Joey Badass

Quick Facts

Full Name	Joey Badass
Occupation	American rapper
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1995(1995-01-20)
Age	29
Birthplace	Brooklyn
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Capricorn

Joey Badass Biography

Joey Badass is one of the most popular and richest American rapper who was born on January 20, 1995 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott was born on January 20, 1995, and was the first of his immediate Caribbean family to be born in the United States. His family originated from the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean on his mother’s side. He is Jamaican on his father’s side. He was born in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City, New York. He was raised in Bed-Stuy and attended the Edward R. Murrow High School. 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.

In December 2012 it was rumored that Joey Badass would be signing to Jay Z’s Roc Nation record label, but in January 2013, he dispelled the rumors saying he would rather stay independent than sign to a major label for the time being. On December 21, 2012, Pro Era released the P.E.E.P: The aPROcalypse mixtape.

On June 12, 2012, Joey Badass released his debut solo mixtape 1999. This album was only released to music streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music in 2018. A video for the song “Waves” was released in June 2012. The mixtape immediately increased his 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. On September 6 of the same year, he released another mixtape titled Rejex, which featured all the tracks that did not make it on the 1999 mixtape.

In early 2012, Joey Badass and Capital Steez released a video for “Survival Tactics” via their YouTube channel “PROfckingERA”, which samples the 2000 Fold song of the same name by Styles of Beyond. In February 2012, Pro Era released their debut mixtape entitled The Secc$ Tap.e. On March 21, 2012, MTV News featured Joey Badass’ 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.

On November 9, 2012, Joey Badass released a track with Ab-Soul produced by Lee Bannon called “Enter the Void” along with “Waves”. These songs were his first official releases to retail. On January 14, 2013, he released the first single off his second mixtape Summer Knights, “Unorthodox”, which was produced by DJ Premier. On February 8, he released a music video featuring Big K.R.I.T. and Smoke DZA titled “Underground Airplay”. The song was featured on the Eckō Unltd. mixtape. On March 5, 2013, he released the music video for “Unorthodox”. On March 21, 2013, he began the Beast Coast concert tour with Pro Era, The Underachievers and Flatbush Zombies. On March 26, 2013, it was announced that Joey Badass would be a part of XXL Magazine’s 2013 Freshman Class.

Joey Badass Net Worth

Joey Badass is one of the richest American rapper from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joey Badass 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott (born January 20, 1995), better known by his stage name Joey Badass (stylized as Joey Bada$$), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, he is a founding member of the hip-hop collective Pro Era, with whom he has released three mixtapes, as well as his numerous solo projects.

In October 2010, Joey Badass uploaded a video of himself freestyling to 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, who soon after became his manager.

Subsequently, American rapper Mac Miller reached out to Joey Badass through Twitter to collaborate. He appeared on the song “America” from the mixtape Macadelic and opened for Miller at the Roseland Ballroom in April 2012. Along with headliner Juicy J, Joey Badass and Pro Era performed on The Smoker’s Club’s One Hazy Summer Tour, presented by Eckō Unltd. and livemixtapes.com. The 30-date tour began in July 2012. He was featured on the posse cut track “1 Train” off ASAP Rocky’s album Long.Live.ASAP (2013) which also features Action Bronson, Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., and Danny Brown.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Joey Badass height 188 cm Johan weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Joey Badass Dating?

According to our records, Joey Badass is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Joey Badass’s is not dating anyone.

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On July 7, 2015, in an interview with Ebro Darden on Hot 97, Joey Badass had words of praise for Troy Ave, stating: “At some point you gotta have some level of respect for Troy because, at the end of the day, we’re both independent artists who are standing on major platforms next to a whole bunch of major artists and they know who we are.” However, in February 2016, he reignited the feud in a single entitled “Ready”, where he rapped: “60k, first week for the badass / 200k to this day, I know you niggas mad / With that 80-20 split, my nigga do the math / my nigga Kirk just outsold Troy Ave” (in reference to Kirk Knight’s debut studio album Late Knight Special and Troy Ave’s second studio album Major Without a Deal).

Facts & Trivia

Johan Ranked on the list of most popular American rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Joey Badass celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.

In January 2015, Joey Badass was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly breaking a security guard’s nose before performing at the Falls Festival in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

Has Joey Badass won a Grammy?

While Joey Bada$$ still has to win an Emmy, a Grammy , and a Tony award to properly proclaim himself an EGOT winner, the Brooklyn-born rapper is definitely well on his way, considering his activity as an artist and an actor. See the Pro Era artist’s celebratory Oscar pictures below.

Where is Joey Badass now?

Since 2019, Bada$$ has kept himself busy in front of the camera, starring as Rebel in the Hulu series Wu-Tang: An American Saga, playing Leon in the Emmy- winning drama series Mr. Robot, and acting in the BET comedy TV series Boomerang.

Why did Joey Badass stop making music?

The rapper has been on a sort of break from music over the past few years, rather focusing on other ventures, including his acting career. It has been over four years since he released his sophomore album ALL AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ but the rapper is finally ready to return full time to making records.

What movie was Joey Badass in?

Movies

How old is ASAP Rocky?

33 years (October 3, 1988)