Joey Badass
Joey Bada$$ | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott |
| Also known as | JayOhVee, OGswank |
| Born | January 20, 1995 Brooklyn, New York |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, producer |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | Joey Bada$$ |
Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (born January 20, 1995), better known by his stage name Joey Badass (stylised as Joey Bada$$), is an independent American rapper, producer and artist from Brooklyn, New York. He is a member of the hip hop collective Pro.Era, with whom he has released two mixtapes. Joey released his debut mixtape 1999 in June 2012 to critical acclaim, followed by Rejex in September.
Early life
Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott was born in 1995 and is the first of his immediate West Indian family to be born in the United States while raised in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, and attended the Edward R. Murrow High School. He has three brothers and one sister. He originally enrolled at Edward R. Murrow to study acting, but transitioned towards music around the time of 9th grade, with a focus on rapping. He started rapping under the name JayOhVee, but eventually changed it to Joey Bada$$. He admits changing his rap name due to more social Medias paying attention to a rapper with a more cynical name. Joey said it was: "what sounded cool at the time, what fit my mood." [1] Joey claims to have first started writing poetry and songs at the age of 11 [1][2] Joey formed the collective known as Progressive Era in high school with classmates Capital STEEZ, CJ Fly and Pow Pe.[3][4][1][5]
Music career
In October 2010, Joey uploaded a video of himself freestyling to video-sharing website YouTube. The video was re-posted on to American hip-hop site World Star Hip Hop and caught the attention of Jonny Shipes, the president of Cinematic Music Group and manager of Big K.R.I.T. & Smoke DZA. Shipes contacted Joey through Twitter and shortly became his manager. The Pro.Era collective have since signed with the label.[1][6]
In early 2012, Joey and Capital STEEZ released a video for "Survival Tactics" via their YouTube channel "PROfckingERA", which samples the 1999 song of the same name by Styles of Beyond. In February 2012, Pro.Era released their debut mixtape entitled The Secc$ Tape along with JaySteez, CJ Fly, Kirk Knight, Dessy, T'nah, Bruce Leekix, Han$ $olo, and A La $ole.[7] On March 21, 2012, MTV News featured Joey's verse from the video during a RapFix Live segment and subsequently appeared as a featured guest on Sucker Free the following month. The song was succeeded with the video premiere of "Hardknock" featuring CJ Fly on MTV2.[8][9][10]
In the summer of 2012, Joey released his debut solo mixtape 1999. A video for the song "Waves" was released in June 2012. The mixtape immediately increased Bada$$'s popularity in the underground scene.[11][12] The mixtape was named the 38th best album of 2012 by Complex Magazine.[13]
Subsequently, American rapper Mac Miller reached out to Joey Bada$$ through Twitter to collaborate. Joey appears on the song "America" and opened for Miller at the Roseland Ballroom in April 2012.[1] Along with headliner Juicy J, Joey and Pro Era performed on The Smoker's Club's One Hazy Summer Tour, presented by Ecko Unltd. and livemixtapes.com. The 30-date tour began in July 2012.[14] He is featured on the posse cut track "1 Train" off ASAP Rocky's album Long.Live.ASAP (2012) which also features Action Bronson, Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., and Danny Brown.
On December 21st, 2012, Pro Era and Joey Bada$$ released the P.E.E.P: the aPROcalypse mixtape. [15] On December 24th, the news came out that Capital STEEZ, a member of Pro Era had passed away.
The album 1999 was listed 38th on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012.[16]
Discography
Mixtapes
| Title | Mixtape details |
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| 1999 |
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| Rejex |
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With Pro Era
| Title | Mixtape details |
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| The Secc$ Tape |
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| P.E.E.P: The aPROcalypse |
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References
- ^ a b c d e Isenberg, Daniel Who Is Joey Badass? Complex Mag, 05/12
- ^ Gillespie, Blake Joey Badass Impose Magazine, 6/11/12
- ^ Markman, Rob Joey Badass 1999 MTV, 4/3/12
- ^ Joey Badass Urban Outfitters, retrieved 9/26/12
- ^ Badami, Anthony Joey Badass Interview Magazine, retrieved 9/26/12
- ^ Gillespie, Blake Joey Badass Impose Magazine, 6/11/12
- ^ The Seccs Tape The Smokers Club, 2/14/12
- ^ Dukes, Rahman Hard Knock Video MTV, 5/27/12
- ^ Markman, Rob RapFix Live MTV, 3/26/12
- ^ Isenberg, Daniel Joey Badass Sucker Free Complex Mag, 5/2/12
- ^ Caramanica, Jon New Releases New York Times, 7/29/12
- ^ Zeichner, Naomi Waves Video The Fader, 6/2/12
- ^ http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/2012-year-in-review-the-50-best-albums-of-2012/joey-badass-1999
- ^ Horowitz, J, Steven One Hazy Summer Tour Hiphopdx.com, 7/13/12
- ^ http://theproera.com/music/pro-era-peep-the-aprocalypse/
- ^ http://stereogum.com/1210661/stereogums-top-50-albums-of-2012/franchises/listomania/
External links
- Blake. "The Summer Vacation that might make his career". Interview. Impose Magazine. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- Barilli, Nick. "Interview with HardKnock TV". Video Interview. HardknockTV. Retrieved 10 August 2012.