Dust It Off
Fall down seven times, get up eight. The comeback record — golden dust, sunrise through the storm.
Norfolk, VA · 757
Melodic trap. Pain rap. Every word his own, every scar accounted for.
The new album SAME PAIN — 9 tracks, one story — is on the way to all platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Tidal & everywhere. Until it lands, the 30-second previews live right here.
SAME PAIN — ON THE WAY TO ALL PLATFORMS
Welcome in. I'm the bear — I'll show you around. This is QuanZoRelly's world: the music, the story, the wardrobe. Start with the album, stay for the closet. Oooue eeeh.
the album — press play
Five chapters of the same pain — The Hurt, The Weight, The Turn, The Rise, The Crown — plus four more records that round out the story. Tap the cover to open the album in 3D and turn it over to the real back cover, and hit play on any track for a preview.
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30-second previews only — just a taste until it lands. SAME PAIN is on the way to all platforms — Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Tidal & everywhere.
Previews are 30 seconds from inside each track — enough to feel it, not the full song. Hit play, run through the album, pick your favorite.
Nine tracks, one story — that's the album. Thirty seconds a track is all it takes to feel where it came from. Press play, run it top to bottom, and find the one that's yours.
the hook everybody hums
Same pain, I been through the same pain
Turn my hurt to a check, turn my tears to a bankroll
Mama watchin' from heaven, son watchin' down too
Everything I do, man, I do it for you two
Oooue eeeh! I can never fold
Same pain made me solid, turned my heart to gold
From “Same Pain” — words by QuanZoRelly, word for word.
the story
QuanZoRelly is a melodic trap and pain-rap artist out of Norfolk, Virginia — half-sung, half-rapped, all the way honest. His pen is dense with punchlines and internal rhymes, but the engine underneath is real life: he lost his mother at six years old, and that loss runs through everything he writes.
Two names sit at the heart of everything he makes. His mother, Lashawn Trenise Alston Dunn, died when he was six years old. His son, Jaiden Lashawn Alston, was stillborn while QuanZoRelly was still in the 12th grade. He carries both of them into every record — they are who he builds for, and Same Pain is their story as much as his.
The sound is dark piano, hard-hitting 808s, and a confessional delivery that flips from soulful singing to a drill-attack flow without warning. His signature ad-lib — a soulful “Oooue eeeh” — is the sound of somebody who felt all of it and kept going anyway. Diamonds on him water-wet: that's aquarium.
In October 2026 he took his run to the Orbiit Timbaland Search Contest and climbed to the top of his Wild Card group before finishing 3rd when the votes closed. Weeks later, his nine-track album Same Pain was submitted for worldwide release — his words, his voice, his story, with every song registered to him as a BMI songwriter.
— QuanZoRelly
in his own words
Music Has been my passion since I was 6 year old lil boy. You can't put me in a category because music is in me, it's my remediation to express whatever it is I feel, go through, think about. It's my way of talking even if no one is listening. My music Is original through my versatility and lyrical substance. Im into real music you can feel.
Im Not A Rapper I'm an Artist !!
— QuanZoRelly
This is the part that made the music — the names, the losses, all of it true, all of it carried. Everything on this page is built on it. Read it slow.
the legacy
Same Pain didn't come from nowhere. Years before the album, QuanZoRelly was already winning contests, dropping hosted mixtapes, and getting on the radio in the 757. This is that run — the receipts.
On June 15, 2013, QuanZoRelly won the Re-Up Rap Contest at the Attucks Theatre in Norfolk, Virginia. The contest was hosted by No Malice, Bink! and Fam-Lay — an anti-violence initiative covered by WTKR news.
His first mixtape, The Advocate, was hosted by DJ Jack of Spade and presented by MCM Agency. He followed it with The Time Is Now, hosted by DJ Knight ATL.
The run reached the radio: QuanZoRelly was on-air at 103 Jamz in Norfolk.
Under MCM Agency, manager Steven McArthur shopped his beats and moved the operation to Atlanta. QuanZoRelly left with $100 to his name — he quit his job, left his car, and bet everything on the music.
Credit where it's due: Mr. Steven McArthur believed in him after the Re-Up win, and he pushed him hard. He introduced QuanZoRelly to the studio and kept him working like clockwork — a task every week, two songs a week — and that grind is what produced The Advocate and The Time Is Now. The Advocate moved hand-to-hand on CDs, and the donations it brought in paid for the studio time and the videos. And before QuanZoRelly understood the first thing about the business, Steven was already teaching him how to brand himself — lessons that stayed imprinted in his head long after that era ended.
“He was more than a manager to me. We were partners.”
— QuanZoRelly, on Mr. Steven McArthur
Steven's belief in QuanZoRelly didn't come from nowhere — the man carried a story of his own. Steven Brown McArthur played football for the Lake Taylor Titans in Norfolk. On September 14, 1982, his teammate Al Hatchett — number 77 — was killed in a car accident, and the Titans opened that season 0-2-1, playing through grief.
Then the school and the whole district bonded behind them, and the Titans turned it all the way around — winning the Eastern District and Eastern Regional championships, the first in the school's history, and finishing as state runner-up with a 9-3-2 record.
Nearly forty years later, Steven told that story himself: he wrote, directed, and produced the documentary Titans 82: Miracle Season through his MCM Agency — a story of tragedy, perseverance, and triumph that became a Virginian-Pilot cover story in 2021.
The man who believed in QuanZoRelly knew loss, perseverance, and triumph firsthand — he had lived all three long before he ever heard a QuanZoRelly record. He saw that same fire in him because he had carried it himself.
That bet is still paying out. The pain was real then, too — he just learned how to sing it.
more music
Fall down seven times, get up eight. The comeback record — golden dust, sunrise through the storm.
All-original QuanZoRelly — an album cut with melodic trap, southern bounce, and confessional street storytelling.
30s previewwatch
The videos carry the eras the words can't: the QuanZo days, the contest run, the come-up — all the way to now. Press play and watch the journey in order, start til now.
The playlist: “FROM START TIL NOW — The QuanZo Era” — all seven era videos in order, from the first uploads to the latest. Press play and let it run.
This is the part where you don't just hear the story — you watch it. QuanZo era to right now, start til now. Dim the lights, press play.
hear the journey
The music didn't start with the album — it started with QuanZo. Every chapter of the sound lives somewhere; here it is in order, start to now. Pick a chapter and press play.
Where the name was born — raw Norfolk energy, the contest run, the first records that ever carried his voice. This is ground zero.
QuanZo becomes QuanZoRelly. The sound sharpens, the story deepens — the bridge between who he was and who you're hearing now.
The new era, in real time — the videos, the drops, the day-to-day. This is where the journey lives now, and it's just getting started.
Start at the start and let it run forward — you can hear a man becoming himself, chapter by chapter. By the time you reach now, you'll understand the album before it even lands. Oooue eeeh.
the shop — relly wear
One mark on everything: the gold crown over the cracked heart. The core line, all four seasons, the new-era industry set, his own bars on the quote line, and Zofe Z's on feet. Built like a legacy designer brand — because it is one.
New: every piece in true 3D. Tap any piece to open it big, then drag with your finger — or your mouse — to turn it all the way around on the material: the front artwork and the piece's own back, back prints shown exactly as designed — just like holding the piece in your hands.
Welcome in — this is QuanZoRelly's wardrobe, and I'll walk you through it. Every piece of RellyWear hangs in here: on the rail, folded on the shelves, and the Zofe Z's lined up down low. Tap any piece to open it in 3D and turn it front to back — and pick your colorway while you're in there. Oooue eeeh. Let's go.
The heavy hitters hang up here — hoodies, jackets, tees and sets, hung the way he wears them. Tap one and turn it all the way around.
The flagship. Stitched bear, cracked heart, red roses — the album's whole story on one hoodie.
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Diamonds on me water wet. The bar that opened the new era, soaked into a tee.
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Vintage wash, gothic chrome name, cracked heart. Looks like a grail already.
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Name tape, crown patch, SAME PAIN down the sleeve. This one looks expensive.
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Nothing but the tiny gold crown on cream. Quiet luxury — the piece that never goes out of style.
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His name dripping in liquid metal over the chrome bear. Futurist flex.
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Giant frayed SAME PAIN letters with the gold “different days…” script over them, red spray slash, crown on the thigh. A set, not singles.
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His own cover art as all-over outerwear — crowns, cracked heart, teddy, roses, skyline at the hem. Zero borrowed characters.
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The name itself is the print — QUANZORELLY in graffiti hands at every angle over a gold fade, one giant crown at the center.
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The crown and cracked heart as a collegiate crest, NORFOLK VA on the banner — and his chapters as badges down the sleeve: 2013 star, mic, globe, crown.
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Texture is the statement — deep purple-black marbled fur, silver hardware, one small embroidered crown-heart at the chest. Quiet-loud.
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One giant teddy face, crown tilted, heart patched on the cheek — an original character he owns, front and center.
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Burgundy and cream, jeweled gold crown brooch at the chest, RELLY in chenille across the back. His cross moment, his symbol.
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Cream sherpa with a giant tonal Q — and tiny gold crown-and-heart charms dangling from the hem chain. Jewelry built into the garment.
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Aquarium theology in yarn — the crowned cracked heart riding the waves, roses scattered in the foam, all knitted into the fabric.
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The vest is the canvas — 2013 star, radio mic, globe, crown — over cream stencil pants lettered like a cargo manifest: NORFOLK VA / SAME PAIN.
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The brand's luxury piece — black wool, brown fur collar, the crown-over-cracked-heart crest in gold at the chest. His 2018 era, made permanent.
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THE TIME IS NOW in gold script across the back under a giant embroidered crown, chapter patches running down both sleeves. The lost tape, worn.
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His whole timeline as patches — crown, cracked heart, roses, graffiti panels, mixtape art — stitched across denim. Autobiography you can wear.
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Black and deep-purple velour, color-blocked for the city after dark — the gold crown-heart rides the chest and the thigh. Norfolk nights, worn.
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Black wool body, cream leather sleeves, and the mark blown up in chenille — gold crown over the cracked red heart, LEGACY running down the sleeve. The legacy-brand statement piece.
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The whole back is underwater — goldfish drifting through painted blue, diamonds sunk in the reef, DEEP DIVE sprayed across the top in graffiti, and the gold crown hit small on the pocket. The Aquarium era as wearable art.
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Black and red racing leather, SPEED CLUB across the chest in gold, crown and cracked-heart patches up top, checker flags down the sleeves — and every zipper pull is a tiny gold crown. Loud, fast, unmistakable.
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Everything else, folded with care — bottoms, the women's line, Lil Relly for the kids and the little ones, his own bars on the quote line, and a piece for every season.
The gold crown up front, nothing else needed. The mark of the brand.
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Washed vintage fit with the arched lettering. Old-school flex, new-era name.
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Gold crown and his name embroidered on the cuff. For when the cold matches the story.
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Retro varsity arch across the chest — matches the dad cap, built for the fall.
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Lightweight shell, clean chest crown. Quiet but unmistakable.
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The ad-lib that opens every era, in graffiti spray with the crown on it. Fans who know, know.
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“Same pain, different day, but I wear it like a chain.” The hook, worn the way he wrote it.
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“Fall down seven times, get up eight.” From Dust It Off — the line that hits everybody.
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“Diamonds on me water wet — that's aquarium.” The bar that started it all, in dripping chrome.
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Crown-marked joggers to finish the fit — studio, street, everywhere.
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Utility cargos with the brand patches — pairs with the utility jacket for the full set.
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Ripped skinnies in today's cut — distressed like the story, tailored like the future.
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Summer shorts with the crown-and-heart socks to match — the mark, head to toe.
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The words run down both arms — a walking lyric sheet.
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The flagship, cut for her — graffiti SAME PAIN, the gold crown seated on the cracked heart, roses running the hem.
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The loudest piece in the family drop — AQUARIUM in gold dripping graffiti over water and diamonds. Diamonds on me water wet.
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Quiet luxury — nothing but the small gold crown on the cracked heart, on a clean cream ribbed fit. The mark carries it alone.
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The flagship kids piece — the crowned teddy hugging the cracked heart, drawn gentle. Same mark as Dad's hoodie, made for the matching-family photo.
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Fall down seven times, get up eight — the resilience line in cracked gold, sized for a kid. The message is the design.
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His painted-denim DNA, kids edition — crown, cracked heart, and roses painted down the legs, gold splatter on the cuffs. All motif, no words.
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Kelly-green sweatsuit at full adult energy — LIL RELLY appliqué with rhinestone flecks up front, GET UP EIGHT across the back.
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The teddy at its softest — tiny crown, whole heart, one rose, and LIL RELLY in gold bubble letters. The toddler sub-line starts here.
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The family slogan from the very first size run — crowned teddy, cracked heart, roses, and GET UP EIGHT in gold underneath.
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Two worlds on one fit — deep aquarium water with diamond rain on one side, cream with the gold crown-sun and lightning on the other.
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His words fill the whole back — FALL DOWN SEVEN TIMES / GET UP EIGHT in cream and gold block type, crown-over-heart at the chest.
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His cover art woven into the denim itself — crown, heart, roses, skyline frayed into stacked legs. Artwork you wear.
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The sentence fills the whole back — SAME PAIN / DIFFERENT DAYS in giant frayed appliqué, waves running down both legs. His words only.
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Soft color, hard symbols — pink marbled fleece over camo cargos with pink roses woven through, crown-heart embroidered on the thigh pocket.
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Black satin, red roses, the gold crown-heart stitched over it all — the bomber and mini skirt set built for the crown side of the story.
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Oversized graffiti tee in aquarium purples and blues with matching biker shorts, gold crown on the leg. Diamonds on me water wet — her version.
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Stacked black cargos, graffiti running down one leg — and the detail that signs it: a gold ankle chain carrying tiny crown and cracked-heart charms.
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The bear off the album cover, as a plush you can actually hold — cream fur, black hoodie with the red rose embroidered on the chest, gold crown up top, and the cracked heart hanging from a gold chain. A collectible, not a toy.
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Down here under the light: the Zofe Z's. His own sneaker label — originals, lined up like they mean something. Because they do.
Graffiti down the side, cracked heart, roses, gold crown on the tongue, red splatter sole. The album on feet.
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Water rippling across the whole shoe, diamonds studded in, glitter frozen inside a clear ice sole.
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Matte black leather, gold crown, gold eyelets, his name on the heel. The grown one.
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Liquid metal dripping down the sides, chrome bear hanging off the laces. Straight from the future.
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Every mark he owns on one shoe — liquid-gold chrome wave, red-and-gold splatter, velvet crown-monogram collar, fuzzy red rope laces with the gold crown charm, cracked-heart heel badge, rose stitched on the toe, and goldfish swimming with diamonds in the clear aquarium sole. ZZ-ULT-001.
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The Mash-Up after dark — gold light running through the outsole, the aquarium sole lit blue with the goldfish and diamonds glowing from inside, and the crown lit up on the heel.
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Three featured pieces, and the bear wants your honest call on each one.
Just between you and the bear.
See the one you need? Open it in 3D, pick your colorway — Onyx Black, Crimson Red, Royal Cream, Liquid Chrome — then tap Order this piece. It opens an email with the piece and your colorway already named. That's the whole checkout. I'm serious.
First drop is being set up now. Tap “Order this piece” on anything you want and it opens an email to the team with the piece already named — that's how orders are taken until the full online store opens.
Digital apparel is coming too — the same designs as digital wearables, so fans can wear the crown and the cracked heart online as well as in the street.
the fan wall
No label talk, no critic talk — just the people who actually run the music. The strongest words from the fans live on this wall, in their own words, for good.
Run the album, then say what it did to you — your favorite track, the line that hit, all of it. Send it over and the real ones get featured right here, name and all.
all the official links
Every page, one home — the site, both Instagrams, both Threads, YouTube, the Facebook page, TikTok, and the booking inbox. New music, previews, and the rollout as it happens.
business
Features, shows, interviews, and business inquiries — reach the team direct. Serious inquiries only.
Publishing & songwriting: QuanZoRelly is affiliated with BMI as a songwriter — all songs written and registered by him.
Business talk — features, shows, interviews? The booking inbox is right there. Serious inquiries only. Oooue eeeh.
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