Artists like Friendzone

Axel Tufvesson, known professionally as Yung Sherman, is a Swedish music producer and DJ. Tufvesson, alongside Yung Lean and Gud, is a member of the Stockholm based rap group Sad Boys, which has gained notoriety in the cloud rap scene. Interview has described Tufvesson's music as "Incorporating eccentric, melancholy and sometimes even obscurely exultant sounds with the types of bass and snare big producers would die for", while Vice has described it as "sickeningly layered".

Ludwig Tomas Walther Rosenberg, professionally known as Whitearmor, is a Swedish music producer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and songwriter. He is best known for being a member of the Swedish music group and artist collective Drain Gang. His musical style has been described as softly textured and fluid.

Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, known professionally as JPEGMafia, is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. Born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, he released his debut studio album, Black Ben Carson (2016) independently as well as his second album Veteran (2018), which received widespread critical acclaim. His third album, All My Heroes Are Cornballs (2019) entered the Billboard 200, and had signed to Republic for the release of his fourth album LP! (2021); both were met with continued critical acclaim. In 2023, he released his collaborative studio album Scaring the Hoes (2023) through AWAL. In 2024, he released his fifth studio album I Lay Down My Life for You (2024). On May 21, 2026, he released his sixth studio album Experimental Rap.

Wilbert Gavin Mays, better known by his stage name Cities Aviv, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is also the founder of the independent record label Total Works

Thanapat "Nino" Bunleang, better known by his stage name Thaiboy Digital, is a Thai rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Khon Kaen, Thailand, Bunleang moved to Stockholm, Sweden at the age of eight and is now based in Bangkok. Bunleang, together with childhood friends Bladee, Ecco2k and Whitearmor is a founding member of the Swedish hip-hop collective Drain Gang. After working on multiple mixtapes, some of them collaborative efforts with other Drain Gang members, Bunleang released his debut studio album Legendary Member in 2019. He followed it up with Back 2 Life (2022) and Paradise (2026). In 2020, Bunleang started releasing music under the alias of DJ Billybool focusing on a eurotrance and hardcore techno sound, so far resulting in the EP My Fantasy World (2020), the full-length debut DYR (2025) and numerous DJ mixes.

Abraham Orellana, better known by his stage name AraabMuzik, is an American record producer. He made a name for himself by performing beats and instrumentals live and in real time on a AkaiPro Music Production Center (MPC) drum machine. He uses MPC to produce rapid, rhythmic drum patterns and creates melodies with samples and other sounds.

Christopher Reginald Travis is an American rapper and record producer from Orange Mound, Memphis, Tennessee. He began his career in 2012, joining the hip hop collective Raider Klan in 2013. Since then, he has formed his own independent label, Water Boyz Entertainment. He is a former member of Seshollowaterboyz, a collective with fellow American rappers Bones, Xavier Wulf and Eddy Baker.