{"id":44,"date":"2026-11-09T04:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T04:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/?p=44"},"modified":"2026-11-08T23:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T04:58:45","slug":"six-artists-one-stage-25000-plaqueboymaxs-rising-star-finale-is-tonight-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Six Artists, One Stage, $25,000: Plaqueboymax&#8217;s &#8216;Rising Star&#8217; Finale Is Tonight in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plaqueboymax&#8217;s three-day livestreamed competition &#8220;Rising Star,&#8221; run with Red Bull (November 6\u20138 in Los Angeles), ends tonight with a live finale at The Belasco in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For three days, six emerging artists lived together under one roof \u2014 writing and recording original songs, competing in challenges, and performing in front of a rotating panel of star judges that included Lil Yachty, Coi Leray and Wiz Khalifa \u2014 while fans at home voted in real time. Tonight, the finalists perform their original songs on the Belasco stage and one winner is crowned live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"A Rising Star finalist performs\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hiphopstories.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/risingstar-redbull-pool-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Rising Star finalist performs. Photo: Red Bull Content Pool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Prize<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winner takes $25,000 in cash plus access to the Red Bull Music Studio in Los Angeles \u2014 the kind of room and engineering support that can turn a weekend of momentum into an actual career step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why It Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plaqueboymax built his name as one of streaming&#8217;s biggest music personalities by putting unsigned artists in front of his audience. Rising Star is that idea at full scale \u2014 a major brand, a real stage, real judges and a real check \u2014 built for artists who do not have a label machine behind them yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HipHopStories will post the winner as soon as it is official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources: XXL, Revolt, Complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six emerging artists lived together for three days making original songs in front of judges Lil Yachty, Coi Leray and Wiz Khalifa. 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