UBlueface ungumrepha odumile waseMelika nombhali wengoma obelokhu ethuthukisa umsebenzi wakhe womculo kusukela ngo-2017. Lo mculi uthole ukuduma okuningi ngenxa yevidiyo yengoma ethi Respect My Cryppin ngo-2018.
Ividiyo iqale ukuduma ngenxa yokufundwa okungajwayelekile kudlule isigqi. Abalaleli bathole isithombe sokuthi lo mculi ubewuziba ngamabomu lo mculo, kanti abaningi bawuthola uhlekisa. Lo mculi akazange adikibale, ukwazile ngisho ukusayina inkontileka nenkampani iCash Money Records.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaBlueface
Igama langempela lalo rapper nguJonathan Jamall Michael Porter. Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 20, 1997 eLos Angeles, eCalifornia. Umculi wachitha ubuntwana bakhe eMid-City, etholakala engxenyeni esentshonalanga yedolobha. Esikoleni samabanga aphansi, uBlueface washintsha izikole. Ngemva kwesikhashana, wathuthela nonina eSanta Clarita Valley. Isikhathi esithile umfana ehlala noyise e-Auckland.
Lapho sekusondele isikhathi sokuthomba, uJonathan wabuyela eCalifornia, kodwa manje wazinza endaweni yaseSan Fernando. Lapha waphothula imfundo yakhe yesibili e-Arleta High School. Umfana wayethanda ezemidlalo, ngakho wajoyina iqembu lesikole lebhola lezinyawo laseMelika. Ubengcono kakhulu edlala njengonogada abaqalayo.
Ngaphezu kokuthanda kwakhe ezemidlalo, lapho esemusha, uBlueface waqala ukuba nesithakazelo emculweni. Ngaphezu kwakho konke wayethanda izinhlobo ze-rap ne-hip-hop. Bese kuba ngabadlali abayintandokazi ka-Jonathan: The Game, Snoop Dog kanye no-50 Cent.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaJonathan Porter
Indlela yokudala yomculi iqala ngo-2017. Wabe eseqala ukuqopha nokuthumela amathrekhi akhe okuqala ku-inthanethi. Akazange ngaso sonke isikhathi asebenzise i-Blueface njengegama-mbumbulu. Izingoma zokuqala zikhishwe ngaphansi kwamagama athi Blueface Bleedem, Blueface Baby, Famous Cry. Ngokusho kwalo mculi, igama lesidlaliso elithi Blueface Bleedem lalibhekisela eqenjini lomgwaqo iSchool Yard Crips, lapho ayeyilungu khona phambilini.
Ngokujulile ngomsebenzi womculi, uJonathan wacabanga ngeminyaka yakhe yomfundi. Ngemuva kokuthi lo mculi ephumile eFayetteville State University, wabuyela eLos Angeles. Ngelinye ilanga waya estudio somngane wakhe eyocela ishaja yocingo.
Umngane uphakamise ukuthi azame i-freestyle kunoma yisiphi isigqi. Futhi iBlueface yenza okuhle okokuqala. Ababekhona ekamelweni baphawule ikhono lalo mfana futhi bathembisa ukuqopha ingoma. Ingoma yokuqala bekuyi-Dead Locs, i-rapper efuna ukuyikhipha ku-SoundCloud.
Ngo-2018, umculi owayesafuna ukhiphe amarekhodi amabili. Uqale wakhipha iFamous Cryp ngoJuni, walandelwa yiTwo Coccy EP ngoSepthemba. Imisebenzi ayizange ijabulele ukuthandwa okukhulu ku-inthanethi, kodwa yandisa ukubonakala kweBlueface eCalifornia. Yize kunjalo, lo mculi ukwazile “ukugqobhoza” waze wafika esigabeni esikhulu ngesikhathi ekhipha ividiyo yeculo elithi, Respect My Crypn. Ividiyo ikhishwe esiteshini se-YouTube mayelana ne-hip-hop WorldStarHipHop.
Izithameli zebhulogi zasheshe zabona ividiyo yengoma entsha. Izingcaphuno zalo ziqale ukuvela ezincwadini kuTwitter. UJonathan usephenduke i-meme yangempela. Ababhalisile be-WorldStarHipHop babheke inhlanganisela yezwi eliphezulu lezwi lomdlali nokugeleza okungajwayelekile njengokuhlekisayo. Amavidiyo ahlukahlukene abeku-inthanethi isikhathi eside. Abasebenzisi abaningi baqhathanisa umculi we-novice nomlingiswa oyinhloko wekhathuni ethi Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Ukuduma kwe-Blueface nokusayina ilebula
Ngemuva kwenani elibalulekile lama-memes, okukhulunywe ngaye ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nakwabezindaba, hhayi ividiyo yengoma ethi Respect My Crypn kuphela, udumo lomculi lwanda. Abasebenzisi baphinde bathanda amathrekhi ethi Thotiana nethi Next Big Thing, athole ukuduma okusha. Futhi ngoNovemba 2018, wasayina inkontileka neCash Money Records. Wabe esefaka amavidiyo amaningana lapho ekhona estudiyo nama-rapper Drake kanye neQuavo.
Igagasi lesibili lokuduma kukaBlueface laqala lapho ekhipha inguqulo ye-acoustic yengoma ethi Bleed It. Ukuqopha kwakuhlanganisa no-Einer Banks, owayedlala ingoma yokulele. Ukwakheka kuthole ukuphinda kuthunyelwe okuningi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Ezinsukwini ezimbili kamuva, u-Jonathan wakhipha ividiyo yengoma entsha, eqondiswa uCole Bennett. Ngosuku lokuqala kuphela kwakukhona ukubukwa okungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2.
Umlingiswa wobuso obuluhlaza
I-mixtape yakhe i-Famous Cryp ngalesi sikhathi yayizuza imidlalo eyizigidi ezingu-5-7 ngesonto. Futhi ithrekhi ethi Thotiana ngo-2019 yangena kwabayi-100 abaphezulu beshadi le-Billboard. Ngo-Agasti nonyaka, lo mculi ukhiphe i-Dirt Bag EP. Ngokungeziwe kumathrekhi awodwa, ungezwa: Lil PumpMozzy Ucebile Ingane, Ukumiswa kanye nabanye. Futhi ngoMashi 2020, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo yomrepha ethi Thola the Beat. Esikhathini esifushane, wafinyelela isikhundla sama-64 eshadini lase-US.
Engxoxweni yeThe New York Times, lo mculi waphawula ngokwanda okusheshayo kokuthandwa.
“Ngaphandle komculo abantu banezindlela eziningi zokuduma. Eqinisweni, bazama ukuduma nganoma iyiphi indlela. Abanye abasaqalayo bacabanga ngokujulile ukuphinda indlela yami. Kodwa abangakwazi ukuthi ngeke uthathwe ngokungathi sína njengomculi uma bekukhumbula njengomuntu ojabule ku-inthanethi. "
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokungafani nama-rapper amaningi, u-Jonathan uchaza obala uBlueface njengomlingiswa.
"I-Blueface cishe ipholile izikhathi ezingu-10 kunoJonathan," esho. Abarepha abanandaba nokuthi bakutshelani. Ngokuvamile baba nobuntu obubili obuhlukene - esiteji bahluke kakhulu kulokho abayikho ekhaya.
Impilo yomuntu siqu ka-Jonathan Porter
Alukho ulwazi oluqinisekisiwe mayelana nesimo somshado se-Blueface okwamanje. Kodwa-ke, kuyaziwa ukuthi lo rapper unendodana egama layo linguJawon, owazalwa ngo-2017.
Engxoxweni abe nayo neBig Boy’s Neighborhood, uJonathan udalule ukuthi unina wendodana yakhe ungowesifazane osebenzayo. Ngenxa yalokhu, uthatha indodana yakhe cishe nsuku zonke, ethatha naye ngezikhathi ezithile ukuyoqopha noma ukuqopha. Amantombazane amabili avame ukuvela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zomculi - uJaidin Alexis noJiggy. Abalandeli abaningi bayaphikisana ngokuthi ujola nobani.
Inhlanhla ye-rapper ka-2019 ilinganiselwa ku-$700. Nokho, umdwebi ukhetha ukungalidaluli iholo lakhe elisemthethweni. Ngokusho kwalo mculi, imali enkulu engenayo itholakala ekubhaleni izingoma nasekuhambeleni amakhonsathi.
