Joey Badass

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Splash! Festival, July 2013
Splash! Festival, July 2013
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
B4.DA. $$
  CH 24 01/25/2015 (4 weeks)
  UK 28 31/01/2015 (3 weeks)
  US 5 02/07/2015 (6 weeks)
All-Amerikkkan Bada $$
  DE 54 04/14/2017 (3 weeks)
  AT 71 04/21/2017 (1 week)
  CH 19th 04/16/2017 (3 weeks)
  UK 23 04/14/2017 (3 weeks)
  US 5 04/29/2017 (8 weeks)
Singles
Either Way ( Snakehips & Anne-Marie feat. Joey Bada $$)
  UK 47 
silver
silver
08/10/2017 (9 weeks)
infinity (888) ( XXXTentacion feat. Joey Bada $$)
  US 83 March 31, 2018 (1 week)

Joey Badass (* 20th January 1995 in New York as Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott ), and Joey Bada $$ written is an American actor , rapper and hip-hop - musicians , who at the York New independent label Cinematic Music Group is under contract. He is a co-founder and member of the hip-hop collective Pro Era (Progressive Era) . Joey Badass was selected by the US music magazine XXL for 2013's XXL Freshman Class .

biography

Childhood and youth

Jo-Vaughn Scott was established in 1995 Flatbush , a neighborhood in the New York district of Brooklyn born when second oldest of five children. He has three half-brothers and a half-sister on his father's side. His father is from Jamaica , his mother from St. Lucia . Jo-Vaughn grew up with his mother in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant .

According to his own statements, he already had a weakness for hip-hop , rhythm and blues , soul , soca and reggae as a child . But he came to rap through his interest in poetry as an eleven-year-old together with his childhood friend Kirlan Labarrie, aka Kirk Knight . After middle school, Jo-Vaughn attended Edward R. Murrow High School , a so-called magnet school that focuses on music, dance, theater, graphic design, and the arts. Although Jo-Vaughn had enrolled in the field of acting , he came more and more into contact with rap and music production and made friends with schoolmates Courtney Everald Dewar Jr. alias Capital STEEZ , Donnovan Malik Blocker alias Dyme-A , among others -Duzin , Jesse Cordasco aka Nyck Caution , Chaine Downer Jr. aka CJ Fly , Powers Pleasant, and Dyemond Lewis .

Music career

Beginning of the musical career

Initially, Jo-Vaughn Scott made a name for himself in the local rap scene under the pseudonym JayOhVee . Together with his school friend Capital STEEZ , as well as with CJ Fly and Powers Pleasant , he founded the creative collective Pro Era in 2009 , which now has more than 15 members, consisting of singers, rappers, music producers and graphic designers. Scott changed his pseudonym to Joey Bada $$ , recorded his first singles in a simple, makeshift music studio in his home and uploaded freestyles to Internet platforms such as YouTube . Johnny Shipes, founder of the Cinematic Music Group label , found out about him through a video uploaded by Joey in October 2010 and picked up by the US hip-hop website "WorldStarHipHop" and contacted him on Twitter . In 2010 Joey Badass was signed to Cinematic Music Group together with Pro Era .

2012: First mixtapes

In February 2012, published Pro Era her debut mixtape The Secc $ Tap.e . Joey and Capital STEEZ had already uploaded the song "Survival Tactics" with the accompanying music video to the YouTube channel "PROfckingERA" and for the first time gained greater attention. The music video for the single "Hardknock" by Joey Badass and CJ Fly was also well received.

On June 12, 2012, Joey Badass released his debut solo mixtape in 1999 and shortly thereafter released a music video for the single "Waves", in which Va $ htie Kola was a director and music producer. The mix tape led to Joey's sudden fame in the underground hip-hop scene and at the end of the year landed at number one on the list of Top Ten Mixtapes Of 2012 by the US hip-hop magazine "HipHopDx". The mixtape Rejex , which followed shortly after 1999, included all singles that did not make it onto the 1999 mixtape.

The first collaborations with Mac Miller also took place in 2012 . Joey Badass appeared as a guest musician on the single "America" ​​and appeared in April 2012 as an opening gig for Miller. In July 2012, shortly after the mixtapes were released, Joey Badass took part in The Smoker's Club's One Hazy Summer Tour , organized by Cinematic Music and sponsored by Eckō Unlimited . Together with Kendrick Lamar , Yelawolf , Action Bronson , Danny Brown and Big KRIT, Joey appeared as a guest musician on the single "1Train", which was released in early January 2013 on ASAP Rocky's album Long.Live.A $ AP .

On the morning of December 24, 2012, Capital STEEZ, Joey Badass' close friend, Pro Era co-founder and talented Raph prospect, committed suicide. The 19-year-old jumped from the skyscraper that housed the Cinematic Music Group after tweeting the words "The End" on December 23 just before midnight . The death of STEEZ came as a shock to the entire Pro Era collective. Just a few days before, Joey Badass, Capital STEEZ and Pro Era had released the mixtape Peeps The Aprocalypse .

2013: Summer Knights EP

Joey Badass at the Hovefestival 2013.

Joey Badass brought out the mixtape Summer Knights on July 1, 2013 , which was initially planned as an EP and a prelude to his debut album, but was officially converted to an LP mixtape in May 2013 . Joey Badass dedicated the mixtape to his late friend Capital STEEZ. In addition to Kirk Knight and Chuck Strangers, DJ Premier , Statik Selektah , Oddisee, Lee Bannon, Navie D, Bruce Leekix, The Alchemist and Daniel Dumile participated as producers . The debut solo single "Unorthodox", which was released on January 14, 2013 as the first single of the mixtape on iTunes and was produced by DJ Premier, as well as the accompanying music video on YouTube on March 13, enabled Joey Badass to break through . Both on Pitchfork , as well as on MTV and Exclaim! the reviews for the single were positive.

The EP Summer Knights EP of the same name followed on October 29, 2013 as the first commercial release via Cinematic Music Group , Relentless Records and Sony RED Distribution . The EP reached number 48 on Billboard's Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums on November 16, 2013 .

2015: Debut album B4.DA. $$

The following year, several songs appeared in anticipation of his debut album, which, apart from on the Internet, left no major impression. When B4.DA. $$ was released in January 2015, it went straight to number one on rap albums and number five on the official US charts . It also reached top 40 positions in Australia and Europe.

2016–2018: Acting and second album All-Amerikkkan Bada $$

Then he moved first with guest appearances on songs by the Korean hip hop artist Tablo and the British band Glass Animals outside the US rap scene and began a recurring supporting role in the second and third season of the television series Mr. Robot with Acting.

In 2017 his second studio album All-Amerikkkan Bada $$ was released . In 2018 published a song called Badass When Thugs Cry , the on When Doves Cry by Prince based, who died 2016th

Music genre

Joey Badass includes Nas , Jay-Z , MF DOOM , J Dilla , The Notorious BIG , Tupac Shakur , Erykah Badu, and Capital STEEZ , as well as poets and writers Langston Hughes , Maya Angelou, and Dr. Seuss on his favorite artists and influences. He himself is often compared to Nas' Illmatic and 1990s rap for his rap style .

Popular text content from Joey Badass, as well as from the other " Pro Era " members and the related hip-hop groups The Underachievers and Flatbush Zombies , are the concept of chakras , growth and development, as well as socially critical topics.

Controversy

On January 2, 2015 Joey Badass was after appearing on The Falls Music & Art Festival near Byron Bay in the Australian state of New South Wales arrested after he was accused on the way to stage a security guard punched in the face and broke his nose to have. Joey was charged with assault and was released on bail on January 3rd.

After Malia Obama, Barack Obama's daughter , posted a photo on Instagram on January 5, showing that she was wearing a Pro Era fan shirt , individual media outlets in the US exploited the incident in Byron Bay to claim Joey Bada $$ portray aggressive, "anti-white gangster rapper and Marxist ". These allegations were refuted after some time.

Discography

Albums

  • 2015: B4.DA. $$
  • 2017: All-Amerikkkan Bada $$

EPs

  • 2013: Summer Knights EP
  • 2020: The Light Pack

Mix tapes

  • 2012: 1999
  • 2012: Rejex
  • 2013: Summer Knights

Singles

  • 2012: Waves
  • 2012: Enter the Void (feat. Ab-Soul )
  • 2013: Unorthodox (feat.DJ Premier )
  • 2013: My Yout (feat. Collie Buddz )
  • 2014: Big Dusty
  • 2014: Christ Conscious
  • 2014: No. 99
  • 2014: Curry Chicken
  • 2014: On & On (feat. Maverick Saber and Dyemond Lewis)
  • 2015: Teach Me ( feat.Kiesza )
  • 2015: Aim High
  • 2016: Devastated (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2017: Temptation (US:goldgold)

As a guest musician

  • 2012: Talking Shit (Capital STEEZ)
  • 2012: America ( Mac Miller , Casey Veggies )
  • 2012: Aromatherapy (Uno Hype, CJ Fly)
  • 2012: New World Order (Bryant Dope, Perrion)
  • 2012: Gotham Fuckin 'City (Smoke DZA)
  • 2012: Swank Sinatra (Dyme-A-Duzin, Capital STEEZ, CJ Fly)
  • 2012: Live from East Flatbush (Melo-X, CJ Fly)
  • 2013: Black & White (Jared Evan)
  • 2013: Maintain (Dizzy Wright)
  • 2013: Day in the Life (Harry Fraud, Peter Rosenberg)
  • 2013: Hot Box ( Funkmaster Flex , Nyck Caution)
  • 2013: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt ( Action Bronson )
  • 2013: Blackkk Crown (Capital STEEZ, Dirty Sanchez, CJ Fly, Rokamouth, Dessy Hinds)
  • 2013: The Spark (Statik Selektah, Action Bronson, Mike Posner )
  • 2013: Messin 'with You (Justine Skye, AZ )
  • 2013: Tis the Season (Audio Push, Hit-Boy )
  • 2013: Bird's Eye View ( Statik Selektah feat. Raekwon , Joey Badass and Black Thought )
  • 2013: 1 Train ( ASAP Rocky feat. Kendrick Lamar , Joey Badass, Yelawolf , Danny Brown, Action Bronson and Big KRIT)
  • 2014: Fhvt BVsturd (Smoke DZA)
  • 2014: Flute ( Buckshot , P-Money, CJ Fly)
  • 2014: Carry On ( Statik Selektah , Freddie Gibbs )
  • 2014: Slum Villain (Statik Selektah)
  • 2014: Jerome ( Mick Jenkins )
  • 2014: Bad Thing ( Kiesza )
  • 2015: We Don't Wanna Be ( Maverick Saber )
  • 2015: Did U Ever Think ( Flatbush Zombies , Issa Gold )
  • 2015: World In Your Pocket (Nyck Caution)
  • 2015: Connected (Ea $ y Money, Push !, Wais P)
  • 2015: Beautiful Life (Statik Selektah, Action Bronson )
  • 2015: In the Wind (Statik Selektah, Big KRIT, Chauncy Sherod)
  • 2015: Alone (Statik Selektah)
  • 2015: What About the Rest of Us (Action Bronson, Rico Love)
  • 2015: Nothin 'But Love ( BJ the Chicago Kid )
  • 2015: Don't Need It (Remix) ( Rapsody , Merna)
  • 2015: Lose Control ( Glass Animals )
  • 2015: Twin's Skeleton (NYC Hotel) [Remix] ( Fall Out Boy )
  • 2015: 5 Minutes ( Kirk Knight )
  • 2015: Lord Knows (G Herbo)
  • 2015: Golden Era (PRhyme, Royce da 5′9 ″ , DJ Premier )
  • 2017: Either Way ( Snakehips , Anne-Marie )

Filmography

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: AT CH UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US UK
  3. ↑ a b Joey Badass . CMG . 2015. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c Joey Badass . XXL . 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Daniel Isenberg: Who Is Joey Badass? . Complex . May 9, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  6. ↑ Edwin Ortiz: Watch Joey Bada $$ Travel to His Family's Home Country of St. Lucia in "Gone Home" Video Diary . Complex . November 26, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ Sowmya Krishnamurthy: Who Is Pro Era? . Complex . February 15, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ Progressive Era -The Secc $ Tape (Mixtape) Johny Shipes, The Smokers Club, February 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Nadeska Alexis: Odd Future And Joey BadA $$ Square Off On 'RapFix Live' . MTV . March 26, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  10. ↑ Rahman Dukes: Joey Bada $$ Is A 'Hard Knock' In New Video . MTV . May 27, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  11. ↑ Jon Caramanica: Time and Genre Warping, From 1999 to Disco Ukes . New York Times . July 27, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  12. ↑ DX Staff: HipHopDX's Top 10 Mixtapes Of 2012 . HipHopDX . December 31, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  13. ↑ Pro Era Rejex ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Pro Era Homepage.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / theproera.com
  14. ↑ Steven Horowitz: Juicy J To Headline The Smokers Club's "One Hazy Summer" Tour, Features Smoke DZA . HipHopDX . July 13, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  15. ^ Eli Rosenberg: Capital STEEZ: King Capital . Fader . November 26, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  16. ↑ Peeps The Aprocalypse . Per era . Archived from the original on April 28, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 28, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / theproera.com
  17. ↑ Emmanuel CM: Joey Bada $$ Talks 'Summer Knights' Mixtape And His Next Steps . XXL . June 5, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  18. ↑ Pro Era: Joey Badass - Unorthodox (Dirty Version) . YouTube . March 13, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  19. ^ Jonah Bromwich: Joey Badass - Unorthodox . Pitchfork . January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  20. ↑ Charlie Norwood: New Song: Joey Bada $$, 'Unorthodox' . MTV . January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  21. ↑ Josiah Hughes: Joey Bada $$ "Unorthodox" (prod. DJ Premier) . Exclaim! . January 12, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  22. ↑ Yohance Kyles: Joey Bada $$ To Release “Summer Knights” EP . All hip-hop . October 15, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  23. ↑ Joey Bada $$ - Summer Knights EP Charts . Billboard . November 13, 2013. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 28, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.billboard.com
  24. ↑ Joey Bada $$: Brooklyn Badass - artistxite newcomer ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Tim Sohr, Artistxite, October 14, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blog.artistxite.de
  25. ↑ a b c Lanre Bakare: Joey Bada $$: 'They call me a Marxist and anti-white gangster rapper - they don't know anything' . Guardian . January 29, 2015. Accessed January 27, 2016.
  26. ↑ a b Joey Bada $$ arrested over alleged security guard assault . Guardian . January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Badass, Joey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bada $$, Joey (alternate spelling); JayOhVee (former alias); Scott, Jo-Vaughn Virginie (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American hip hop musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , NY , USA