Eddie De Carter

John Menahem Malengele (born November 10, 2001), known professionally as Eddie De Carter, is a French-Congolese rapper, songwriter and record producer, born and raised in Johannesburg East, Gauteng, South Africa. He began making music in 2015 and started releasing on SoundCloud in 2016, introducing listeners to a dark and emotionally charged sound. Having lived the street life, he raps about it directly, drawing on the pain, struggle and survival that shaped him. His music has been streamed over 2 million times on Spotify and over 100,000 times on Apple Music, and he has collaborated with underground artists from South Russia, Poland, Brazil, Argentina, USA and Germany. His fourth EP, LIVIN A LIFE OF SIN, released in 2023, has reached over 500,000 all-time streams on Spotify, making it the most-streamed project in his catalogue. His single "Hell States", also released in 2023, has reached over 350,000 streams on Spotify, making it his most-streamed song. His musical style is often categorized by its dark and atmospheric sound. His songs have a haunting, brooding atmosphere, with subject matter often revolving around themes of street life, introspection and pain, as well as the tension between ambition and emotion. This results in the pervasive dark tone that populates both the lyrics and instrumentation, which itself incorporates elements of dark trap, drill and cloud rap, as well as ambient elements.