21 Facts About Blueface

Blueface grew up in Mid-City in central Los Angeles and attended multiple elementary schools.

Blueface initially lived with his mother in Santa Clarita Valley, and some years later settled in Oakland with his father.

Blueface began rapping in January 2017 under the name Blueface Bleedem, a reference to his ties to the School Yard Crips street gang.

Originally moving back to Los Angeles after leaving Fayetteville State University, he was invited to his friend Laudiano's music studio to retrieve a phone charger, and after being challenged to rap over a beat, Blueface began to work to release his first song, "Deadlocs", produced by Laudiano, onto SoundCloud.

In October 2018, Blueface released a music video for his song, "Respect My Cryppin'", on WorldStarHipHop's YouTube channel.

The video's popularity led to more of Blueface's music receiving attention, with his songs "Thotiana" and "Next Big Thing" earning newfound popularity.

Blueface's popularity increased even further after holding a contest on his Instagram stories and posts using polls to determine which high school he should visit, with Pasadena High School edging out a victory over Santa Monica High School.

In November 2018, Blueface was signed to Cash Money Records' West Coast affiliate Cash Money West, and posted clips of himself in the studio with Canadian rapper Drake and Quavo on his Instagram page.

In December 2018, Blueface again went viral thanks to an acoustic video with Einer Bankz previewing his new song, "Bleed It" which released officially in January 2019.

Blueface released the song two days later, including a video on the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel, directed by Cole Bennett, that amassed over 2 million views in the first 24 hours of its release.

On May 1,2019, Blueface released the music video for his single, "Stop Cappin", which has amassed over 5 million views over the first four days on YouTube.

On June 20, Blueface was announced to be part of XXLs 2019 Freshman Class as the fan-voted eleventh entrant.

In October 2019, Blueface announced his debut studio album, Find the Beat, and its tracklist.

In 2021, Blueface opened a soul food restaurant in Santa Clarita, California, named Blue's Fish and Soul.

Blueface has said that he writes "to the beat", and uses the instrumental as a base for all of his songs.

In June 2021, Blueface announced he had signed to fight for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.

Blueface made his debut in a special gloved match against Tiktoker Kane Trujillo on July 23,2021, at BKFC 19.

Blueface was originally set to have two bouts in 2022.

Blueface defeated Matthews via technical knockout in the fifth round.

On January 12,2024, Blueface was arrested for violating his probation.

Blueface dated Chrisean Malone from 2020 to 2023, and in January 2023, Malone announced that she was pregnant with her first child by him.