Chart-topping Michigan rapper, singer, and songwriter NF returns with his fourth studio album The Search. Powerful lead single/title track "The Search" gives fans plenty to unpack, as NF lays bare his psyche, revealing some of the darker corners he's found himself in and mapping out the ambitious quest that lies ahead. The Search follows the independently released Perception (2017), which took the music industry by surprise when fans propelled it to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 upon its release. Also topping Billboard's Top Rap Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, Perception was the ultimate underdog story of 2017, as chronicled by The New York Times, Rolling Stone and Forbes, with the latter noting, "NF's success speaks to what can be done these days outside of the traditional system."