Interviews : Joey Bada$$ & CJ Fly Decode “Hardknock” (Video)
Interviews : Joey Bada$$ & CJ Fly Decode “Hardknock” (Video)
Who Is Joey Bada$$?
Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (born January 20, 1995), better known by his stage name Joey Badass (stylised as Joey Bada$$), is an independent American rapper, producer and artist from Brooklyn, New York. He is a member of the hip hop collective Pro.Era, with whom he has released two mixtapes. Joey released his debut mixtape 1999 in June 2012 to critical acclaim, followed by Rejex in September.
Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott was born in 1995 and is the first of his immediate West Indian family to be born in the United States while raised in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York, and attended the Edward R. Murrow High School. He has three brothers and one sister. He originally enrolled at Edward R. Murrow to study acting, but transitioned towards music around the time of 9th grade, with a focus on rapping. He started rapping under the name JayOhVee, but eventually changed it to Joey Bada$$. He says that the name change is due to the media's focus on rappers with more cynical names. Joey said it was: "what sounded cool at the time, what fit my mood." Joey claims to have first started writing poetry and songs at the age of 11. Joey formed the collective known as Progressive Era in high school with classmates the late Capital STEEZ, CJ Fly and Pow Pe.
In October 2010, Joey uploaded a video of himself freestyling to video-sharing website YouTube. The video was re-posted on to American hip-hop site World Star Hip Hop and caught the attention of Jonny Shipes, the president of Cinematic Music Group and manager of Big K.R.I.T. & Smoke DZA. Shipes contacted Joey through Twitter and shortly became his manager. The Pro.Era collective have since signed with the label.
In early 2012, Joey and Capital STEEZ released a video for "Survival Tactics" via their YouTube channel "PROfckingERA", which samples the 1999 song of the same name by Styles of Beyond. In February 2012, Pro.Era released their debut mixtape entitled The Secc$ Tape along with JaySteez, CJ Fly, Kirk Knight, Dessy Hinds, T'nah, Bruce Leekix, Han$ $olo, and A La $ole. On March 21, 2012, MTV News featured Joey's verse from the video during a RapFix Live segment and subsequently appeared as a featured guest on Sucker Free the following month. The song was succeeded with the video premiere of "Hardknock" featuring CJ Fly on MTV2.
In the summer of 2012, Joey released his debut solo mixtape 1999. A video for the song "Waves" was released in June 2012. The mixtape immediately increased Bada$$'s popularity in the underground scene. The mixtape was named the 38th best album of 2012 by Complex Magazine and the best mixtape of 2012 by HipHopDX.com.
Subsequently, American rapper Mac Miller reached out to Joey Bada$$ through Twitter to collaborate. Joey appears on the song "America" and opened for Miller at the Roseland Ballroom in April 2012. Along with headliner Juicy J, Joey and Pro Era performed on The Smoker's Club's One Hazy Summer Tour, presented by Ecko Unltd. and livemixtapes.com. The 30-date tour began in July 2012. He is featured on the posse cut track "1 Train" off ASAP Rocky's album Long.Live.ASAP (2012) which also features Action Bronson, Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., and Danny Brown.
In December 2012 it was rumored that Joey Bada$$ will be signing to Jay-Z's Roc Nation record label. On December 21, 2012, Pro Era and Joey Bada$$ released the P.E.E.P: the aPROcalypse mixtape.
On December 24, 2012, It was announced that Capital STEEZ, a close friend of Joey and member of Pro Era, had passed away due to a suspected suicide.
Joey Bada$$ released a new single, "Unorthodox" which is produced by DJ Premier and may be included on his debut album. (Read More)
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