| BlocBoy JB Kurzinfo | |
|---|---|
| Höhe | 6 Fuß |
| Gewicht | 67 kg |
| Geburtsdatum | 19. Mai 1996 |
| Sternzeichen | Stier |
| Augenfarbe | Dunkelbraun |
BlocBoy JB ist ein Rapper und Songwriter aus den USA. Bekannt wurde er durch sein Lied „Look Alive“, in dem Rapper Drake zu sehen war. Im Jahr 2018 erreichte dieser Song Platz 5 der Billboard Hot 100- Charts. Er ist auch bekannt für seine Shoot Dance Steps, die für den Kid's Choice Award in der Kategorie des beliebtesten Tanztrends 2018 nominiert wurden.
Geborener Name
James Baker
Spitzname
Block, BlocBoy JB
Sonnenzeichen
Stier
Geburtsort
Memphis, Tennessee, Vereinigte Staaten
Residenz
- Memphis, Tennessee, Vereinigte Staaten
- Beabsichtigt schließlich, mit seiner ganzen Familie nach Kalifornien zu ziehen
Staatsangehörigkeit
Bildung
James besuchte kaum eine Schule und ließ seine Klassen oft aus, um zu spielen.
Seine Lehrer warfen ihn häufig aus der Klasse und warnten ihn vor einem Misserfolg. Der Rapper hatte jedoch immer das Gefühl, zu schlau für konventionelle Bildung zu sein.
Er wurde von seiner öffentlichen Schule ausgeschlossen, als er in der 10. Klasse war.
Der Rapper wollte sich danach nicht weiterbilden.
Besetzung
Rapper
Familie
- Vater - James Baker (Verurteilter Verbrecher, der eine 25-jährige Haftstrafe verbüßt)
- Mutter - arbeitete früher in einer Nike-Fabrik
- Geschwister - Hat 6 andere Geschwister, James ist das drittjüngste von 7 Kindern
Manager
Jason Smith, JS Management
Genre
Hip Hop
Instrumente
Gesang
Etiketten
Block Nation
Bauen
Schlank
Höhe
183 cm
Gewicht
67 kg
Freundin / Ehepartner
Im Alter von 19 Jahren hatte er einen Sohn mit einer Frau unbekannter Identität. Der Rapper hat keine Beziehung mehr zur Mutter seines Kindes.
Rasse / ethnische Zugehörigkeit
Schwarz
Er ist Afroamerikaner.
Haarfarbe
Schwarz
Augenfarbe
Dunkelbraun
Sexuelle Orientierung
Gerade
Unterscheidungsmerkmale
- Trägt goldene Zahngrills
- Gepiercte Ohren
- Sehr dünner, schlaksiger Körperbau
- Tätowierte Brust, Bizeps und Unterarme
- Bekannt dafür, dass die Initialen 'JB' am Hinterkopf rasiert wurden
Bekannt für
- Seine Singles Shoot (2017) und Rover (2018), die auf YouTube viral wurden
- Diese Songs erregten die Aufmerksamkeit von Rapper Drake und er wandte sich an James, um mit ihm zusammenzuarbeiten. BlocBoy JBs Look Alive mit Drake erreichte 2018 Platz 5 der Billboard Hot 100.
- Hence, James became the first rapper in 2 decades to debut straight in the top 10 with no prior Hot 100 presence to speak of.
As a Singer
BlocBoy JB independently released a mixtape called Who Am I in June 2016 available through digital download.
Personal Trainer
- In his early teens, James was extremely chubby, hence everybody called him Fat Boy instead of addressing him by his name.
- A hyperactive and restless adolescent period marred with constant fighting and running from the police made James lose all his excess fat and by the time he hit his 20s, he turned extremely thin.
BlocBoy JB Facts
- James is extremely close to his music producer Tay Keith. He met him at the age of 14 when he, along with his family, moved to Raleigh, a neighborhood in North Memphis.
- One day, as James was walking by Tay’s house around the corner, he saw that his shed was open where he had studio equipment to work on. Immediately, James walked in to take a look and make inquiries. The rapper added that he was so young that everybody was friendly towards him and did not misinterpret his curiosity as an intrusion.
- He christened himself BlocBoy JB because the neighborhood block was his perpetual hangout. He added his father’s initials (JB) to his rapper identity to make him feel proud when he came out of jail.
- When James was 12, his father broke out of prison to visit him and the rest of the family members for a few days only to get arrested again. After the second attempt at escape, JB’s father’s prison security was increased to the maximum and James was not allowed to meet him.
- From the age of 14 to 19, James was a member of the local Peda Roll Mafia further affiliated to the Los Angeles based gang Grape Street Watts Crips.
- In 2012, the rapper spent a month in prison followed by a period of house arrest for committing a home invasion. James felt that he was wrongly convicted by the police.
- The rapper gradually started withdrawing from a life of crime as he started borrowing music from Tay to record his rap on to it. Even though his first few songs were very raw, he would sit in the closet of his house to rap and record himself as frequently as possible.
- Before giving his best shot to rapping, James tried his hand at various jobs. He worked at fast food joints such as McDonald’s and Popeyes and an Apple Warehouse called Flextronics but could never hold on to any job for more than a month.
- Meanwhile, he also learned everything about sound engineering through YouTube tutorials.
- Tay Keith started seeing massive success as a music producer way before Bloc Boy JB surfaced in the hip-hop industry which motivated James to do everything he could to keep up with him.
- JB’s schoolmates often criticized him and repeatedly told him that he was nowhere near good enough to become a professional rapper.
- His signature Shoot dance was a spontaneous move James created while listening to his song at home. He liked it so much while looking at himself in the mirror that he asked his videographer to record it for the Shoot music video. No sooner did he post it online, the dance went viral. James was surprised when the popularity of the dance extended beyond the Memphis community and was taken up by Football players and other sports teams.
- JB’s Shoot dance was also nominated for the Kid’s Choice Award in the category of favorite dance trend 2018.
- He named his 7th mixtape, SIMI to honor a friend who got shot in front of JB’s house on Mother’s day 2016.
- BlocBoy JB’s name was listed in the prestigious XXL Annual Freshman list 2018.
- Um mehr über den Rapper zu erfahren, folgen Sie ihm auf Twitter, Instagram und YouTube.
Ausgewähltes Bild von BlocBoy JB / Instagram
