Watch Houston rapper Monaleo’s cookout-themed video for ‘Sexy Soulaan’
Monaleo isn’t just rapping over beats; she’s rewriting the guest list.
About a week back, Houston rapper Monaleo—who married longtime partner and fellow emcee Stunna 4 Vegas last month—dropped the official video for her latest single, ‘Sexy Soulaan’. It’s the boldest record of her career, a cut that doesn’t just take up space but redraws the borders of who’s allowed in the room.
But that’s the surface heat. What gives ‘Sexy Soulaan’ its real charge—and what might leave non-Black listeners squirming in their seats—are the harder truths braided through her verses. These aren’t tidy punchlines for the algorithm; they’re cultural flare guns, a refusal to dilute rage, pride, or sexuality to fit anyone’s comfort zone.
The visual looks like a Summer cookout: Smoke rising from the grill, a circle of women moving like they own the block. But the vibe is sharper than it seems. For Monaleo, who first made her mark with ‘We Not Humping’, this isn’t a party. It’s a statement of ownership.
She sets the tone early: “I ain’t beefing with bitches/They’re throwing salt on me ‘cause they can’t get in the room.” That could have been the headline, a tidy clapback at rivals. But it’s not the line that lingers. What makes ‘Sexy Soulaan’ hit different—and what might rattle non-Black listeners—are the bars that refuse to dilute.
“All the non-Blacks to the back”, she demands, then raises the stakes: “I ain’t shaking white hands, I watch them dig in they hole.” The dismissal is blunt, but it’s also history speaking. She remembers the exclusions, the erasures, and she refuses to play nice.
She presses harder, enforcing cultural boundaries that outsiders often test: “If you ain’t Black, then you can’t say ‘nigga’, I enforce that.” Even the cookout—a metaphor that’s been meme-ified beyond recognition—gets pulled back into sharper focus.
“You’re not invited to the cook out/But you can watch from the middle of the streets, be the look out”, she raps, before landing the gut punch: “‘Cause I remember we was pushed out/So if you can’t say the word, then your ass getting put out.”
The strength of ‘Sexy Soulaan’ lies in this refusal to soothe. Monaleo isn’t angling for crossover approval or playlist safety. She’s speaking to her people, her culture, and her history, daring everyone else to keep up. The production pounds, her delivery cuts, and the visuals double down: Joy and defiance mingling in the open air, women hyping each other in ways rarely centred in mainstream Rap imagery.
In a moment where women in Hip-Hop are often pushed toward marketable archetypes—the party girl, the sex symbol, the crossover darling–Monaleo isn’t budging. ‘Sexy Soulaan’ is radical precisely because it doesn’t care about palatability. It’s dauntless, not for its shock value, but for its honesty.
Monaleo isn’t just rapping over beats; She’s rewriting the guest list.
Monaleo has always had a knack for cutting through noise with scalpel-sharp honesty. Here, though, she’s louder, riskier, and utterly uninterested in compromise. ‘Sexy Soulaan’ doesn’t just plant a flag—it waves it in your face and dares you to look away.
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‘Sexy Soulaan’ sits at #30 on YouTube’s Trending Chart.
