Soundbreak is set to announce Memphis rapper Finesse2Tymes as its newest artist partner, according to Soundbreak co-founder Kevin Griffin. The announcement, expected imminently, will reportedly include a call for beat submissions as the artist works toward a new album.
Finesse2Tymes (Ricky Hampton) isn't a cold start for the platform — he's a Billboard Hot 100 artist off 2022's "Back End," with a discography built through Atlantic, Bread Gang, and J. Prince's Mob Ties Records. He's stayed prolific into 2026, with singles like "Push It," "Discernment," and "Creepin," plus features alongside Kevin Gates, Sexyy Red, and Skilla Baby.
For readers unfamiliar with the platform: Soundbreak lets users co-write songs with AI versions of real artists and songwriters, trained on and voiced with each participating artist's actual style and catalog. Griffin — the Better Than Ezra frontman and Grammy-nominated songwriter behind cuts like "Collide" and "Breathless" — is both a co-founder and one of the AI cowriters on the roster. We covered the mechanics of how that works earlier this year.
The current cowriter lineup skews heavily indie/pop/rock and songwriter-driven — names include Griffin, Graham Colton, Kara Dioguardi, Jaren Johnston, Sam Hollander, Max Frost, and Lincoln Parish, alongside genre specialists like Zac Samuel (house) and Miami hip-hop production team InkogNito. Finesse2Tymes would be a notable expansion into mainstream trap/Memphis rap, a lane the platform hasn't had a marquee name in yet.
For producers, an open beat search from an artist with this level of chart history and reach is a concrete opportunity, and the latest ambitious move by the rights-forward AI music project.