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  • Joey Badass was born on January 20

    Joey Badass was born on January 20

    In 1995, Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott aka Joey Badass was born in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY. He was the first of his household to be born in the United States. His mother comes from St. Lucia and his father is from Jamaica. He started rapping in high school and by 2012, a YouTube video of him freestyling helped his group Pro Era begin to rise on the rap scene.

    Best known for his mixtape 1999 and Summer Knights as well as the albums B.4.Da.$$ and All-Amerikkkan Badass, he’s also an actor. He appeared on Mr. Robot, Grownish, and season one of Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Joey Badass has a rap style that is an example of east coast flows with a Caribbean twist reminiscent of the Lost Boys.

  • Joey Badass confirms new album this year

    Joey Badass confirms new album this year

    Joey Badass’ next album doesn’t have an exact release date but he says it’ll arrive this year

    Brooklyn lyricist Joey Bada$$ hasn’t released an album since 2017, but in a statement he made during a recent Instagram live stream, he revealed “the album dropping this year for sure.” The rapper said he doesn’t have a date for the untitled project yet, but it’s on the way.

    Related content: Joey Badass’ first rap name was JayOhVee

    “S**t, the album dropping this year for sure,” the Pro Era founder said. “I ain’t going to say exactly when, though, because there are certain rappers who be on my heels… It’s coming though.”

    Aside from music, the 26 year-old has been focusing on his acting career, appearing on TV shows like Mr. Robot, Boomerang, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Grown-ish, and Power Book III: Raising Kanan, as well as starring on the Academy-winning short film, Two Distant Strangers.

    Joey dropped his last album, All-Amerikkkan Badass, in 2017 that reached at No. 5 on Billboard 200. The album had followed up 2015’s B4.Da.$$. He also has three mixtapes under his belt: 2012’s 1999 and Rejex, as well as 2013’s Summer Knights. The last time Joey dropped a project was in 2020 with The Light Pack.

  • Joey Badass’ first rap name was JayOhVee

    Joey Badass’ first rap name was JayOhVee

    Joey Bada$$ originally went by the moniker JayOhVee.

    Before Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott was famously known as Joey Badass (also styled Joey Bada$$), he was known as JayOhVee (also spelled Jay Oh Vee).

    Born and raised in New York, Pro Era founding member, Joey Badass built his name with the release of his debut mixtape, 1999, in 2012. Long before that, at the age of 15-years old, Joey Bada$$, then under the name of JayOhVee, freestyled over Mos Def’s classic record Umi Says. Listen to the 20 Miles Freestyle below.

    Joey Badass had a ReverbNation account under his name JayOhVee where he uploaded 3 tracks.’ Joey Badass is sometimes also referred to as Joey B.

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  • Post Malone’s ‘rockstar’ originally featured T-Pain and Joey Badass

    Post Malone’s ‘rockstar’ originally featured T-Pain and Joey Badass

    T-Pain and Joey Badass have revealed that Post Malone‘s smash hit ‘rockstar’ originally featured both of them. In a now deleted tweet, Joey Badass confirmed that not only was he featured on the song, he also helped write it, making it his first #1 record.

    Post Malone's 'rockstar' originally featured T-Pain and Joey Badass

    In an interview with Billboard, Post Malone confirmed Joey Badass was in the studio during the recording of ‘Rockstar’ but he didn’t mention his contributions to the record.

    Post Malone & Joey Badass

    “I was in New York, and we were at Quad Studios. Some kid came in, and I guess he was in the session next door and he was like, ‘Hey? Can I play you some beats?’ I’m like, ‘I guess so.’ You know, I’m a nice guy, I like music. I’ll listen to your beats. He played the beat and it was incredible. His name is Tank. He’s a really young guy, and a really talented producer,” Post Malone explained. “So we did that, and Joey Badass was in there. We were just vibing on it and the melody was sick. We just cut like a little scratch vocal and we took it back to LA. I finished my part and sent it off to [21] Savage—and there it is.”

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    Listen to the original version of ‘rockstar’ below.

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