{"id":224155,"date":"2026-02-24T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=224155"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:23:49","slug":"king-topaz-teams-up-with-young-zee-and-dj-js-1-for-a-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/king-topaz-teams-up-with-young-zee-and-dj-js-1-for-a-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"King Topaz teams up with Young Zee and DJ JS-1 for a new single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ody6XklztzU?si=G9PtcuUNllfWvsFJ\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NYC-based graffiti legend<strong> King Topaz<\/strong>\u2014widely recognized for his historic work at 5 Pointz and his impact across the city\u2019s mural scene\u2014returns to the music world with a brand new, self-titled 12-song album, bringing his Hip Hop journey full circle.<\/p>\n<p>While many know Topaz for his visual art, his roots in Hip Hop run much deeper. Before taking a decade-long hiatus to dominate the graffiti world with <strong>Jerms<\/strong> aka <strong>DJ JS-1<\/strong> and the <strong>FTR Crew<\/strong>, Topaz was releasing music as <strong>Lordroc<\/strong>, working with iconic Queens figures such as <strong>Marley Marl<\/strong>, <strong>Capone<\/strong> (<strong>CNN<\/strong>), <strong>Royal Flush<\/strong>, <strong>Godfather Pt. 3<\/strong> (<strong>Mobb Deep<\/strong>), and more\u2014earning multiple charting singles throughout the late 90s and 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>This new album marks a powerful return, delivering hard-hitting boom bap, authentic DJ scratches, and raw lyricism. Featured guests include <strong>DJ JS-1<\/strong> (<strong>Rock Steady Crew<\/strong>), <strong>Young Zee<\/strong> (<strong>The Outsidaz<\/strong>), <strong>Spit Gemz<\/strong>,<strong> Truth Emcee<\/strong>, <strong>OSVN<\/strong>, <strong>MC Whiteowl<\/strong>, <strong>Cereb<\/strong>,<strong> Last Measure<\/strong>, <strong>Certified Gage<\/strong>, and others. Production is handled by <strong>King Topaz<\/strong>, <strong>BREEZ One<\/strong>, <strong>Lemos<\/strong>, <strong>Da Vigilante<\/strong>, and DJ JS-1, with <strong>Jake Palumbo<\/strong> on the boards ensuring a clean, polished, radio-ready sound.<\/p>\n<p>The lead single, \u201cLike This\u201d produced by Breez One is pure turntable bliss as DJ JS-1 goes ballistic on the wheels of steel for Topaz and Brick City O.G Young Zee to slice your dome with lyrical razors\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"224156\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/king-topaz-teams-up-with-young-zee-and-dj-js-1-for-a-new-single\/king-topaz-like-this-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-scaled.avif\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"King Topaz &amp;#8211; Like This cover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-540x540.avif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-1024x1024.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-224156\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-scaled.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-scaled.avif 2560w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-540x540.avif 540w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-1024x1024.avif 1024w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-768x768.avif 768w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-1536x1536.avif 1536w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-2048x2048.avif 2048w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-scaled.avif 1280w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/King-Topaz-Like-This-cover-scaled.avif 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC-based graffiti legend King Topaz\u2014widely recognized for his historic work at 5 Pointz and his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Wjp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}