When this New York rapper reached new heights, he was lucky enough to have people around to keep him grounded.

Sunken on the leather sofa of his dressing room, Bas basks in the fleeting moments of downtime he has before addressing an overflowing crowd in Toronto. Flanked by his extended family and friends, including his brother on tour DJ, Moma, Bas is as at ease in this city as he would be in his native Queens. Or Paris. Or Sudan.

“The running joke on tour is that everywhere we go, I have cousins,” Bas clarifies. “They help out.” It’s a unique luxury that he can afford. A rapper on the rise usually travels with a lot of company: friends from the old neighborhood, new “advisors” and female fan corrallers. Bas, on the other hand, rolls with family and fellow members of the Fiends crew, an artistic collective with branches stationed globally. They’ve helped foster Bas’ growth, and Bas in turn has stayed rooted to his values and not the trappings of the whirlwind rap lifestyle…

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