Music / States of IndependenceIan Isiah says a little prayer for the THOTsDon't kick the habit – listen to an exclusive acapella by the multi-faceted R&B singer specialising in future soundShareLink copied ✔️August 15, 2014MusicStates of IndependenceTextUNO As part of our new summer US project States of Independence we've invited our favourite 30 American curators, magazines, creatives and institutions to takeover Dazed for a day. Uno – the convention-blasting, genre-straddling, Brooklyn-based electronic dance music label – are taking over Dazed for the day. They welcome us to their world with a curated selection of their favourite artists of the moment, including exclusive treats from Gobby, Ian Isiah and Mykki Blanco. With silky smooth vocals and sauce-laden lyrics, Ian Isiah is an angel from some kind of heavily autotuned heaven on high – or should that be the nunnery? The R&B-meets-electro singer songwriter's first mixtape for UNO NYC, The Love Champion, got the label’s 2014 off to a storming start with its straight-up, sassy odes to love, sex and getting your freak on. That record featured fellow cohorts of NY’s new avant-Guard: Le1f and Mykki Blanco, the latter of whom shared something special for today’s guest-edit, also. In the mean time, here’s young Ian, solo – with an exclusive electro-acapella throwdown in the form of a prayer. Probably not the first Sister to pray about Instagram, right? IAN ISIAH ON "THOT PRAYER": "It's crazy how the phrase "THOT" became so popular and so important. I think I've phrased the word "THOT" over a million times . It's totally worth being put on the grand culture term list such as words like scrub, pigeon, and hood rat. The phrase "THOT" which stands for (That Hoe Over There) is by the best term for hoes in a really, really long time." Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MORETOMORA are the dance-pop superduo out to ‘connect unexpected people’If Geese are a psy-op, so is everything else Nike Airmaxxing with singer-songwriter Simone RuthA deep dive into the fan-led SOPHIE archive projectThe secret history of Black British musicSilvana Estrada: ‘Bad Bunny is my hero, but Latin America is a continent’ The ultimate guide to music festivals in 2026Stop calling Justin Bieber’s Coachella set ‘lazy’Xaviersobased’s online obsessions: NBA 2K, skate videos and NickelodeonQueer nightlife is thriving in Bucharest’s abandoned backroomsThe rise of Rico Ace in 5 tracksSwedish House Mafia unpack their Miami Ultra festival mega-setEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy