Haleek Maul Is New York Rap’s Best Kept Secret

“They was never fit to touch the mic,” Barbadian-born, New York-raised rapper Haleek Maul raps on “Return,” the lead track off his new mixtape Prince Midas. There’s a reason the album kicks off with a track concerned with returning — Maul hasn’t released a cohesive project in three years. He enjoyed quite a bit of critical acclaim at the tender age of 15 upon releasing his debut EP Oxyconteen, and a collaborative tape with Chicago production duo Supreme