Logic (rapper)

Logic, 2014

Logic (real name Sir Robert Bryson Hall II ; born January 22, 1990 in Gaithersburg , Maryland ) is an American rapper . He has a large following on the internet and is a member of the RattPack , a group of friends he works with. Logic has released six official mixtapes and six albums so far.

Life

Logic is the son of an African American from Maryland and a white American. Logic grew up in the problematic West Deer Park district of Gaithersburg. His childhood and youth were mainly shaped by problems and suffering. This is due to the difficult family circumstances with which he had to struggle a lot. The cocaine and crack addict father left the family early and broke off all contact.

His alcoholic mother was completely overwhelmed with the upbringing, as she suffered greatly from her addiction. His older brother was a gang member and a drug dealer. Logic attended Gaithersburg High School but never graduated from high school. From the 10th grade onwards, Logic regularly skipped school and was excluded from further attendance at high school due to lack of performance. He used his free time to devote himself to music, as it was the best way to express his feelings.

His texts are partly political and deal with drug use, racism and discrimination against minorities as well as other socially and socially critical topics.

Logic was married to singer Jessica Andrea from 2015 to 2018 and lived with her in Beverly Hills , California .

Career

Beginnings

Logic was 13 years old when he first met his mentor, Solomon Taylor . At the age of 16 Taylor brought him some CDs on which he could record songs he had written. First he appeared under the pseudonym Psychological and published the mixtape Psychological: The Mixtape . He later changed his stage name to Logic. Logic appeared as the opening act for Pitbull, Ludacris and EPMD, among others.

From 2010

In December 2010 Logic released its first official mixtape Young, Broke and Infamous . He also published two music videos. The mixtape caught the attention of Chris Zarou, owner of the independent record label Visionary Music Group. Zarou offered Logic to include him on his label. On September 19, 2011, he released his second mixtape Young Sinatra . The mixtape met with a great response on the Internet. His music video for All I Do was Logic's first song to generate more than a million views on YouTube. In March 2012, Billboard magazine named Logic the Next Big Sound , an award for artists who have achieved particularly rapid popularity on the Internet. In April 2012, he published Young Sinatra: Undeniable . In the mix tape, Logic mainly deals with personal issues such as his future, his relationship with his father and the problems at school. His fourth mixtape Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever was released on May 7, 2013.

In October 2014 Logic released his debut album Under Pressure . This album went gold in America. At the end of 2015 his second album followed, which is called The Incredible True Story . This album also achieved gold status in America. The mixtape Bobby Tarantino was released in summer 2016 . In 2016 he became known as a guest rapper in Sucker For Pain . In 2017 Logic founded his own label Elysium Records. In June 2019 the label was renamed BobbyBoy Records .

On May 5, 2017, he released his third album Everybody, which had already been announced on March 29 . The news for his third album was posted to Logic's Twitter , Instagram and YouTube accounts in the form of videos revealing the official album cover, designed and painted by Sam Spratt and directed by Andy Hines . This album also contained one of his most famous songs called 1-800-273-8255 . His 6th mixtape Bobby Tarantino II was released on March 9, 2018 . Young Sinatra IV , his 4th studio album , was released on September 28, 2018 . In an interview with Genius , Logic said that his fourth album will likely be his last.

Everybody debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 with 247,000 album equivalents, of which 196,000 were album-only sales. However, the album also set the record for the biggest week-two drop ever, as sales fell 96% to just 8,000 copies. His lead single 1-800-273-8255 , created in collaboration with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline , was awarded triple platinum by the RIAA . In August 2017, Logic was guest on the animated comedy series Rick & Morty and headlining a festival himself. In November 2017, Logic released the song "Broken People" as part of the Bright soundtrack.

On February 23, 2018, Logic released a single called "44 More" . It was a sequel to "44 Bars" , a song from Logic's 2016 mixtape Bobby Tarantino . The song reached its 22nd place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The following single, "Overnight" , was released four days later on February 27th. Logic finally released another single on March 2nd, entitled "Everyday," with record producer Marshmello . Logic later announced its sixth mixtape, titled Bobby Tarantino II, and a promotional video featuring the characters from the series Rick & Morty on March 7th. Bobby Tarantino II was released on March 9, 2018 via Def Jam and Visionary Music Group . The mixtape included guest appearances from 2 Chainz , Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa . On March 30th, he was featured in the first episode of Netflix's original documentary series Rapture .

On September 28, 2018, Logic released its fourth studio album, titled YSIV . Before the project was released, Logic presented three singles: One Day with Ryan Tedder , The Return and Everybody Dies . The album features the song Wu Tang Forever , which features all of the surviving members of the Wu Tang Clan .

Logic has also announced an album titled Ultra 85 that is currently unreleased. He also said that he wrote his own movie that he is starting to work on because he wants to star in it himself.

On March 26, 2019, his first novel entitled Supermarket was published along with the soundtrack of the same name.

On May 3, 2019, Logic released the single Homicide , on which the rapper Eminem has a guest appearance. A week later his fifth studio album Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was released .

In June 2019 the label was renamed BobbyBoy Records .

Logic announced its withdrawal from music on July 16, 2020 on Instagram , and its last album was called "No Pressure" and will be released on July 24, 2020. The post says, "The last decade has been great. Now is the time to be a great father." ( "It's been a great decade. Now it's time to be a great father." )

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2014	Under pressure	-	-	-	UK88 (1 week) UK	US4th platinum (71 weeks)US
2015	The Incredible True Story	-	-	-	UK47 (1 week) UK	US3 gold (48 weeks)US
2017	Everybody	-	-	CH42 (1 week) CH	UK20 (2 weeks) UK	US1 platinum (60 weeks)US
2018	YSIV	-	-	CH64 (1 week) CH	UK19 (3 weeks) UK	US2 (6 weeks) US
2019	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	DE76 (1 week) DE	AT32 (1 week) AT	CH19 (2 weeks) CH	UK12 (2 weeks) UK	US1 (15 weeks) US
2020	No pressure	DE82 (1 week) DE	AT34 (1 week) AT	CH24 (1 week) CH	UK11 (2 weeks) UK	US2 (... weeks) US

Soundtracks

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2019	Supermarket	-	-	-	-	US56 (2 weeks) US

Mix tapes

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2016	Bobby Tarantino	-	-	-	-	US12 gold (25 weeks)US
2018	Bobby Tarantino II	DE39 (2 weeks) DE	AT33 (1 week) AT	CH22 (2 weeks) CH	UK13 (6 weeks) UK	US1 (31 weeks) US

More mix tapes

• 2010: Young, Broke and Infamous
• 2011: Young Sinatra
• 2012: Young Sinatra: Undeniable
• 2013: Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2016	Flexicution Bobby Tarantino	-	-	-	-	US100 platinum (1 week)US
2017	Everybody Everybody	-	-	-	-	US59 platinum (2 weeks)US
	Black Spiderman Everybody	-	-	-	-	US87 gold (1 week)US	feat. Damian Lemar Hudson
	1-800-273-8255 Everybody	DE45 gold (14 weeks)DE	AT42 (12 weeks) AT	CH50 (14 weeks) CH	UK9 platinum (23 weeks)UK	US3 × 6 Six-fold platinum (42 weeks)US	feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid
	Broken People Bright OST	-	-	CH62 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	with Rag 'n' Bone Man
2018	44 More Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	UK75 (2 weeks) UK	US22nd platinum (5 weeks)US
	Overnight Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US68 (1 week) US
	Everyday Bobby Tarantino II	DE48 (10 weeks) DE	AT51 (5 weeks) AT	CH60 (3 weeks) CH	UK46 silver (8 weeks)UK	US29 platinum (13 weeks)US	with marshmello
	One Day YSIV	-	-	-	UK99 (1 week) UK	US80 (1 week) US	feat. Ryan Tedder
2019	Keanu Reeves Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	-	-	-	UK86 (1 week) UK	US38 gold (3 weeks)US
	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	-	-	-	-	US78 (1 week) US
	Homicide Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	DE38 (2 weeks) DE	AT16 (2 weeks) AT	CH12 (3 weeks) CH	UK15th silver (7 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (6 weeks)US	feat. Eminem
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2018	Contra Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	UK84 (1 week) UK	US60 gold (1 week)US
	Indica Badu Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US56 gold (1 week)US	feat. Wiz Khalifa
	Midnight Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US74 gold (1 week)US
	Wassup Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US83 (1 week) US	feat. Big Sean
	Yuck Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US87 (1 week) US
	Boomtrap Protocol Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US97 (1 week) US
	Warm It Up Bobby Tarantino II	-	-	-	-	US98 (1 week) US	feat. Young Sinatra
2020	Perfect No Pressure	-	-	-	-	US95 (... weeks) US

More singles

• 2014: Under Pressure (US:gold)
• 2014: Buried Alive
• 2014: Alright (US:platinum)
• 2014: Gang Related (US:gold)
• 2014: Nikki (US:gold)
• 2014: Till the End (US:gold)
• 2015: Young Jesus (feat.Big Lenbo , US:gold)
• 2015: Like Woah (US:gold)
• 2015: Fade Away (US:gold)
• 2015: Lord Willin ' (US:gold)
• 2015: I Am the Greatest (US:gold)
• 2016: 44 bars (US:gold)
• 2016: Super Mario World (US:gold)
• 2016: Wrist ( feat.Pusha T , US:gold)
• 2017: Take It Back (US:gold)
• 2018: The Return
• 2018: Everybody Dies

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2016	Sucker for pain	DE8th platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT6 (26 weeks) AT	CH16 gold (22 weeks)CH	UK11 platinum (22 weeks)UK	US15th × 3 Triple platinum (22 weeks)US	Lil Wayne , Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons feat. Logic, Ty Dolla $ ign & X Ambassadors
2018	Start Again 13 Reasons Why: Season 2	DE87 (2 weeks) DE	AT72 (2 weeks) AT	CH53 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	OneRepublic feat. Logic
2019	ISIS ADHD	-	-	CH62 (1 week) CH	UK42 (2 weeks) UK	US59 (2 weeks) US	Joyner Lucas feat. Logic

Further guest contributions

• 2015: Transmission (with X Ambassadors & Zedd )
• 2016: All of Me (with Big Gigantic & Rozes )
• 2017: Rick and Morty - Vindicators 3: The Return of Worldender
• 2018: Pray (with Sam Smith )
• 2018: Caterpillar Remix (with Royce da 5′9 ″ & King Green)
• 2019: Fun Up Here (with Mike Posner )
• 2019: Twisted (with French Montana , Juicy J & A $ AP Rocky )

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2016: for the single Sucker for Pain 2017: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Denmark 2018: for the album Everybody 2019: for the single Everyday  France 2017: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Canada 2018: for the single 44 More

Platinum record  Australia 2016: for the single Sucker for Pain  Denmark 2018: for the single Sucker for Pain  France 2017: for the single Sucker for Pain  Italy 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Canada 2018: for the single Everyday  Portugal 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255

2 × platinum record  Denmark 2020: for the single 1-800-273-8255  Italy 2018: for the single Sucker for Pain 3 × platinum record  Australia 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255 5 × platinum record  Canada 2018: for the single 1-800-273-8255

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	280,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	-	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	360,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	600,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	platinum1	225,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	150,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	520,000	musiccanada.com
Portugal (AFP)	-	-	platinum1	10,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	21 × gold21st	16 × platinum16	26,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	2 × platinum2	1,600,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	29 × gold29	37 × platinum37

swell

1. ↑ Logic - laut.de - Band . In: laut.de . ( laut.de [accessed on March 26, 2018]).
2. ↑ Logic divorced Jessica Andrea after two years. March 19, 2018, accessed March 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Logic founds new label · Boutblank.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Logic Announces BobbyBoy Records & Joyner Lucas Already Wants In. Retrieved June 20, 2019 . 
5. ↑ September - Friday releases # 4 with Lil Wayne, Bushido and many more. Retrieved September 28, 2018 (German). 
6. ↑ Logic Announces BobbyBoy Records & Joyner Lucas Already Wants In. Retrieved June 20, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Logic announces its withdrawal and its last album · complex.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
9. ↑ Platinum for 1-800-273-8255 in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )