BlocBoy JB

BlocBoy JB
BlocBoy JB at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
BlocBoy JB at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
Background information
Birth nameJames Lee Baker
Born (1996-05-19) May 19, 1996 (age 28)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2012–present
Labels
Children1
Websiteblocboy.com

James Lee Baker[2] (born May 19, 1996), known professionally as BlocBoy JB, is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. Baker 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 and failed to chart.[4]

  1. ^ "Your Cheat Sheet for Telling All the SoundCloud Rappers Apart". Vulture. April 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "BMI - Repertoire Search". repertoire.bmi.com.
  3. ^ Trust, Gary (February 20, 2018). "Drake Tops Billboard Hot 100 With 'God's Plan' & Debuts in Top 10 as Featured on BlocBoy JB's 'Look Alive'". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "BlocBoy JB on His Breakout Year, Drake Collab and Viral Dance". YouTube.com. Complex. August 8, 2018.