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Biography

Artist Julius Dubose was born on December 6, 1995 in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Dubose was raised in Highbridge and began rapping at age twelve after listening to Kanye West and 50 Cent. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where he expanded upon rapping during his freshman year, performing in cyphers at lunchtime by performing rhymes he had already written and stored in a large notebook he carried with him. Remarking on his time in high school to XXL, he said "I was regular, nobody really noticed me. I was the one in the back of the classroom, quiet."

Artist released his first song when he was nineteen. The song, titled "Temporary" was produced by Myster Whyte. The song took months to make due to Artist perceived lack of rap flow at the time. Dubose hired a singing coach to help improve his singing voice and soon finished "Temporary." In 2015, Artist moved back to New York in an attempt to start making hip-hop his full-time career. He and rapper, Quincy QP Acheampong then created the Highbridge label and set up a home studio. A Boogie released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Artist, in February 2016, which launched his career and was on Forbes list of up-and-coming rappers. The mixtape was recorded during a time where Dubose was dealing with a difficult break-up which helped influence the mixtape and Artist's future sound all together. Artist then released a collaborative project, alongside fellow Highbridge-based rapper Don Q, titled Highbridge the Label: The Takeover Vol.1, on May 18, 2016. Artist went on to have three opening dates on Drake and Future's Summer Sixteen Tour. In July 2016, A Boogie signed a deal with Atlantic Records. In September 2016, he was featured on the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher alongside Don Q, Russ, Kent Jones and Nick Grant. Later in October 2016, A Boogie released his first extended play (EP), titled TBA, in acronym for "The Bigger Artist". The EP peaked at number 63 on the US Billboard 200 chart and appeared on Rolling Stone magazine's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2016 list.

On June 13, 2017, Artist was named as one of the ten of XXL's "2017 Freshman Class".[17] On September 29, 2017, he released his debut studio album, The Bigger Artist, featuring guest appearances from Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Kodak Black, 21 Savage, PnB Rock and YoungBoy Never Broke Again.[18] The album's lead single, "Drowning" featuring Kodak Black, has peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became his highest charting single in the country so far.[1] Artist was featured on fellow New York rapper 6ix9ine's single, "Keke" on January 14, 2018. The song peaked at 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.Dubose has a daughter, Melody Valentine, born on February 14, 2017.[

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