Washington D.C. -- Rising hip-hop star

Tabi Bonney

prepares for a "cool and fly" release of his sophomore album trilogy

Dope

,

Fresh

, and

Superstar

. The first installment of the three-part series,

Dope

, will be released everywhere digitally on January 20 through his independent label,

Sky Republic

. Fans will have the opportunity to preview the highly anticipated album from January 17th -19th on

myspace.com/tabibonney

. The albums will be released in sequence throughout a nine month span; exclusive hardcopies will be available for a limited period.

"I decided to go with releasing the different series because I felt that I could not express everything and give the audience the true experience by having too many songs on one album," says Bonney. "I didn't want to be all over the place. I think it is more innovative this way."

Hype is already swirling around the intoxicating single "Rich Kids," for which Bonney recently shot and directed a music video. Expect prominent guest appearances from Raheem DeVaughn and others on the forthcoming albums, as well as guest production by notable producer Ski (Jay Z's

Reasonable Doubt

and Camp Lo's

Uptown Saturday Night

)