RISING SUPERSTAR MOLLY SANTANA ANNOUNCES NEW DEAL WITH EPIC RECORDS SHARES NEW SINGLE + MUSIC VIDEO “A GIRL
Molly Santana, a native of Fontana, California, received the coveted Drake co-sign this year on the superstar’s ICEMANalbum, featuring on one of its signature tracks, “Ran To Atlanta.” The appearance, which resulted in Santana’s first appearance and Top 5 placement on the Billboard Hot 100 (no. 2). “Drake hit me up and was like, ‘Future said your name. We got to get you on this song,’” Santana told Complex about Future educating Drake on who she was prior to their collaboration. “And I was like… this has to be destiny.”
The “A Girl Is A Gun” rapper’s narrative and journey precedes ICEMAN, however. She entered the national consciousness following the release of her Masonic Music EP in Sept. 2024, and was subsequently invited to be a supporting act on tour on Don Toliver’s Hardstone Psycho Tour, and to play a set at the renowned Rolling Loud Festival that same year. Earlier this year, at Complex Con, Santana hosted a “black punk” booth that teased the atmosphere and aesthetic of her upcoming releases, and fans showed up in droves to support the daring and endearing artist. Years of cultivating and energizing her engaged fanbase, which now includes a social following of over one million, with a steady drumbeat of unique and innovative examples of her genre-fluid approach conferred Santana the opportunity to have her breakthrough moment on “Ran To Atlanta.”
Now, officially ready to run it up at her new label home, Molly Santana is positioned to be as strong a force to be reckoned with as anyone, and she’s just fired the first warning shot. Stream and watch “A Girl Is A Gun” today.
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