Watch Molly Santana's 'A Girl Is A Gun' Video
(Epic) Molly Santana formally announced her new label home of Epic Records and partnership Black Punk Music with the release of her highly-anticipated new single and video, "A Girl Is A Gun." The landmark new single, produced by Showjoe and Tom Lev, is available now.
With the release, Santana also formally announced the impending arrival of her new project . BLACK PUNK, Santana's first project to release via Epic Records, is due November 27.
Molly Santana's meteoric ascent continues with the release of her explosive new video, "A Girl Is A Gun," where she exudes the tenacious energy that the new song's title suggests. Santana, whose stated influences include alternative, punk and grunge in addition to Hip Hop, pops off screen in her new feature, which was directed by herself. "Yeah I crash out, my voice a weapon," she raps. "A Girl Is A Gun, she knows how to shoot, she knows how to aim, TKTK." For much of 2026, Santana's exponentially growing and curious audience has been treated to her multi-sided personality via press appearances and the release of the singles "Live Your Life" and "Can't Touch This." With "A Girl Is A Gun," Santana makes her most confident statement yet, accentuating her landmark new deal with a can't-miss formal introduction that will continue on BLACK PUNK in November.
"BLACK PUNK music marks a new chapter in my career, one devoted to pushing the boundaries of creativity in music and beyond. Ezekiel Lewis and the team at Epic have given me the perfect home for my new label, a place filled with passion, inspiration, and complete determination to push the future of music forward" she told Billboard about her landmark new project, BLACK PUNK.
Molly Santana, a native of Fontana, California, received the coveted Drake co-sign this year on the superstar's ICEMAN album, featuring on one of its signature tracks, "Ran To Atlanta." The appearance, which resulted in Santana's first appearance and Top 5 placement on the Billboard Hot 100 (no. 2). "Drake hit me up and was like, 'Future said your name. We got to get you on this song,'" Santana told Complex about Future educating Drake on who she was prior to their collaboration. "And I was like... this has to be destiny."
The "A Girl Is A Gun" rapper's narrative and journey precedes ICEMAN, however. She entered the national consciousness following the release of her Masonic Music EP in Sept. 2024, and was subsequently invited to be a supporting act on tour on Don Toliver's Hardstone Psycho Tour, and to play a set at the renowned Rolling Loud Festival that same year. Earlier this year, at Complex Con, Santana hosted a "black punk" booth that teased the atmosphere and aesthetic of her upcoming releases, and fans showed up in droves to support the daring and endearing artist. Years of cultivating and energizing her engaged fanbase, which now includes a social following of over one million, with a steady drumbeat of unique and innovative examples of her genre-fluid approach conferred Santana the opportunity to have her breakthrough moment on "Ran To Atlanta."
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