Hard GZ (Pedro Ruibal) is a Galician rapper born in Vigo in 1995, founder of the collective La Utopía del Norte. He began releasing demo tapes around the age of 17 and built a career that combines rap and trap with personal and social lyrics. His most notable works include the Kaos Nómada trilogy, Versus (2018), Siempre (2020), and Mar y Tierra (2022, with Nikone).

I can’t stop listening to Hard GZ lately. I’ve been playing him nonstop, and “Barquito de Vela” hit me so hard that I’ve had it on loop for days. It’s just brutal, in the best way.

It’s one of those artists you stumble into and then can’t put down. Right now he’s pretty much all I’m listening to, so a 9/10 feels right to me.