Joey Badass real name is Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott. He is recognized as American Hip-hop recording artist and actor. He is the rapper who is born at Brooklyn, New York on 20th January 1995. As of 2016 his age is only 21 years old. Looking at his height he is 6 feet 2 inches tall. He is entrepreneur too as he is the co-founder of hip-hop collective Pro-Era through which he has released three mix-tapes. To date he has been nominated in Rookie of the Year award. This year he has given us fresh single “Devastated”, the video does good job of capturing the fell of the song.
At the tender age of 11 he started writing poetry and songs. This motivated him. Joey initially resumed rapping via name “JayOhVee” but later changed to Joey Badass. He posted the video of himself freetsyling in YouTube In October 2010. Later it got re-posted in the American hip hop site World Star Hip Hop. By early 2012, he collaboratively released video “Survival Tactics” in their YouTube channel “PROfckingERA”.
His popularity was begun to rise. On June 12, 2012 he released “1999”. Complex magazine ranked it 38th best album of 2012. He then started touring and doing concert alongside Juicy J, Pro Era , it only lasted for 30 days. On November 9, 2012, he released songs “Enter the Void” along with “Waves”. His second mix tape indulged songs “Summer Knights”, “Unorthodox”. On October 29, 2013, he came up with Summer Knights EP. It contained three new songs with remixes. It peaked at 48 on the US Billboard Top R&B charts. He acted in a movie as he always wanted to become actor as being rapper made it easier for him to chase his little dream.
little dream. In August 2014 he was featured in the quasi-autobiographical short movie “No Regrets” playing his own character. In 2014 he came up with number of albums “Big Dusty”, Christ Conscious”, “No. 99”. He appeared in TV shows as guest namely “The tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”.
Regarding Joey’s personal life he likes to keep it very private. But when he stays home he likes to play badminton. He has privatized personal information in his bio. Information about him dating, girlfriend name have not been disclosed yet. In a recent interview he elaborated his view regarding relationships; he states that it is the time to focus on his career. But also finds it perfect time to find a soul-mate. He wants a lady whom he share every bits of information and be cozy with. To date there is none information about his affairs.
Joey is much of social person. He can be easily accessed in social media and followed in Twitter and Instagram. To date he has posted 1970 photos with 724K followers in instagram. As for twitter he has accumulated 635 k followers and 779 tweets. His channel in Youtube has been subscribed by 401047 followers. He likes to remain in fashion and wants to promote Pro Era his clothing brand to be like supreme.
As of 2016, Joey has successfully amassed net worth of $3 million. From endorsing various products he gets about $78,431. Born with soft heart he is planning to contribute his earning to charity of women’s education in developing countries. For further info you can read his biography.