BlocBoy JB is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for his 2018 single "Look Alive" (featuring Drake), which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] Its follow-up, "Rover" (remixed featuring 21 Savage) entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, and both preceded the release of his seventh mixtape, Simi (2018). He signed with Interscope Records in August of that year. His debut studio album, FatBoy (2020) was released two years later.

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Born on May 19, 1996, in Memphis, Tennessee and was mostly raised in Binghampton, Memphis. He began making music when he was fourteen when he moved to Raleigh in North Memphis and met Tay Keith (who later produced "Look Alive"), and the two began making music shortly afterwards.^[8] He started putting out music on his SoundCloud page in 2012.^[9] He released his first mixtape, Who Am I, in 2016. It featured the track "No Chorus Pt. 6", which reached more than three million views on YouTube.^[10] The next summer, he released the song "Shoot", which spawned a dance craze called the "shoot dance".^[11][10][12] Another single, "Rover", followed in early 2018. The viral hits attracted the attention of Canadian rapper Drake^[13][10][12] who it was speculated was going to remix "Rover"^[14] though it resulted in the pair collaborating on a song titled, "Look Alive", which was released in February 2018 and debuted at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[15]

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He was also featured on Moneybagg Yo's 2 Heartless project.^[17] On March 23, 2018, Blocboy JB released "Rover 2.0", a remix of "Rover", featuring rapper 21 Savage.^[18] The song was his second lead song to chart on a Billboard chart, peaking at number two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles. He was also featured on ASAP Rocky's "Bad Company"^[19] and No Jumper's "Hard" with Tay-K.^[20] After releasing the single, "Prod by Bloc", he announced the mixtape Simi,^[21] while also revealing the tracklist which featured Lil Pump, YG, Drake and 21 Savage.^[22] He was named as one of the members of XXL's "2018 Freshman Class" on June 12, 2018.^[23]

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On October 30, 2018, he released his debut extended play, Don't Think That, which included features from Lil Uzi Vert and Hoodrich Pablo Juan.^[24] He released his eighth mixtape, I Am Me, on June 14, 2019, which included features from Lil Durk and Moneybagg Yo.^[25]NLE Choppa and Blocboy JB, both from Memphis, Tennessee, have done 3 collaborations, named ChopBloc, ChopBloc 2, and ChopBloc 3, respectively.

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In March 2020, he released his first official song of 2020, "Swervin". In May 2020, he released his highly anticipated single "No Chorus, Pt. 12", which was produced by longtime collaborator Tay Keith.^[26] After a build-up on pre-release singles, his debut studio album, FatBoy, was released on October 9, 2020.^[27]

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