 It's a great time for artists online. During the remote semester, B.U. student Jerry Niquet drew the attention of thousands on social media worldwide with his music. Jerry Niquet started officially rapping when he came to BU, but his passion for music was ignited by lunch rap battles in high school. As of 2021, he gained 18,000 streams on Spotify under his alias, Scary Jerry. Seeing like the growth from last year to this year, and I saw that the number was much higher, made me much more confident. And it made me like believe in myself more because it was like, oh, no, like, I'm not only listening to my own music, like other people are actually tuning in. Niquet originally became popular on campus after managing a weekly song release campaign called Scary Sundays last fall with the help of peers. Like before he was just a face that like walked around the school, but like now like people have a name to pull with the face, you know what I mean? Niquet manages the scary brand with the help of other B.U. creators like Sebastian Arango and Clay Clutch, another rapper of the campus scene. Like I respect his craft. He respects my craft. And then we just come together and make something. Niquet plans to drop a series of new singles starting next month, culminating in his first album release on Halloween. The project should include a collection of songs made with Boston producers. Reporting for B.U.T.V.10, this is Balabo and Duke.