Umsebenzi weciko u-Joey Badass uyisibonelo esimangalisa kakhulu se-hip-hop yakudala elethwa esikhathini sethu kusukela enkathini yegolide. Ngaphezu kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-10 yokusungula okusebenzayo, umculi waseMelika wethule izilaleli zakhe inqwaba yamarekhodi angaphansi athatha izikhundla ezihola phambili kumashadi omhlaba kanye nezilinganiso zomculo emhlabeni jikelele.
Umculo walo mculi ushaya umoya kubalandeli boNas, Tupac, Black Thought, J Dilla nabanye.
Iminyaka yokuqala kaJoey Badass
Umculi uJo-Von Virginie Scott wazalwa ngoJanuwari 20, 1995 kwenye yezindawo zaseBrooklyn. Unina wayengowaseSaint Lucia, isizwe esincane esiyisiqhingi esiseCaribbean. Ubaba ungowokuzalwa eJamaica. Umbhali wakusasa kanye nomculi wezingoma uyilungu lokuqala lomndeni elizozalelwa e-United States of America.
Iciko elincane kodwa elifisa ukuvelela kusukela lisemncane labonisa intshisekelo ekwakhiweni komlomo nokubhaliwe. Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, umfana waqala ukubhala izinkondlo. Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni, wangena esikoleni esiphakeme, esinedumela lokusungula abadlali abasha. Kulo lonke elasekolishi, uJoey Badass ubezibambele mathupha kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemidlalo yaseshashalazini.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-15, lo mfana wayeqiniseka ngokuphelele ukuthi ukulingisa kuwumthombo oyinhloko futhi okuwukuphela komthombo wakhe wesikhathi esizayo. Nokho, ngaphezu kwamahlumela asendulo obuciko obunjalo, umculi wayenesithakazelo ku-rap. Iningi lenkampani yakhe yesikole laliwuthanda “umculo wasemgwaqweni”. Indawo enjalo yaba nomthelela omkhulu ekusaseni lethalente elincane.
Dala iqembu
Njengomfundi wasekolishi, u-Joey Badass udale iqembu le-rap nabangani bakhe. Ithimba le-Capital Steez libe yisifanekiso seqembu eliqhubekayo nelinochwepheshe. Kanye nabangane bakhe bakudala, uJoey Badass wadala iqembu le-Pro Era, ngaphandle kwakhe, elihlanganisa okungenani umdlali oyedwa onekhono - Powers Pleasant. UJo-Won ekuqaleni wafunda amazwi akhe ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Jay Oh Vee. Kodwa ngemva kwesikhathi esithile washintsha igama lakhe waba Joey Badass wamanje.
Esikhathini esithile, iqembu le-Pro Era laqala ukuthuthuka. Abafana abancane bathwebule futhi bathumela isiqeshana sevidiyo ku-YouTube. Ngenxa yevidiyo, ibhendi yaqashelwa umsunguli welebula enkulu yomculo, iCinematic Music Group.
Umsunguli walo mkhiqizo uxhumane no-Joey Badass, emcela ukuthi aqophe amathrekhi athile njengengxenye yokusebenzisana kochwepheshe nenkampani. Umculi odumile wesikhathi esizayo wavuma, kodwa ngombandela - wacela abaphathi ukuthi basayine ama-comrades akhe avela ku-Pro Era kulebula. Yebo, izimo zakhe zahlangatshezwana nazo.
Umsebenzi wokuqala
Isipiliyoni sokuqala sika-Joey Badass emculweni kwaba ukuqopha nokukhipha isiqeshana sevidiyo ngo-2012 nebhendi yesikole i-Capital Steez. Umsebenzi, owavela ku-YouTube ngo-2012, wawubizwa ngokuthi Amaqhinga Okusinda. Abafana bayiqopha e-studio yeRelentless Record. Ukusabalalisa nokuphromotha kwenziwe ngabafana abavela ku-RED Distribution. Ngenkathi esebenza kule vidiyo, umculi kanye nozakwabo bagqugquzelwa yi-albhamu ethi 2000 Fold, okuyi-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo yeqembu elithi Styles of Beyond.
NgoJulayi 2012, uJoey Badass wenza i-debut yakhe njengomculi ozimele ngokukhululwa kwe-mixtape yakhe 1999. Naphezu kobusha bomculi, abalaleli nabagxeki bathande irekhodi lakhe. Ibe yingoma esheshayo futhi yafakwa kumagazini we-Complex "Ama-albhamu Angcono Kakhulu Onyaka" ka-40 ngemuva nje kokukhululwa.
Esikhathini esifushane ngemuva kokuqalwa kwakhe, lo mculi waphinda waziveza ngokukhipha i-albhamu ethi Rejex. Umsebenzi, owakhululwa ngo-September 6, 2012, wawuhlanganisa amathrekhi ayengafakwanga ku-"1999". Amaculo nawo amukelwa ngezandla ezifudumele ngabalaleli. Ngenxa yalokhu, umculi osemusha wahlanganisa impumelelo emangalisayo ezuzwe ekwethulweni kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala.
Esinye sezizathu zokwanda okumangalisayo nokushesha kakhulu kokuthandwa kukaJoey Badass kwaba umculo omangalisayo wezingoma zakhe. Umculi wayengesabi ukuzama umculo, esebenza ezimpambanweni zezinhlobo ezahlukene nezingahambelani.
Ngo-2013, uJoey Badass wayelinde impumelelo yokuqala enkulu ngempela. Umrepha osemncane ukhiphe i-mixtape yakhe yesibili, i-Summer Knights. I-hit enkulu yalo msebenzi kwakuyi-Unorthodox eyodwa, eyakhululwa ngaphambi kwalokho, ngo-2013 ofanayo.
Ekuqaleni, umculi wayehlele ukukhipha i-Summer Knights njenge-albhamu yobude obugcwele. Nokho, phakathi nenqubo yokuqopha, irekhodi lancipha kancane futhi lathatha ifomethi ye-mixtape. Ngo-Okthoba 29, 2013, lo mculi wazimemezela futhi, ekhulula i-EP yakhe. Ngemuva kwalokho yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-48 ku-TOP R&B kanye neshadi lama-albhamu e-Hip-Hop. Futhi sibonga yena, umdali wathola isihloko esithi "Iciko Elisha Elingcono Kakhulu" ngokuvumelana nama-BET Awards. Ukuqokwa kukaJoey Badass ngo-2013 kwaba ukuqashelwa kokuqala okusakazekile kwamakhono omculo we-rap osemusha.
Isikhathi sokuduma kuka-Joey kabi
Ngaphezu kobuciko bomculo, uJoey Badass waphumelela kakhulu endleleni ayikhethayo ekuqaleni - emsebenzini womdlali oqeqeshiwe. Ngo-2014, walingisa efilimini emfushane ethi No Regrets. Ifilimu, esekelwe endabeni yokuphila kwangempela yomculi, yamukelwa ngokufudumele hhayi abalandeli bamanje bethalente lokudala lomfana osemusha waseBrooklyn, kodwa futhi nabagxeki abanesithakazelo esikhulu.
I-albhamu yokuqala ye-studio yobude obugcwele ikhishwe ngo-Agasti 12, 2014. Ngenxa yempumelelo emangalisayo ye-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, umculi uthole ukuthandwa okukhulu. Ngo-2015, wabamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwezingxoxo oludumile iThe Tonight Show edlala noJimmy Fallon. Lo mculi udlale kumabonakude ngezingoma ezimbalwa ezikwi-albhamu entsha. U-Joey Badass wabe esethola isipiliyoni sokusebenza nabaculi abadumile, izinganekwane zalolu hlobo, ehlanganyela inkundla no-BJ The Chicago Kid, The Roots kanye no-Statik Selektah.
I-albhamu yomculi elandelayo (yesibili) enobude obugcwele ikhishwe ngoJanuwari 20, 2017. Leli rekhodi, elikhishwe yilo mculi ngesikhathi ehlanganisa iminyaka engu-20, laqinisa isikhundla sakhe endimeni yomculo wamazwe ngamazwe. Ngawo lowo nyaka, umculi inkanyezi ifilimu "uMnu Robot". Kuyo wadlala enye yezindima eziyinhloko - uLeon, umngane omkhulu womlingiswa oyinhloko.
Namuhla, uJoey Badass ungumculi odumile, umculi wezingoma zakhe kanye nomuntu obalulekile ohlotsheni lomculo we-rap. Amakhonsathi akhe aheha amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu, ngamunye wabo ozibheka njengomuntu "ozinikele" ozinikele wentsha, kodwa osevele "inkanyezi" evela eBrooklyn.
