Hopsin: Creator of Funk

Hopsin

Marcus Jamal Hopson was born in July of 1985 in Los Angeles, California. When he started his career as Hopsin he became very memorable because of his white contacts that he wore when he performed. In 2007, Ruthless Records signed Hopsin, while on the label he decided that he would venture on his own and create his own label called Funk Volume in 2009. Problems with the label he created himself he decided to leave and create his own label again in 2016 which is called Undercover Prodigy. From the time he started, Hopsin has released four albums called Gazing in the Moonlight (on Ruthless Records), Raw, Knock Madness, and Pound Syndrome. Along with a collab project, haywire, with SwizZz.

You can purchase his music here: myfunkvolume.com

or watch his music videos here: Hopsin's Youtube

Travis Porter: aka Mr. Porter

Travis Porter

Travis Porter grew up in Georgia, where Travis and his friends made a group called the Hard Hitters. He released four mixtapes before 2009, first Travis released Who is Travis Porter, then Im a Differenter 1 and 2, and Streets R'Us. Later accidentaly releasing All the Way Turnt Up which alone got them recognition along with releasing three more mixtapes before 2010, which were Proud 2 Be a Problem, I Am Travis Porter, and Differenter Gang. After these accomplishments, near the end of 2010 he signed with Jive,while on the label they released From Day 1. Which was later closed but still did work with Jive's parent company RCA, and released Diplo and more popular J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League.

You can get to his music on his website: wearetravisporter.com

or watch his music videos here:  Travis Porter's Youtube

Watsky: Making Magic Happen

Watsky

Watsky, aka George Virden Watsky, was born on September 15, 1986 in San Francisco, California. Before he started a music career he was a extremely good poet, he performed mostly slam poetry and was able to be featured on Russell Wilson's poetry show on HBO. He started getting recognition for his work in poetry in 2006 when he won two championships. In 2009 he decided to change his focus from poetry and use those skills in writing music. That year he released his first unofficial album called Watsky. A year later he released his second album called Guilty Pleasures as a free download on his website mostly due to the fact that it is a mashup of his most popular songs. In 2012 his first mixtape was dropped called Nothing Like The First Time, which also kicked off his tour (also named the same thing). After his tour, he created a mixed concert CD to be released and then started on his second studio album. Major recognition was brought to him because of his album called Cardboard Castles, which was released in March of 2013 and topped Itunes charts in the US, Canada, and the UK. Then he decided to follow up his album with another tour called Sloppy Seconds. Most recently he has dropped another album called All You Can Do in 2014, an his first live album called All You Can Do: Live From The Regency Ballroom. Like usual, Watsky went straight to tour after these releases called Meaner Than The Average. He has found major fame from being a YouTube Star from his music videos and the role of pale kid who raps fast.

You can purchase his music on his website: georgewatsky.com

or watch his videos here: Watsky's Youtube

Action Bronson: Mr. Wonderful

Action Bronson

Action Bronson (Arian Asllani) was born in Queens, New York, on December 2, 1983. Before he found his way in a rap career his was a fire-flame gourmet chef, he then would find out he could also spit fire and dropped his first studio album in March of 2011 called Dr. Lecter, which was independently released under the Fine Fabric Delegates group. In the next year Bronson was able to release a collab mixtape called Well-Done and his own second mixtape called Blue Chips. In 2013 he was found and signed by Goliath Artists, which has names such as Eminem, Danny Brown, and Blink-182 under it also. Later that year he released another mixtape called Rare Chandeliers. Bronson got major recognition when he was featured on XXL Magazine, in the freshman class. He was moved to Atlantic Records and immediately released a EP called Saaab Stories in June of 2013. Also in 2013 he released his second studio album called Blue Chips 2. After his tour in 2014 with J. Cole, Kendrick, and Eminem, Bronson got back into his chef ways with a online food show. Later he released his first studio album called Mr. Wonderful in March.

You can find his music on his website: actionbronson.com

or watch his videos here: Action Bronson's Youtube

Futuristic: Reaching His Big Dreams

Futuristic

Zachary Lewis Beck was born on June 19, 1991 in Bloomington, Illinois. He went on to go by futuristic and released his first ablum called Dream Big in 2012. The hit single, The Greatest, reached 11 million views on Youtube alone and 7 million on SoundCloud. His next 2 albums were both able to make there way on to the billboard; Coast 2 Coast reached number 12 and The Rise reached number 32.

You can purchase his music here: onlyfuturistic.com

or watch his music videos here: Futuristic's Youtube

Schoolboy Q: A True Hippy

Schoolboy Q

Schoolboy Q (Quincy Matthew Hanley), was born in October of 1986 in Wiesbaden, West Germany. Starting his career in Los Angles in 2008, when he released his first mixtape called ScHoolboy Turned Hustla. His next release was Gansta & Soul in 2009. Later he was able to be signed by Top Dawg Entertainment in late 2011. 2011 also brought Q's first independent album, Setbacks, which reached top 100 on the billboard. He is also in a group of great rappers like Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Kendrick Lamar, called Black Hippy. In 2012 he released his second album, Habits & Contradiction. Furthering his career, he signed to Interscope Records, which brought his release of Oxymoron, his first major label studio album in 2014. His most famous songs are Collard Greens, Man fo the Year, Studio, and Break the Bank.

You can purchase his music here: schoolboyq.com

or watch his music videos here: SchoolBoy Q's Youtube

Dizzy Wright: State of Funk

Dizzy Wright

La'Reonte Wright, aka Dizzy Wright, was born on November 26, 1990. Hes from Flint Michigan but started his career in Las Vegas. He really got his name out when he signed with Funk Volume in 2011 alongside Hopsin. While on the label he released his debut studio album, SmokeOut Conversations in April of 2012. Later in the year he released The First Agreement along with a mitape the following year called The Golden Age. Taking time off to tour he came back and released a mixtape called State of Mind that was able to reach number 54 on the billboard. Most recently he released his second studio album, The Growing Process, which also reached the billboard at number 47.

You can purchase his music here: myfunkvolume.com

 or watch his music videos here: Dizzy Wright's Youtube

Will Smith: The Fresh Prince of Music

Will Smith

Will Smith or Willard Carroll Smith Jr. was born in West Philly on September 25, 1968. Smith, which you probably originally know from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is where his rap career started under the name of The Fresh Prince. He started with DJ Jazzy Jeff producing music, they went on to make their most notable songs, Parents Just Don't Understand and Summertime. While together the two created five studio albums and 14 more singles, and were able to win a grammy in the rap category. Later in his life he revived his music career and went on to release four studio albums, 17 singles, a entire video album, and 20 music videos. He got more attention from the more popular songs, Men in Black, Gettin Jiggy wit It, Miami, and Switch.

You can watch his music videos here: Will Smith's Youtube

Chance the Rapper: Surfing Through the Industry

Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper was born in south side of Chicago in 1993. Acid Rap was Chance's first real recognition with over 1 million downloads in 2013. Chancelor Bennett (his real name) has completed features with with Childish Gambino, J Cole, A-Soul, and Kanye West. Chance has released two mixtapes, which are 10 Days, and Acid Rap. Then in 2015, he was finally able to release his first album Surf with Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment, which has become a huge hit.

You can get his music from his website: chanceraps.com

or watch his music videos here: Chance's Youtube

Lil Dicky: Changing the Game

Lil Dicky: 

Lil Dicky is a self pronounced Jewish rapper that also goes by LD. David Andrew Burd, LD's real name, was born on March 15, 1988. He grew up in Cheltenham Township, PA on the north side of Philly where he started out as a comedian. Burd tampered with his music around 2 years before releasing his first mixtape, "So Hard", in April of 2013. When he released "Ex-Boyfriend" on Youtube it became a instant hit with over a million views in 24 hours. This brought him instant recognition with larger names and let him collab with Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, and Rich Homie Quan. He went to kickstarter to become a professional rapper and aimed for $70,000. He raised almost $113,000 to start off. In February of 2014 CMSN had decided to sign him to their label. His debut album on the label was Professional Rapper, which was released on July 31, 2015.

You can get his music from his website: lildicky.com

or watch his music videos: Lil DIcky's Youtube