George Watsky has released seven studio albums: Watsky, Cardboard Castles, All You Can Do, x Infinity, Complaint, Placement, and Intention.
34 Facts About George Watsky
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George Watsky is known for his appearances in episodes of Epic Rap Battles of History, and as an author following the publication of How to Ruin Everything in 2016.
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On May 7,2020, George Watsky set the Guinness World Record for longest rapping marathon, rapping for 33 hours 33 minutes and 19 seconds.
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George Virden Watsky was born in San Francisco, California, on September 15,1986, the son of librarian Clare E and psychotherapist Paul Norman Watsky.
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George Watsky has a twin brother, Simon Jay Watsky, who is a helicopter pilot.
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George Watsky has described himself as "half Jewish" on his father's side.
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George Watsky attended San Francisco University High School and Emerson College in Boston.
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George Watsky majored in Writing and Acting for the Screen and Stage, a program he designed through the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at Emerson.
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George Watsky's talents began to receive national and international acclaim in 2006 when he was the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Champion, and was named Brave New Voices International Poetry Slam Champion.
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In 2006, in the midst of a lively performance to a sold-out crowd, George Watsky likened politicians' behavior to a common bar pick-up line, and won the night's top score.
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In 2009, George Watsky produced a 15-track hip hop album titled George Watsky.
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On January 17,2011, George Watsky uploaded a video entitled "Pale kid raps fast" to YouTube, in which he performed a humorous original rap with rapid delivery over the instrumental of "Break Ya Neck" by Busta Rhymes.
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On June 10,2012, George Watsky released a free mixtape entitled Nothing Like The First Time.
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George Watsky started a production company with Brad Simpson called Steel Wool Media.
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In January 2013, George Watsky announced he would be releasing a new album entitled Cardboard Castles on March 12,2013.
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George Watsky made a web-series with YouTube channel LOUD titled George Watsky's Making an Album.
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George Watsky had tweeted earlier in the month that the first single from All You Can Do would be released on June 10,2014.
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On May 30,2015, George Watsky announced through social media that he would be releasing All You Can Do: Live From The Regency Ballroom, the live album that he recorded during the All You Can Do tour, on June 2 on BitTorrent, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes and SoundCloud.
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George Watsky said that many of the shows would be in various Canadian cities that he has never performed in.
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On July 8,2016, George Watsky announced a new album titled x Infinity, as well as an upcoming tour on Twitter and Facebook.
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George Watsky embarked on his x Infinity tour on September 2,2016, in Phoenix, Arizona, and was slated to finish in Los Angeles at the end of November, but he later added stops in Anchorage, Alaska on December 1, and his final show in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 10,2016.
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In March 2018, George Watsky regrouped with his band Invisible Inc for their ten-year anniversary.
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On January 11,2019, George Watsky released his fifth album, Complaint.
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Shortly after on May 11,2019, George Watsky performed poetry at the Arcosanti, Arizona based music and arts festival FORM.
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George Watsky released a free VR concert of his Welcome to the Family tour's show in Boulder Colorado which was featured by NextVR.
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Later in the year, on November 13,2019, George Watsky released the single, "Advanced Placement", which would be his first single release off his 2020 album Placement.
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On January 31,2020, George Watsky released the single "Undermine" feat.
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In May 2013, George Watsky appeared in season 4 of Arrested Development as Chris Kazmierczak.
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George Watsky has documented the process it takes to create albums in a couple of TV series.
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George Watsky has appeared in several Epic Rap Battles of History videos, rapping as and portraying one of the battling characters.
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George Watsky appeared as Tanner in the film Blindspotting, which was released in 2018.
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In June 2016, George Watsky published a collection of his essays in a book entitled How to Ruin Everything.
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On May 6,2020, George Watsky beat the world record for the longest continuous freestyle rap.
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George Watsky rapped for 33 hours, 33 minutes, and 19 seconds, beating the previous record by over seven hours.