Valid teams up with Elzhi & Mikri Maus for “Live My Life”

Somewhere between Detroit and the Balkans, Valid has always found his footing. On “Live My Life,” the latest single from his upcoming mixtape Bronko Tape 2, that dual identity becomes a bridge between worlds. Valid links with Elzhi — widely regarded as one of the most technically gifted MCs — and Mikri Maus, a legend whose influence on Balkan Hip-Hop is difficult to overstate, for a collaboration that is as unlikely on paper as it is seamless in practice. Anchored by DJ Goce’s classic boom bap production, the three artists speak to something universal: the tendency to covet other people’s lives without accounting for the cost of those lives. The message is simple and uncompromising — everyone has a story, and yours is the only one worth living.