GoldLink Rolling Loud India Set: The "Crew" Rapper Who Made DMV Rap Global

Bring the DMV to Mumbai. GoldLink, the Washington, D.C.-born, Virginia-based rapper, is booked for Saturday, December 12 at Rolling Loud India, per Time Out India.

The backstory

D'Anthony William Carlos, born in 1993, broke through with the 2014 mixtape The God Complex, which Pitchfork gave a 7.9, per his Wikipedia page. A year later he joined the XXL Freshman class, and in 2016 he signed to RCA.

Songs to know

"Crew" (with Brent Faiyaz and Shy Glizzy, 2016) is the big one: it peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, went platinum, and earned a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance. Then there's "Meditation" with Kaytranada and Jazmine Sullivan (2017), "Got Friends" with Miguel (2018), and "Like I Do" with Christina Aguilera, which earned him a second Grammy nomination in 2019.

Albums

At What Cost (2017), Diaspora (2019), which has the Afrobeats-leaning "Zulu Screams," Haram! (2021), and Enoch (2025). He also worked with Gorillaz on "Severed Head" (2020) and Denzel Curry on "Black Balloons."

Why catch the set

GoldLink moves between rap, R&B, electronic and Afro-inflected sounds, so the set should flow rather than just hit. It's also a "Crew" singalong waiting to happen, a good fit on a Saturday that also features Burna Boy.

The details: Rolling Loud India, December 12-13 in Mumbai; GoldLink is on Saturday the 12th. Tickets are on the District app, and details are at rollingloud.com/india.