1. In November 2017, Joyner Lucas released his single "I'm Not Racist", which quickly went viral, gaining him further mainstream attention.
38 Facts About Joyner Lucas
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Outside of music, Joyner Lucas co-founded the music technology platform Tully in 2015, with manager Dhruv Joshi.
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Joyner Lucas began rapping at the age of 10, and attended South High Community School in Worcester.
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Joyner Lucas first started rapping under the name G-Storm, but by 2007 had changed his stage name to Future Joyner and started working with his cousin Cyrus tha Great, forming a group called Film Skool Rejekts.
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Joyner Lucas released his first solo mixtape, titled Listen to Me, in 2011.
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Joyner Lucas released his first mixtape under this new moniker in 2013, titled LFO's.
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Ever since 2016, Joyner Lucas has become known for remixing popular hip hop songs.
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On November 28,2017, Joyner Lucas released the single "I'm Not Racist" via his YouTube channel.
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On December 24,2018, it was announced that Joyner Lucas departed from Atlantic Records.
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On July 31,2018, Joyner Lucas announced that he was forced to cancel appearances in the Australian and European legs of his I'm Kind of a Big Deal tour due to hoarseness and laryngitis.
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On October 12,2018, Joyner Lucas announced that he would be releasing his debut studio album entitled ADHD.
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Joyner Lucas announced a single from the album that would be released the following Wednesday.
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Joyner Lucas contributed a song titled "Shoot My Shot" to the Space Jam: A New Legacy soundtrack.
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However, due to the backlash of West making antisemitic remarks, Joyner Lucas removed it from streaming services months later.
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On June 4,2022, Joyner Lucas uploaded a photo to social media of him in the studio with the caption 'Working on new album.
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That was interrupted however by the announcement on October 29,2022, that Joyner Lucas would be shooting a movie with good friend and fellow Boston native Mark Wahlberg.
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On March 8,2023, Joyner Lucas uploaded to social media, announcing that the cover art for his upcoming studio album would be released soon with a single released on March 10,2023, called "Devil's Work 2", the sequel to the original song from his debut album ADHD.
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One month later on April 3,2023, Joyner Lucas announced another single called "Blackout" featuring Future which was released on April 7,2023.
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However, it did not release on that date, and on November 1,2023, Joyner Lucas announced that he was reworking it due to fan response and negative feedback on the previously released singles.
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On February 26,2024, Joyner Lucas announced the album was complete, and on March 1, announced the album would be released on March 22,2024.
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Joyner Lucas has cited several artists as influences in his music, but he cites Eminem as his biggest musical influence.
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Joyner Lucas revealed he was influenced by Will Smith in his song "Will", which he would release a remix of featuring Will Smith himself on May 15,2020.
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Joyner Lucas shares a son named Joyner Messiah Lucas was born on February 20,2016 and with Carmen Julissa Ayala, with whom he had an off and on romantic relationship.
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Joyner Lucas Messiah has made cameos in his father's music videos, such as the video for his 2020 single "Will".
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Joyner Lucas has revealed that the title of his album ADHD comes from the fact that he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child.
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Joyner Lucas explained that people surrounding him, including his own parents, made him feel like he was not normal and treated him differently as a result.
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Joyner Lucas expressed interest in collaborating with Logic on the song "Sriracha" and felt that he could add to the display of fast-flow rapping, and Tech acquiesced.
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Logic was originally slated to be the only feature on "Sriracha", but when he spent over six months to deliver his verse, Joyner Lucas hopped on the track to offer his own.
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Joyner Lucas stated that when they got the record back, he could tell that Logic was not "too happy" about him being on the track once he heard it.
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Seemingly nonplussed by the insult, Joyner Lucas dared Logic to call him out directly on Twitter.
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That same month, Joyner Lucas took aim at Logic's song "44 More" and his album Everybody on his remix of BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive".
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Joyner Lucas kept the name of the collaborator a secret until he released the song.
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Incredulous, Joyner Lucas immediately responded by inviting Lanez to a battle rapping challenge and telling him to let the public decide who is better.
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The next day, Lanez dropped a freestyle over Eminem's "Lucky You", of which Joyner Lucas made a guest appearance on.
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In less than 24 hours, Joyner Lucas responded with his freestyle over "Litty" by Meek Mill featuring Tory Lanez, targeting rapper Trippie Redd, who joined Tory's Instagram Live and slandered Joyner Lucas's name as well.
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Joyner Lucas' answer song was a freestyle of Kodak Black's "Zeze".
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Joyner Lucas accuses him of copying rapper Don Q's flow on his 2017 Funkmaster Flex freestyle.
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Displeased, Joyner Lucas reposted the video with his own comment, with a reference to Lanez as a singer.