Support the Artists
Connect With the Music
LecraeZY is a fan community, not a contact point for any artist. For official music, merchandise, tour dates, news, and contact, always go directly to the artist's own official platforms. This page is a short, respectful guide to how to do that well.
Where to Find Official Channels
We don't link directly to any artist because we don't want to get out of date, and we don't want anyone to mistake our links for an endorsement. Instead, here's the honest, low-drama guide to finding the real thing.
Streaming services
Find the artist’s verified profile on the streaming platform you already use — search for the artist’s name plus the word “official” and look for the verified checkmark. Streaming through verified profiles is one of the simplest, most direct ways to support the people making the music.
YouTube
Search for the artist on YouTube and look for the verified checkmark next to the channel name. Verified channels are the official ones; unverified lookalike channels are not. Subscribing and turning on notifications on a verified channel is a small, free way to support an artist.
Social media
On platforms like Instagram, X, Threads, and TikTok, only verified accounts should be treated as official. If an account isn’t verified, assume it isn’t the artist. Verified accounts are where you’ll find real announcements, real tour dates, and real words from the artists themselves.
Label websites
Most artists have an official label or management company. Their label’s website is another trustworthy source for news, releases, and contact information. If you’re not sure which label an artist is signed to, you can usually find it in the credits on their most recent releases.
Live shows and tour dates
The only reliable source for tour dates is an artist’s own official channels — their website, their verified social accounts, and announcements from their label. Buying tickets through official channels protects both you and the artist from scams.
Merchandise
Merch is a meaningful revenue stream for working artists, especially in hip-hop. Buy it directly from the artist’s official store or their label’s official store. If a deal looks too good to be true, it almost always is, and it probably doesn’t put any money in the artist’s pocket.
How to Encourage Artists Well
Fans have real power to encourage or to overwhelm. Here's a short list of things that help more than they hurt.
Assume the artist is a human being
It sounds obvious, but fan culture forgets this constantly. The people making this music have bad days, hard seasons, grief, family, and limits. Treat them the way you’d want to be treated on your worst week.
Encourage without expecting a reply
If you send a kind word on a verified official channel, send it as a gift, not a request. You will almost certainly never get a reply, and that’s fine — the encouragement still counted.
Don’t DM “urgent” things
Artists are not crisis counselors, and they can’t carry the weight of strangers’ emergencies. If you’re in crisis, please reach out to a trusted friend, a pastor, a therapist, or a crisis line. The art may carry you through a hard night; the artist should not be asked to.
Cheer louder for the craft than the person
Praise the songs, the writing, the production, the collabs, the bars. Be slower to praise the person. Putting a human being on a pedestal usually ends badly for both of you.
Share the music, not the lyrics
Share links to the song on official platforms. Don’t paste copyrighted lyrics into posts or comments. Lyrics are the artist’s copyrighted work; sharing links is the way you actually put money in their hands.
Let fandom be small
You don’t have to collect every release, know every feature, or follow every move. It’s okay for a few songs to matter to you a lot and everything else to be background noise. Depth is better than completeness.
Three Small Things You Can Do Today
1. Put the artist's album on from start to finish
Not a playlist. Not a shuffle. The actual album, in order, on a verified official profile. Albums are built to be heard as a whole, and full streams meaningfully support working artists.
2. Recommend one song to one person
Not “here's my favorite artist.” Not “you should listen to this whole genre.” One song to one person, with a sentence about why you thought of them. That is how communities actually grow.
3. Write your story down
Even if you never submit it. Even if no one else ever reads it. Writing down the moment a song met you is a small act of gratitude, and gratitude changes you.
Ready to Share?
Pick a song that mattered to you. Tell us the story of how it mattered. That's all this community is.