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JEXIZIS

From poet to rapstar, JEXIZIS is one of the HOTTEST upcoming artist and is at the center of the rap scene in Madison Wisconsin. Jex's brand "New Generation" collaborates with young artists with achievements such as an afterschool program with the Madison public library, selling out shows, and creating space for young art to thrive. Jex is also a part of a full tuition hip-hop and urban art scholarship at the University of Wisconsin. Some may know him as Justin Festge Russell during his term serving as Madison's youth poet laureate. Since then Jex has been featured in the Wisconsin State Journal, front page of the CapTimes, and the Isthmus. Jex's name reach's further than his hometown being co-signed by 90s R&B group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DDG,Peso Peso, and touring on Smokepurpp's 2026 Void tour.