def _primary_artist(artist):
    """
    Utitlity function that tries to only get the main artist of a song.
    
    Example: "Tyler featuring Xyz" would just return "tyler"
    """
    artist = artist.casefold()
    artist = artist.split('featuring')[0].strip()
    artist = artist.split('/')[0].strip()
    artist = artist.split(' x ')[0].strip()

    return artist