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Early life

Joseph Davis grew up bouncing between various neighborhoods of Chicago, ranging from

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to Humboldt Park. His father ran a restaurant and his mother managed thrift stores. He attended Whitney Young High School, where he realized that he had a talent for freestyle rapping. In his senior year, he flunked out of high school. He worked and interned at LDRS 1354, a streetwear store at Wicker Park.

Career

In 2012, Joey Purp released his first mixtape, ''The Purple Tape''. In 2016, he released a mixtape, '' iiiDrops''. Tentatively titled ''Eyedrops'', it featured contributions from

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Style and influences

Joey Purp grew up listening to

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Discography

Studio albums

* '' Quarterthing'' (2018) * '' Heavy Heart, Vol. 1'' (2023)

Mixtapes

* ''The Purple Tape'' (2012) * '' iiiDrops'' (2016)

Singles

As lead artist

* "Don't Stop" (2013) * "Morgan Freeman" (2015) * "Run It Up" (2015) * "Performance Art Freestyle" (2016) * "Girls @" (2016) * "March 12th" (2018) * "Bag Talk" (2018) * "Elastic" (2018)

As featured artist

* "Winners" (2021)

Guest appearances

- "Fear & Doubt" from '' Innanetape'' (2013) * Thelonious Martin - "Purp Interlude" and "Purp Outro" from ''Wünderkid'' (2014) * Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - "Go" from '' Surf'' (2015) * Two Fresh - "Still Got It" from ''Torch'' (2015) * Sterling Hayes - "OTS" from ''Antidepressant'' (2016) * Thelonius Martin - "Bomaye" (2016) * Towkio - "Playin' Fair" from ''Community Service 2'' (2016) * OddCouple - "Visions" from ''Liberation'' (2016) *

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- "You Don't Get Me High Anymore (

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- "The Deep" (2017) *

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- "Just Like the Movies" from ''Just Like the Movies'' (2017) * Vic Mensa - "Down for Some Ignorance (Ghetto Lullaby)" from '' The Autobiography'' (2017) *

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- "No Way" from ''Lune Rouge'' (2017) * Knox Fortune - "Stun" from ''Paradise'' (2017) *

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- "Shake Something" (2018) * Kami & Smoko Ono - "Reboot" and "Beware" from ''Very Slight'' (2018) *

- "My Own Thing" (2018)

References

External links

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