up-and-comer

With captain Jamie George and up-and-comer Theo Dan commandeering the number two jersey of late, he faces a battle to force his way into the 23-man squad.

Says Peytan Porter, a fellow Nashville up-and-comer who befriended Booth a few years ago at the annual Key West Songwriters Festival: “Laci’s first record almost felt like talking to someone who thought they knew her. This one is like sitting with her in her living room.”

Angela Alsobrooks, a former state’s attorney and the current executive of Prince George’s County—a D.C. suburban powerhouse in Maryland politics—has been seen as an up-and-comer in the state for a while, and the only thing standing between her and her destiny is a $60 million wall.

A week after she headlined Coachella — and with an album on the way called “Lasso” to hype — Lana Del Rey turned up at Stagecoach to trill the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” with Paul Cauthen, a hammy up-and-comer with a booming baritone and a televangelist’s fashion sense.

In 2011, at the start of Cole's career, veteran New York MC Canibus released a song called J Clone, accusing the up-and-comer of disrespect.