AZ Chike has released "Look Like My Mama," a single carrying a guest verse from Tyler, The Creator. The South Central Los Angeles rapper takes the lead, and Tyler works underneath him rather than over him, which is the arrangement that makes the record interesting.
Tyler has spent years refusing to be pinned to a genre, and the pairing reads as a deliberate step back toward where he started. Stereogum described it as the rapper reengaging with his roots and getting back on real underground rap, a register his own albums have moved a long way from.
For AZ Chike, the collaboration is a lift without a handover. He is a hard, fast rapper with a following built on regional strength rather than radio, and putting one of the most recognisable figures in Los Angeles rap on his own track, on his own terms, is a different proposition from appearing on somebody else's album.
The timing was not accidental. The single landed as the Camp Flog Gnaw lineup for the year was unveiled, which keeps Tyler's name across two announcements in the same news cycle: the festival he built and a single he guests on.
The release is filed under hip-hop, and its date sits on the release calendar. We covered Tyler, the Creator unveiling the Camp Flog Gnaw 2026 lineup that same week, and earlier in the year the five dollar dance party he took to Atlanta.
The facts
- Look Like My Mama is credited to AZ Chike featuring Tyler, The Creator.
- AZ Chike is a rapper from South Central Los Angeles.
- The single arrived on August 28, 2026.
- It landed as the Camp Flog Gnaw lineup was unveiled.
- Stereogum described Tyler's verse as a return to underground rap.
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