He attended James Monroe High School, where he was placed into special educational classes. Hopsin has been an avid skateboarder since the age of twelve, and many of his music videos feature him skateboarding. He started rapping at sixteen years old, and took his hobby more seriously by which is the year the majority of the tracks from Hopsin's self-produced album Emurge were recorded.
He dropped out of high school during his senior year in to pursue a career in music, purchased a microphone, and installed FL Studio known as FruityLoops at the time on his computer. He credits Eminem as the rapper that initially got him interested into hip hop music. Hopsin began recording his debut project Emurge in and was eventually released locally in , copies of the project are very sparse and hard to find, a bootleg version appeared online in and had many extra songs on it, however to this day the album has never been released officially.
Hopsin had initially signed with Ruthless Records in and even began recording his debut album as early as He was originally hailed as one of the driving forces behind attempting to bring Ruthless Records back to previous glory.
Hopsin 's lead single from his debut album "Pans in the Kitchen" was released on May 27, The album was set to be self-produced by Hopsin and feature no collaborations with other artists. However his debut album, Gazing at the Moonlight was not released until October 27, , with little to no promotion.
Shortly after the album's release, Hopsin sought his release from Ruthless Records due to lack of financial compensation, artist support, and promotion. Shortly after launching Funk Volume, both Hopsin and SwizZz released a collaborative mixtape titled Haywire in June to promote the label. Funk Volume originally wanted to sell it for retail sale, but were unable due to Hopsin still being contracted by Ruthless Records at the time.
On mixtape website DatPiff, it has been certified Gold for being downloaded over , times and it later made available for purchase for digital download via iTunes and Amazon. Hopsin released "Nocturnal Rainbows" as the first single off of his upcoming second album Raw on August 1, The video became a YouTube success and currently has over 37 million views.
Hopsin's second album, Raw, was released on November 19, In July , Hopsin released the fourth installment of his "Ill Mind of Hopsin" video series which later received over 21 million views on YouTube. It had received over 1 million views in less than 24 hours and currently has over 50 million views. In "Ill Mind of Hopsin 5" Hopsin expresses his frustration with jaded youth and disenchantment towards other rappers who are unrelatable.
He has said the album has more of a positive message and said it is "better than Dr. Dre's Detox. In December , Hopsin had hinted on his Facebook and Twitter pages that he and Travis Barker are working on a project together, further details on the project were yet to be released. However, in late December, Travis Barker would say they are working on a collaboration EP which would be released in Then on February 5, Hopsin would say all the production had been finished for the EP.
At the end of the video, the release date for Knock Madness was confirmed as November 26, He later said that the song is not the sixth song in the "Ill Mind of Hopsin" series, and is instead a track on Knock Madness titled "Old Friend". Knock Madness was released on November 26, by Funk Volume and debuted at number 76 on the Billboard with first-week sales of 12, copies. Following the Knock Madness tour beginning in December , Hopsin planned to go on a hiatus also saying, "When I take a break, I am still going to be making music, I am [just] not going to be out publicly promoting shit.
I am just going to be in my own house, doing whatever the fuck I want to do. Finding myself as a person. On January 30, while on tour, Hopsin was scheduled to perform a show in Fort Collins, Colorado but feeling deeply depressed and even suicidal he walked out the back door of the venue before the performance.
He hid in a house under construction until he called a friend to pick him up. However , on July 11, , to make amends, he performed a free show for fans in Fort Collins at the same venue where he was originally to perform and dedicated a song titled "Fort Collins" on his album Pound Syndrome.
On July 1, , Hopsin posted a picture of his mugshot stating that he would be releasing "Ill Mind of Hopsin 7" on July 18, He then stated that it was for sure the realest song he has ever wrote in his career.
In the third episode of the series, you can witness the growth and development of Marcus as a lyricist. On this track he expresses his frustrations from putting in so much work and not being shown any recognition. This rap is filled with lyrical madness and more clever lines that we already had expected from him. And I'm ashamed I played a part in this devilish game Making your common sense perish But I ain't taking the full blame 'Cause most of you chumps running around here ain't never had strict parents All of your brain cells rotting from weed.
The video that brought Hopsin into the spotlight, actually a super clever move by him, not just coincidence. You see, at the time the record titled "Yonkers" by Tyler the Creator was becoming very famous and was gaining Youtube views at an exceptional rate.
In the Ill Mind 4, Hopsin disses Tyler. People searching for Yonkers were then suggested to view a Tyler diss by a nearly unknown rapper. So he took some of the massive traffic that Tyler was receiving, and funneled it into his own pool of viewers. Hop, you got me crying 'Cause you said I could call you while you out on tour Shit and I be trying, I even text you, but you not replying So when your new shit finally drop, that's one album I will not be buying What, You're too Hollywood?
And you don't even have two minutes? Ever since you got your buzz, you don't know how bad you tripping. Marcus' most popular song to date, now sporting nearly 48 million views on Youtube. The song was extremely popular, which is unusual only because the message of the song is the opposite of the message expressed through most popular rap songs these days.
Hopsin takes aim at three different demographics Young suburban males, young women, and young black men. He exposes them for the frauds that they are and offers advice at the end of each verse. This song is incredible and continues to inspire people to better their lives. This is still the most significant song in his entire catalog.
My existence on this planet's for you, I ain't only here to benefit me Yo, we need to make a change while there's still time It is hard, and sometimes I struggle trying to reveal mine I can guide you if you feel blind I just need you to be willing to journey into my ill mind. Episode number six has Hop himself admitting that the sixth installment of the "Ill Mind" series was a song was not originally intended to be part of the series.
He most likely didn't have time or inspiration to write a new song for the series, so he replaced it with a track from his album. The problem was that song didn't really match the other four entries, not in any way at all. This was the first and only "Ill Mind" record with a chorus, usually being a lengthy verse, or regular verses with no hook in between them. Part Seven is the most recent installment and maybe even his final. Hopsin finds himself questioning his faith, the various religions of the world, and where he stands with his own beliefs.
Seven sound like much more of a piece that fits into the "Ill Mind" collection, but since he reached such a phenomenal peak with Five, I don't see him beating that one. Life is a tour, I sit and ride along Taking some notes and then I write the song I'm staring down the road my life has gone Is this where I belong? Is it wrong to not believe in right and wrong? The third studio album by Hopsin was released on November 24, by Funk Volume. It was highly anticipated and was well received by both fans and critics.
The first single released to promote Knock Madness. Hopsin takes shots at both Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West. He later stated that he only spoke on Kendrick because of his recent controversy with the "Control" verse, and that he dissed Kanye because he simply thought Yeezus was garbage.
I didn't blow 'till I started talking a gang of shit, tell me who you prefer Nigga, you ain't ill in the booth I'd die and do my next show as a hologram and still be realer than you.
Hop frantically vents his struggle dealing with his new found fame. He is confused about the direction of his life, who he is, what he believes, and so much more. Hopsin is doomed, locked in a room Spaced out like a little pop in the shrooms God lit a fuse, now I gotta make a decision And I don't really know Hopsin to choose I'm a big wreck, did you not get the news? Hop travles back to London to meet up with Tim Westwood and deliver another fire verse.
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