Joey Badass Biography

American rapper Joey Badass is the founding member of the hip-hop collective, Pro Era, with whom he released three mixtapes. In 2012, he released his debut album, 1999. The following year, he released his debut album, B4.DA. $$. He started his musical career from the early age of 11 years.

Early life and education of Joey Badass

Joey Badass was born Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott to Jamaican immigrant parents on January 20 ^, 1995 in Brooklyn, New York. Badass was the first child in his immediate Caribbean family born in the United States. When he was five years old, her parents divorced her and later, her mother was forced to work two jobs to support her and Badass.

His mother raised him in Bed-Stuy, where he attended Edward R. Murrow High School to study acting, but transitioned into music, later focusing on rap.

From the age of 11 he began to write songs and poetry. During his high school education, along with his friends from school, Capital Steez and Nice Powers he founded a collective Progressive Era or Pro Era. Later, CJ Fly also became a founding member of the collective.

Initially Badass began rapping under the name ‘JayOhVee’ but later changed to Joey Badass. According to him, his name was changed because he sounded cool at the time.

Joey Badass Career

Musical career

Joey Badass uploaded a video of himself freestyling in October 2010 on YouTube. The video was reposted on World Star Hip Hop, an American hip hop site that caught the attention of Jonny Shipes , the founder of Cinematic Music Group.

In 2010, Badass signed the contract with the musical group. Two years later, he released a ‘Survival Tactics’ video with Capital Steez via his YouTube channel, ‘PROfckingERA’. In February 2012, the collective (Pro Era) released their first mixtape called, El Secc$Tap.e .

Even after Badass was signed to the music group in 2010, but he started working in 2012. That year, he released his debut mixtape, 1999. Complex magazine named the mixtape one of the 38th best albums of ²⁰¹² . On September 6th ^, he released another mixtape, Rejection .

On March 21 ^, 2013, together with Pro Era, the Beast concert tour began. The same month, it was announced that he would be a part of XXL Magazine’s 2013 Freshman class. On October 29th , he released his second mixtape, Summer Knights EP, which peaked at number ⁴⁸ on Billboard’s US Top R&B/Hip=Hop Albums chart.

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Furthermore, on January 20 ^, 2015, on the occasion of his 20th ^birthday , he released his debut studio album, B4.DA. $$. The album peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200. her single, ‘Devastated’ from the album peaked at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles chart and was also certified gold.

Badass released their second album, ‘All-Amerikkan Bada $$’ on 2 ^{North Dakota} March 2017, which peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard 200.

acting career

In 2014, Badass made his acting debut in a quasi-autobiographical short film, No Regrets, where he portrays himself. He says,

‘It’s been my dream to act since I was in eighth grade. I always wanted to be an actor. And I feel like music made it a little bit easier for me to pursue that dream.

Two years later, Badass made his television debut in the second season of the hit television series, Mr. Robot, where he played the role of a recurring character, Leon.

His amazing songs and albums helped him win BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. He has also been nominated for the BET Awards and the BET Hip Hop Awards.

Joey Badass Net Worth

Joey Badass has an estimated net worth of over $2 million, but the amount is still under review. Badass earns a huge salary from his rapping career. He also earns from his albums that made the following sales:

• B4.Yes. $$ = 120k.
• All-Amerikkan_Badass = 28k.

Pro Era’s self-titled YouTube channel makes between $973 and $15.6K a month and $11.7K to $186.7K a year. In addition, it has a collection of luxury cars, classic Mercedes SL500 and Ferrari cars among others.

Joey Badass Personal Life

Joey Badass is reserved when it comes to his private life. Badass prefers to keep her love life and relationship low-key from him. As of 2018, he is more focused on his career, which could be the reason why he is not married and single.

On the 18th ^of June 2018, Badass posted a photo with a baby that she is addressing her son. However, she has not revealed anything about the baby’s mother.

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Badass was previously rumored to be having an affair with Vashtie Kola , but they have not revealed anything about their love life.

Controversy

The rapper was arrested in January 2015 on a charge of allegedly breaking a security guard’s nose before performing at the Falls Festival in Australia.

After Badass declared himself the ‘number one independent hip/hop artist in the world’ in 2015, tension arose between him and Troy Ave. They had the feud with each other, however Badass dismissed the report of a Fight.

In an interview with Ebro Darden in 2015, Badass stated:

”At some point, you have to have some level of respect for Troy because, at the end of the day, we’re both independent artists that are on major platforms alongside a bunch of major artists and they know who we are. ”

He, however, reignited the feud on his single, Ready . In response to the single, Ave also released a dislike track, Badass, where she not only insults Badass but also takes aim at Capital Steez and his suicide. Ave was heavily criticized for his words.

Badass later responded to ‘Badass’ and stated that he never referred to him directly.

Joey Badass Age, Body Measurements And Other Facts

• Age : As of 2019, Joey Badass is 24 years old.
• Birthmark : Aquarius
• Height : He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall.
• Weight : His body weight is around 70.3 kg.
• Hair color : He has a black hair color.
• Eye Color : His eyes are brown.