| BlocBoy JB Informations rapides | |
|---|---|
| Hauteur | 6 pi |
| Poids | 67 kilogrammes |
| Date de naissance | 19 mai 1996 |
| Signe du zodiaque | Taureau |
| Couleur des yeux | Marron foncé |
BlocBoy JB est un rappeur et compositeur américain. Il est surtout connu pour sa chanson «Look Alive» dans laquelle le rappeur Drake a été présenté. En 2018, cette chanson a atteint la cinquième place du classement Billboard Hot 100 . Il est également connu pour ses pas de danse Shoot qui ont été nominés pour le Kid's Choice Award dans la catégorie tendance dance préférée 2018.
Nom de naissance
James Baker
Surnom
Bloc, BlocBoy JB
Signe du soleil
Taureau
Lieu de naissance
Memphis, Tennessee, États-Unis
Résidence
- Memphis, Tennessee, États-Unis
- A finalement l'intention de déménager en Californie avec toute sa famille
Nationalité
Éducation
James n'allait presque jamais à l'école et sautait souvent ses cours pour jouer.
Ses professeurs l'ont fréquemment expulsé de la classe et l'ont averti d'être un échec. Cependant, le rappeur a toujours estimé qu'il était trop intelligent pour une éducation conventionnelle.
Il a été expulsé de son école publique alors qu'il était en 10e année.
Le rappeur n'a pas souhaité poursuivre ses études, par la suite.
Occupation
Rappeur
Famille
- Père - James Baker (reconnu coupable purgeant une peine de 25 ans de prison)
- Mère - Auparavant travaillé dans une usine Nike
- Frères et sœurs - A 6 autres frères et sœurs, James est le troisième plus jeune de 7 enfants
Directeur
Jason Smith, JS Management
Genre
Hip hop
Instruments
Voix
Étiquettes
Bloc Nation
Construire
Svelte
Hauteur
6 pi ou 183 cm
Poids
67 kg ou 148 lb
Petite amie / conjoint
À l'âge de 19 ans, il a eu un fils avec une femme d'identité inconnue. Le rappeur n'est plus en couple avec la mère de son enfant.
Race / origine ethnique
Noir
Il est afro-américain.
Couleur de cheveux
Noir
Couleur des yeux
Marron foncé
Orientation sexuelle
Droit
Caractéristiques distinctives
- Porte des grilles de dents en or
- Oreilles percées
- Construction très mince et élancée
- Poitrine, biceps et avant-bras tatoués
- Connu pour se faire raser les initiales `` JB '' à l'arrière de la tête
Plus connu pour
- Ses singles, Shoot (2017) et Rover (2018) qui sont devenus viraux sur YouTube
- Ces chansons ont attiré l'attention du rappeur Drake et il a contacté James pour une collaboration. Look Alive de BlocBoy JB avec Drake a culminé à la 5e place du Billboard Hot 100 en 2018.
- 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.
- Pour en savoir plus sur le rappeur, suivez-le sur Twitter, Instagram et YouTube.
Image présentée par BlocBoy JB / Instagram
