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Early life

Brandon King was born on April 10, 2007, in

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. He dropped out of high school following the success of his music career.

Career

King first started making music in early-mid 2018, being featured on several songs with YNW Melly, YNW Sakchaser and YNW Juvy; he recalls

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during the school lunch in the 7th grade. During middle school vacation, his brother

threatened to stop paying for King's V-Bucks in the game ''

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'' if he did not come to a recording studio with him which pushed him to start recording. In May 2019, during the 2019

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invited King to perform his brother YNW Melly's song "

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". In July 2019, King released his first single titled "Hot Sauce" produced by DJ Chose. In November 2019, he released his album ''Baby Goat'' with appearances from American rappers

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and YNW Melly. In November 2020, he released his single "Nightmares" with American rapper

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along with an accompanying music video. In February 2021, he released his singles "Valenslime" and "OTW". In October 2021, he released his single "Citi Trends" with American rapper

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. In January 2022, he appeared on American singer and rapper Kidd G's single "Left Me", which is noted as a crossover between rap music and country music. He also collaborates with YBT Anubis (rapper on Soundcloud), and they recorded a song together. In 2022 the Rapper made another notable collaboration when he released "The Mob" which also had appearances from YNW Melly, Trippie Redd, and YNW Bortlen. In October 2022, he released his single "Free Melly" with an appearance from American rapper

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. He also released singles "Keep Trying" featuring BabyTron and Going Through Some Things. In 2023, he released singles the "I Got A Bag" (featuring Hotboii), "Case Closed", and "Vulnerable". In 2024, appeared in four songs ("Top Off", "772 Love Pt. 3", "Save me", and "Vile") on Rapper YNW Melly's Studio Album "Young New Wave". In September 2024, he released his second Studio Album "Selfless".

Musical style

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like his brother. But instead of Melly's rough edge, BSlime's raps are brighter, like he sings hopped up on Honey Buns and dollar cans of Arizona iced tea." Steve Juon, writing for Rap Reviews also notes his style's similarity to

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and

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. In an interview with RapTV, he calls

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, and older brother YNW Melly his biggest influences.

Discography

Studio albums

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

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