Schoolboy Q music videos

Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986),[1] better known by his stage name ScHoolboy Q is an American hip hop recording artist. Hanley is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and is a member of 'Black Hippy' along with Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. In a 2011 interview when asked about what encouraged him to start rapping, Hanley explained that it was something he was "born to do": "I was just chillin’ man, but rapping’s just something I was born to do. I don’t know when I started rapping. I don’t know how I started rapping, but I know I wrote a verse and I was stuck ever since," he explained.[2] Preceded by two mixtapes, his album Setbacks reached #100 on the Billboard 200 in 2011, selling close to 1,000 digital copies in the first week.[3] On January 14, 2012 he released his second independent album Habits & Contradictions.
Contents
[show]
[edit] Biography
[edit] 1986-2009: Early life and career beginnings

Hanley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Crenshaw High School and West Los Angeles College where he played football for the West Los Angeles Oilers. Growing up on Hoover Street he joined the street gang, Hoover Crips. On July 29th, 2008 Hanley released his first mixtape titled Schoolboy Turned Hustla.

After the release of Schoolboy Turned Hustla, he signed a deal with Top Dawg Entertainment, where he formed 'Black Hippy' with fellow label mates and frequent collaborators, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. In 2009 Hanley was involved in a short "beef" with fellow west-coast rapper 40 Glocc. Hanley released a diss track titled "Ezell (40 Glocc Killa)" where he questions 40 Glocc's gangbanging. Hanley has went on record as to why they were "beefing": "He made some false statements about my boy, Tyga, that's my little brother. He did a lot of fake stuff with Wayne, a lot of lies, rumors and childish shit that I really didn't like, and I really felt disrespected by this clown saying all this shit so I just had to like air it out". He went on to say "It's over with, I did what I did, I said what I said and I won't diss him no more, because it's obvious he ain't on my level...so why categorize myself with a loser?".[4] He released Gangsta & Soul his second mixtape on May 14, 2009, which featured the diss track.
[edit] 2010–present: Black Hippy and independent albums

Although Hanley did not release a project, 2010 had Hanley touring, doing guest appearances and had him in the studio working with the rest of 'Black Hippy' and on his then-upcoming project Setbacks. On January 11, 2011, through iTunes he released Setbacks, his first independent album under Top Dawg Entertainment to critical acclaim.[5] The album reached number one-hundred on the Billboard 200 selling 787 units it's first week.[6] Two weeks after the album's release Hanely took to Twitter and gave the album away for free.[7] Hanely headlined his first show on March 11, 2011 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California.[8] In March 2011 Hanley was arrested at the 2011 South By Southwest music festival and explained that he was ultimately jailed because of marijuana possession: "I got sent to jail for some weed. That was all bad. And I was the one that broke up the fight," said Schoolboy Q. "And then my manager Dave he thought he was Tupac, ‘Don’t touch my artist! Don’t touch my artist! Don’t touch my artist!’ I’m cool. I’m his artist. I’m like whatever. I’m straight then he kept going crazy. My ass went to the pen…Yea, I got away and then everybody walked out like Tupac in MGM. Police was like ‘Aww, there they go.’ Of course I’m the only one with all the weed."[9]

On September 22nd, through his twitter feed, Hanley announced the title of his upcoming project, Habits & Contradictions. He described it as a "prequel to Setbacks".[10] On September 26th, 2011, he released the first offering off of HABITS & contradictions, a song titled "Druggys WitH Hoes Again" featuring Ab-Soul. On October 19, 2011 he leaked "There He Go", followed by "Oxy Music" on October 28. On October 31st, 2011 he was featured on ASAP Rocky's critically acclaimed mixtape LiveLoveA$AP, on a song titled "Brand New Guy", which was well received by the public.

To keep promoting Habits & Contradictions he released "My Hatin’ Joint" on November 15, 2011, succeeded by a music video for a track titled "Sacrilegious" on November 29, 2011. On January 2nd, 2012 Hanley released another song titled "Blessed" featuring Kendrick Lamar and announced the album's release date to be January 14, 2012.[11] On January 6, 2012, via Twitter, Hanley announced guest appearances on the album would include ASAP Rocky, Currensy and Dom Kennedy.[12][13][14] On January 6th, Hanley also released a public service announcement for Habits & Contradictions, shot and edited by Dwayne LaFleur.[15] Hanley sat down with freeOnSmash, for an interview and spoke on some of the tracks from his Habits & Contradictions, the interview was released on January 9th, 2012. OnSmash claims "The 17 track project, due out January 14, is a look into Q’s life, with tales of pill selling, life struggle, partying, religious hypocrites, his block and everything in between."[16] The album was released exclusively on iTunes, with only a few hard copies being sold and signed by Schoolboy Q in L.A.. In early hours of release, the album moved up to iTunes Top 10 Albums chart and stayed over within days after release. The album debuted at #111 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 3,900 digital copies in the United States.[17] With only two days at retail the Top Dawg Entertainment release scanned nearly 4,000 units to crack the Top 100, without any marketing or advertising.[17] The album also debuted on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at number twenty-five, Top Rap Albums at number sixteen, Top Independent Albums at number seventeen and at number three on the Top Heatseekers album chart respectively.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Independent Albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions[18]
US US R&B US Rap Top Indie
Setbacks

Release date: January 11, 2011
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment
Format: Digital download

100 25 12 13
Habits & Contradictions

Release date: January 14, 2012
Label: Top Dawg Entertainment
Format: Digital download

111 25 16 17
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.
[edit] Mixtapes
List of albums, with selected details Title Album details
Schoolboy Turned Hustla[19]

Released: July 29, 2008
Format: CD, Free download
Label: G.E.D. Inc

Gangsta & Soul[20]

Released: May 14, 2009
Format: CD, Free download
Label: G.E.D. Inc, Top Dawg Entertainment

[edit] Guest appearances
List of songs with guest appearances by Schoolboy Q Title Year Album Artist(s)
"Cuts Up" 2009 Outraged & Underage Tyga
"Welcome to C4" C4 Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, BO
"Far from Here" Kendrick Lamar EP Kendrick Lamar
"I'm a G" Long Term Ab-Soul, Glasses Malone
"TDE Roll Call" 30 Day Takeover Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul
"I Do It 4 Hip Hop"
"Smoke Chronic" Jay Rock, Spider Loc
"There They Go" The Curious Case of Boo Bonic Boo Bonic, Rich Hil
"Pass the Blunt" 2010 LongTerm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke and Almost Famous Ab-Soul
"Michael Jordan" O(verly) D(edicated) Kendrick Lamar
"Shadow of Death" Black Friday Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul
"Loaded (Remix)" 2011 Smoke DZA
"This is 4Da" Eulogy Be-1, Skeme
"Say Wassup" Follow Me Home Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lemar
"The Spiteful Chant" Section.80 Kendrick Lamar
"Hell Yeah" LongTerm: Mentality Ab-Soul
"Constipation" Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock
"Overhigh" Rolling Stoned Smoke DZA, Trademark da Skydiver
"Tye Dye Everything" Blazed By the Bell Mod Sun
"May 31st" Living In Forever A$ton Matthews
"Brand New Guy" LiveLoveA$AP A$AP Rocky
"Get Into the Moment" Kid Ink
"Warrior" 2012 The Surface Erreon Lee
[edit] Music videos
[edit] As main artist
List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s)
"Live Again"
(with Kendrick Lamar & CurT@!n$) 2010 Fredo Tovar & Scott Fleishman
"What's the Word"
(featuring Jay Rock & Ab-Soul) Matt Plunkett
"Phenomenon"
(featuring Alori Joh) 2011 Fredo Tovar
"Druggys wit Hoes"
(featuring Ab-Soul) Ramses Perryman
"Fantasy"
(featuring Jhene Aiko) Jerome D
"Sacrilegious"
"Hands on the Wheel"
(featuring A$AP Rocky) 2012
"Nightmare on Figg St."
[edit] As featured artist
List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s)
"Michael Jordan"
(Kendrick Lamar featuring Schoolboy Q) 2010 Fredo Tovar
"Say Wassup"
(Jay Rock featuring Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar) 2011
"Tye Dye Everything"
(Mod Sun featuring Schoolboy Q) TBD

Videos: Schoolboy Q

Nightmare On Figg St.


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	Videos: Schoolboy Q Nightmare On Figg St. Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986),[1] better known by his stage name ScHoolboy Q is an American hip hop recording artist. Hanley is signed to Top Dawg Entertainment and is a member of 'Black Hippy' along with Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul. In a 2011 interview when asked about what encouraged him to start rapping, Hanley explained that it was something he was "born to do": "I was just chillin’ man, but rapping’s just something I was born to do. I don’t know when I started rapping. I don’t know how I started rapping, but I know I wrote a verse and I was stuck ever since," he explained.[2] Preceded by two mixtapes, his album Setbacks reached #100 on the Billboard 200 in 2011, selling close to 1,000 digital copies in the first week.[3] On January 14, 2012 he released his second independent album Habits & Contradictions. Contents [show] [edit] Biography [edit] 1986-2009: Early life and career beginnings Hanley was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Crenshaw High School and West Los Angeles College where he played football for the West Los Angeles Oilers. Growing up on Hoover Street he joined the street gang, Hoover Crips. On July 29th, 2008 Hanley released his first mixtape titled Schoolboy Turned Hustla. After the release of Schoolboy Turned Hustla, he signed a deal with Top Dawg Entertainment, where he formed 'Black Hippy' with fellow label mates and frequent collaborators, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. In 2009 Hanley was involved in a short "beef" with fellow west-coast rapper 40 Glocc. Hanley released a diss track titled "Ezell (40 Glocc Killa)" where he questions 40 Glocc's gangbanging. Hanley has went on record as to why they were "beefing": "He made some false statements about my boy, Tyga, that's my little brother. He did a lot of fake stuff with Wayne, a lot of lies, rumors and childish shit that I really didn't like, and I really felt disrespected by this clown saying all this shit so I just had to like air it out". He went on to say "It's over with, I did what I did, I said what I said and I won't diss him no more, because it's obvious he ain't on my level...so why categorize myself with a loser?".[4] He released Gangsta & Soul his second mixtape on May 14, 2009, which featured the diss track. [edit] 2010–present: Black Hippy and independent albums Although Hanley did not release a project, 2010 had Hanley touring, doing guest appearances and had him in the studio working with the rest of 'Black Hippy' and on his then-upcoming project Setbacks. On January 11, 2011, through iTunes he released Setbacks, his first independent album under Top Dawg Entertainment to critical acclaim.[5] The album reached number one-hundred on the Billboard 200 selling 787 units it's first week.[6] Two weeks after the album's release Hanely took to Twitter and gave the album away for free.[7] Hanely headlined his first show on March 11, 2011 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California.[8] In March 2011 Hanley was arrested at the 2011 South By Southwest music festival and explained that he was ultimately jailed because of marijuana possession: "I got sent to jail for some weed. That was all bad. And I was the one that broke up the fight," said Schoolboy Q. "And then my manager Dave he thought he was Tupac, ‘Don’t touch my artist! Don’t touch my artist! Don’t touch my artist!’ I’m cool. I’m his artist. I’m like whatever. I’m straight then he kept going crazy. My ass went to the pen…Yea, I got away and then everybody walked out like Tupac in MGM. Police was like ‘Aww, there they go.’ Of course I’m the only one with all the weed."[9] On September 22nd, through his twitter feed, Hanley announced the title of his upcoming project, Habits & Contradictions. He described it as a "prequel to Setbacks".[10] On September 26th, 2011, he released the first offering off of HABITS & contradictions, a song titled "Druggys WitH Hoes Again" featuring Ab-Soul. On October 19, 2011 he leaked "There He Go", followed by "Oxy Music" on October 28. On October 31st, 2011 he was featured on ASAP Rocky's critically acclaimed mixtape LiveLoveA$AP, on a song titled "Brand New Guy", which was well received by the public. To keep promoting Habits & Contradictions he released "My Hatin’ Joint" on November 15, 2011, succeeded by a music video for a track titled "Sacrilegious" on November 29, 2011. On January 2nd, 2012 Hanley released another song titled "Blessed" featuring Kendrick Lamar and announced the album's release date to be January 14, 2012.[11] On January 6, 2012, via Twitter, Hanley announced guest appearances on the album would include ASAP Rocky, Currensy and Dom Kennedy.[12][13][14] On January 6th, Hanley also released a public service announcement for Habits & Contradictions, shot and edited by Dwayne LaFleur.[15] Hanley sat down with freeOnSmash, for an interview and spoke on some of the tracks from his Habits & Contradictions, the interview was released on January 9th, 2012. OnSmash claims "The 17 track project, due out January 14, is a look into Q’s life, with tales of pill selling, life struggle, partying, religious hypocrites, his block and everything in between."[16] The album was released exclusively on iTunes, with only a few hard copies being sold and signed by Schoolboy Q in L.A.. In early hours of release, the album moved up to iTunes Top 10 Albums chart and stayed over within days after release. The album debuted at #111 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 3,900 digital copies in the United States.[17] With only two days at retail the Top Dawg Entertainment release scanned nearly 4,000 units to crack the Top 100, without any marketing or advertising.[17] The album also debuted on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at number twenty-five, Top Rap Albums at number sixteen, Top Independent Albums at number seventeen and at number three on the Top Heatseekers album chart respectively. [edit] Discography [edit] Independent Albums List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions[18] US US R&B US Rap Top Indie Setbacks Release date: January 11, 2011 Label: Top Dawg Entertainment Format: Digital download 100 25 12 13 Habits & Contradictions Release date: January 14, 2012 Label: Top Dawg Entertainment Format: Digital download 111 25 16 17 "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. [edit] Mixtapes List of albums, with selected details Title Album details Schoolboy Turned Hustla[19] Released: July 29, 2008 Format: CD, Free download Label: G.E.D. Inc Gangsta & Soul[20] Released: May 14, 2009 Format: CD, Free download Label: G.E.D. Inc, Top Dawg Entertainment [edit] Guest appearances List of songs with guest appearances by Schoolboy Q Title Year Album Artist(s) "Cuts Up" 2009 Outraged & Underage Tyga "Welcome to C4" C4 Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, BO "Far from Here" Kendrick Lamar EP Kendrick Lamar "I'm a G" Long Term Ab-Soul, Glasses Malone "TDE Roll Call" 30 Day Takeover Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul "I Do It 4 Hip Hop" "Smoke Chronic" Jay Rock, Spider Loc "There They Go" The Curious Case of Boo Bonic Boo Bonic, Rich Hil "Pass the Blunt" 2010 LongTerm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke and Almost Famous Ab-Soul "Michael Jordan" O(verly) D(edicated) Kendrick Lamar "Shadow of Death" Black Friday Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul "Loaded (Remix)" 2011 Smoke DZA "This is 4Da" Eulogy Be-1, Skeme "Say Wassup" Follow Me Home Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lemar "The Spiteful Chant" Section.80 Kendrick Lamar "Hell Yeah" LongTerm: Mentality Ab-Soul "Constipation" Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock "Overhigh" Rolling Stoned Smoke DZA, Trademark da Skydiver "Tye Dye Everything" Blazed By the Bell Mod Sun "May 31st" Living In Forever A$ton Matthews "Brand New Guy" LiveLoveA$AP A$AP Rocky "Get Into the Moment" Kid Ink "Warrior" 2012 The Surface Erreon Lee [edit] Music videos [edit] As main artist List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s) "Live Again" (with Kendrick Lamar & CurT@!n$) 2010 Fredo Tovar & Scott Fleishman "What's the Word" (featuring Jay Rock & Ab-Soul) Matt Plunkett "Phenomenon" (featuring Alori Joh) 2011 Fredo Tovar "Druggys wit Hoes" (featuring Ab-Soul) Ramses Perryman "Fantasy" (featuring Jhene Aiko) Jerome D "Sacrilegious" "Hands on the Wheel" (featuring A$AP Rocky) 2012 "Nightmare on Figg St." [edit] As featured artist List of music videos, showing year released and director Title Year Director(s) "Michael Jordan" (Kendrick Lamar featuring Schoolboy Q) 2010 Fredo Tovar "Say Wassup" (Jay Rock featuring Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q & Kendrick Lamar) 2011 "Tye Dye Everything" (Mod Sun featuring Schoolboy Q) TBD
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