• Joey Bada$$ Shares "Curry Chicken" From Upcoming Album 'B4.DA.$$' [LISTEN]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared another new track from his upcoming debut album titled "Curry Chicken," which you can check out below.The Statik Selektah-produced track is another '90s throwback from the 19-year-old rapper, with hard-hitting boom bap beats, jazzy piano samples, and some good old fashioned record scratching. This sounds like some classic east coast hip-hop.

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares 'No. 99' Music Video from Upcoming Album 'B4.DA.$$' [WATCH]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared the music video for his latest single "No. 99," which you can check out below. The Rik Cordero-directed clip is styled as a news broadcast — on "BNN," or "Brooklyn News Network" — about a mysterious vigilante named "Badmon" rising up against authority in Brooklyn, and is particularly relevant in the aftermath of the Mike Brown and Eric Garner cases. A photo of Brown is even shown in the video's intro, along with a photo of Trayvon Martin.The video is dedicated to Joey's cousin and collaborator Junior B, who died this past weekend just shy of his 25th birthday, which would have been yesterday, Dec. 8.You can check out the music video for Joey Bada$$'s "No. 99" here:"No. 99" will be included on Joey's upcoming studio album "B4.DA.$$," which is set for release Jan. 20, Joey's 20th birthday. It is the third single to be shared from the album, following "Big Dusty" and "Christ Conscious." "B4.DA.$$" will be Joey's debut studio album, his first solo, full-length release since his "Summer Knights" mixtape from 2013.

  • Joey Bada$$ Mourns Loss of Cousin, Pro Era's Junior B: Rapper Cancels European Tour

    Joey Bada$$ is mourning the loss of a collaborator and, more importantly, a cousin. with the recent passing of Pro Era's Junior B. Bada$$, aka Jo-Vaughn Scott, took to Twitter and Instagram yesterday (Dec. 6) to pay tribute to his fallen family member and let the world know what the rapper had meant to him. Scott also canceled his European tour following the news of his cousin's passing.

  • Rappers Aren't Standing Up for Social Issues, Joey Bada$$ Says

    There is plenty of civil unrest right now, but where are the rappers? That is what Joey Bada$$ wants to know. The Brooklyn hip-hopper recently spoke to MTV UK about the lack of direction in America."Right now, we need leaders," he said. "We need someone to listen to."What does that mean, though?"I think that it's very important for artists to raise awareness in situations, especially worldwide situations," he said. "Because I feel like, in today's world, in today's society, we don't have as much civil rights leaders as we used to."Back in the day, a civil rights leader would come on television and he's well-known; everyone knows him, he's like the president. Now, today, it's like, we have very few — and the people of today who have that same stature are musicians. Now, it's rappers who have that stature," he said.

  • Joey Bada$$ Reveals Release Date, Artwork for Debut Album 'B4.DA.$$' in Trailer [WATCH]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has revealed the release date and album cover — which you can see above — for his long-awaited debut album "B4.DA.$$." In a brief album trailer posted to YouTube, which you can check out below, Joey revealed that the album is set to drop Jan. 20, which also happens to be Joey's 20th birthday. In a message posted beneath the video, Joey explains why releasing the album on his birthday was so important to him."Peace young world this is the Badmon Jozif and I just want to thank all of my supporters and fans for being so patient with me as I finished my first album," Joey begins. "The wait is finally almost over and the release date is locked and loaded.""After discovering my birthday falls on a Tuesday (the day of the week all albums drop) next year I decided to save the album drop for then (1.20.15)," Joey writes. "I thought it was the best time to cause a shift. It's always been a goal of mine to drop a project on my birthday, and the premonition has finally come into fruition. The number 120 is very unique and symbolic to me as well. My 1st album on my 20th birthday this was destiny."
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