Based God Life
Brandon McCartney (born August 17, 1989), known by his stage name Lil B or The BasedGod, is an American rapper from Berkeley, California. He has recorded both solo and with The Pack. In addition, Lil B is noted for his extensive use of social media websites such as MySpace and Twitter to build an online following.[3][4]
Contents
1 Music career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Solo success (2010–present) 2 Controversy 2.1 I 'm Gay album 2.2 Feud with Game 2.3 Feud with Joey Bada$$ 3 Style 4 Discography 5 References 6 External links
Music career
Early career
Brandon McCartney grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended high school at Albany High in Albany. He adopted the name Lil B, and began rapping at age 16 with San Francisco Bay Area based hip hop group The Pack. After two locally successful mixtapes, at the peak of the Bay Area 's hyphy movement, the group 's song "Vans" became a surprise hit. The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine.[5] The strength of "Vans" led the group to release Skateboards 2 Scrapers, featuring a "Vans" remix with Bay Area rappers Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B.. In 2007, Lil B and The Pack released its first album, Based Boys.
Solo success (2010–present)
Aside from his involvement with The Pack, Lil B garnered popularity through the use of social media Web sites. He created over 155 MySpace pages in order to upload all of his music. He recorded over 1,500 tracks as of July 2010, including hits "Like A Martian," "Wonton Soup," "Pretty Bitch," and "I 'm God.",[6] all of which were released for free.
Lil B had apparently signed with Amalgam Digital in 2010 for a multiple album deal.[7][8] However, he appears to have only released one record through the label, and his subsequent records were released independently either through mixtape hosting website DatPiff, or iTunes.
Slate columnist Jonah Weiner labeled him as one of a
Contents
1 Music career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Solo success (2010–present) 2 Controversy 2.1 I 'm Gay album 2.2 Feud with Game 2.3 Feud with Joey Bada$$ 3 Style 4 Discography 5 References 6 External links
Music career
Early career
Brandon McCartney grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended high school at Albany High in Albany. He adopted the name Lil B, and began rapping at age 16 with San Francisco Bay Area based hip hop group The Pack. After two locally successful mixtapes, at the peak of the Bay Area 's hyphy movement, the group 's song "Vans" became a surprise hit. The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine.[5] The strength of "Vans" led the group to release Skateboards 2 Scrapers, featuring a "Vans" remix with Bay Area rappers Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B.. In 2007, Lil B and The Pack released its first album, Based Boys.
Solo success (2010–present)
Aside from his involvement with The Pack, Lil B garnered popularity through the use of social media Web sites. He created over 155 MySpace pages in order to upload all of his music. He recorded over 1,500 tracks as of July 2010, including hits "Like A Martian," "Wonton Soup," "Pretty Bitch," and "I 'm God.",[6] all of which were released for free.
Lil B had apparently signed with Amalgam Digital in 2010 for a multiple album deal.[7][8] However, he appears to have only released one record through the label, and his subsequent records were released independently either through mixtape hosting website DatPiff, or iTunes.
Slate columnist Jonah Weiner labeled him as one of a
References: Solo success (2010–present) Aside from his involvement with The Pack, Lil B garnered popularity through the use of social media Web sites