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Rappers tend to be loud, boisterous, bigger than the room. Not Dej Loaf. The Detroit rapper is so soft spoken, it's disarming, and she talks in a hushed tone like she has a librarian hovering over her shoulder. For someone so quiet, she sure is making a lot of noise. A few months ago, she uploaded her dreamy rapped-sung single "Try Me" to her Soundcloud account hoping to pick up 5,000 plays. To date, its received 10.2 million. Add in another 6 million hits on YouTube and 1.2 million spins on Spotify, and you have a genuine hip-hop sensation on your hands. Other rappers offered praise. Drake quoted the song on his Instagram, Wiz Khalifa, T.I. and E-40 chimed in with remixes. And record labels came calling: after meeting with most of the majors, she inked a deal with Columbia Records, who will release her debut album in 2015. To add to the madness, she also appears on the all-star "Detroit Vs. Everybody" track, which premiered Monday. The song, from Eminem's upcoming Shady Records com
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