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Fitting into dancehall’s mold was never the plan for Projexx—he’s always wanted to dismantle it. The singjay/producer may only be 22 years old, but his desire to redraw the genre’s boundaries has been close to his heart as long as he can remember. In fact, it’s in his blood. Pulling from his own rich lineage, as well as a childhood spent traveling between the musical hotspots of his native Kingston, Jamaica, and the greater Toronto area (Brampton), Projexx embodies a worldly perspective which he brings to his work. By fusing dancehall with reggae, Afrobeats, R&B, and hip-hop—among other heady strains—he has become one of the genre’s most relentless experimenters, winning fans and collaborators across a vast swath of scenes and styles. With his debut EP, Queen Hill, Projexx has ambitious goals. There’s a reason his friends have started calling him “Grammy Kid.” Queen Hill is a sonic celebration of the Caribbean diaspora, from the soothing “Another Day,” which explores the blossoming relationship between reggae and Afrobeat, to the bouncy “Bigga League,” featuring Bakersteez, which finds common ground in the braggadocio of dancehall and trap music. And then there's the lead single, “Sidepiece," an ode to the joys and struggles of juggling multiple relationships at once. Projexx slides on the seductive melody that turns his naughty patois-spoken lyrics into romance: “She know how fi roll the tongue, she nuh too troublesome.”