Wednesday 5 February 2014

Joey Bada$$

This kid is 18 and came out of Flatbush, New York. I'm 19 coming from the outskirts of London and can't come up with a single line capable of nearing Joey's talent. But can he write a blog reaching 500 views in its first week? Probably, yeah.

Joey first came to my attention at the end of 2012 and he had a huge year 2013, remaining unsigned following in the same footsteps as the don Mac Miller and Wiz Khalifa remaining unsigned and staying paid. His 1999 mixtape reached double platinum on Datpiff and remains to constantly be releasing fire. He's been seen all over hip hop and rap, appearing on Long Live A$AP arguably killing Rocky on his own track, no mean feat.

Other than all of that, Joey is your average 18 year old who stayed in school whilst managing an emerging rapping career. You've probably heard a Joey track as he's recently been rinsed on UK Radio but if you haven't check out My Yout, where he headed back to his families home island of St Lucia to shoot this serious music video.

Enjoy.