DMV-raised rapper earning a growing fanbase with a skillful mesh of storytelling, vulnerability, and militant social commentary. Those qualities meld impressively on TIGRAY FUNK, a 32-song extravaganza showcasing the breadth of his talents and musical curiosity. He says the project, his first since 2024’s F.U.N. T.O.Y., is a wide-spanning denouncement of the reductive labels that fans and critics place on artists. The album is at home on 10K Global, a haven for artists unencumbered by convention and expectations.