Michigan based Rapper NF’s third studio album, Perception (NF Real Music/Virgin EMI), debuted at 1 on the Billboard Top 200. The buzz is now spreading globally with lead single ‘Let You Down’ surpassing 150 million streams since August, and charting across the globe.NF has come a long way from his humble origins filled with small-town tragedy. Hailing from Gladwin, Michigan - “a town with three lights and no city” he notes on “Intro 2” - NF grew up in a home broken by drugs and violence. His mother addicted to pills, her boyfriend physically abusive, young Nathan found solace in music at twelve years old. Sitting in his parents’ van, he’d write songs for hours, recording freestyle raps on a karaoke machine. Just as Nas inspired the young Marshall Mathers’ style, NF was first inspired by the music of Eminem.“There’s something about music that’s believable. Feeling those emotions in music what inspired me to do this - to try to be an artist and make this my life. I have a real passion for this; I’m not satisfied just being okay. I like to challenge people because I like to be challenged. Put me in a room with any rapper, and I’ll hold my own and just be myself. I’m here.”