August Alsina, Mack Wilds & Ed Sheeran are on the cover of VIBE‘s Summer 2014 Issue. The new R&B singers in the block are different from each other but already have a big fan following. Read an excerpt each from the artists below and pick up the issue on July 22.
“Where am I gonna survive in a world of 2 Chainz and Drake? Frank, Miguel and all of these guys. I remember coming across them and being like, ‘Yo, bro, I got some music coming up.’ And they’re like, ‘Okay, cool, how’s that movie going?’” —Mack Wilds
“Just because I’m a man with an acoustic guitar doesn’t mean I have to play love songs. I want to straddle all worlds at once. I want to do my acoustic stuff, write for the biggest pop acts in the world, and also work with all the rappers I like, underground or not.” —Ed Sheeran
“Crack fucking ruined my family. So to be selling that shit and seeing what it do to people, you start to realize, ‘Damn, my heart might be a little too big for this shit.’” —August Alsina
Watch a behind the scenes clip from the photo shoot after the break.