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In June 2015, tensions between Joey Badass and fellow Brooklyn native Troy Ave began brewing after the former declared himself the "#1 independent hip hop artist/brand in the world" in a series of tweets. In January 2015, Joey Badass was arrested and charged with assault for allegedly breaking a security guard's nose before performing at the Falls Festival in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. On October 6, 2015, he collaborated with British indie rock band Glass Animals, releasing a single titled "Lose Control". #JOEY BADASS REJEX 2 CODE#On September 3, 2015, Joey Badass released a collaborative single with Korean hip-hop group Epik High's Tablo and producer Code Kunst called "Hood". On January 20, 2015, his 20th birthday, the album entitled B4.DA.$$ was released to critical acclaim. On January 13 appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he performed the song "Like Me" live with BJ the Chicago Kid, The Roots and Statik Selektah. On December 23, the fourth single, "Curry Chicken" was released. The third single from the album entitled "No. On September 30, he premiered the second single from the album titled "Christ Conscious" on MTV Jams. On August 4, 2014, he released the first single from his upcoming debut studio album titled "Big Dusty" with the music video coming out 8 days later. And I feel like the music just made it a little bit easier for me to chase that dream." In an interview on Shade 45 Radio in March 2016, he explained that "it's been my dream to act since I was in like eighth grade. In August 2014, Joey Badass appeared in a quasi-autobiographical short film entitled No Regrets, directed by Rik Cordero, in which he portrays himself. On March 26, 2013, it was announced that Joey Badass would be a part of XXL Magazine's 2013 Freshman Class. #JOEY BADASS REJEX 2 PRO#On March 21, 2013, he began the Beast Coast concert tour with Pro Era, The Underachievers and Flatbush Zombies. On March 5, 2013, he released the music video for "Unorthodox". and Smoke DZA titled "Underground Airplay". On February 8, he released a music video featuring Big K.R.I.T. On January 14, 2013, he released the first single off his second mixtape Summer Knights, "Unorthodox", which was produced by DJ Premier. These songs were his first official releases to retail. On November 9, 2012, Joey Badass released a track with Ab-Soul produced by Lee Bannon called "Enter the Void" along with "Waves". On December 21, 2012, Pro Era released the P.E.E.P: The aPROcalypse mixtape. In December 2012 it was rumored that Joey Badass would be signing to Jay Z's Roc Nation record label, but in January 2013, he dispelled the rumors saying he would rather stay independent than sign to a major label for the time being. He was featured on the posse cut track "1 Train" off ASAP Rocky's album (2013) which also features Action Bronson, Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., and Danny Brown. Along with headliner Juicy J, Joey Badass and Pro Era performed on The Smoker's Club's One Hazy Summer Tour, presented by EckÅ Unltd. He appeared on the song "America" from the mixtape Macadelic and opened for Miller at the Roseland Ballroom in April 2012. #JOEY BADASS REJEX 2 MAC#Subsequently, American rapper Mac Miller reached out to Joey Badass through Twitter to collaborate. ![]() On September 6 of the same year, he released another mixtape titled Rejex, which featured all the tracks that did not make it on the 1999 mixtape. The mixtape was named the 38th best album of 2012 by Complex magazine and the best mixtape of 2012 by HipHopDX. The mixtape immediately increased his popularity in the underground scene. A video for the song "Waves" was released in June 2012. This album was only released to music streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music in 2018. On June 12, 2012, Joey Badass released his debut solo mixtape 1999. The song was succeeded with the video premiere of "Hardknock" featuring CJ Fly on MTV2. #JOEY BADASS REJEX 2 FREE#On March 21, 2012, MTV News featured Joey Badass' verse from the video during a RapFix Live segment and subsequently appeared as a featured guest on Sucker Free the following month. In February 2012, Pro Era released their debut mixtape entitled The Secc$ Tap.e. In early 2012, Joey Badass and Capital Steez released a video for "Survival Tactics" via their YouTube channel "PROfckingERA", which samples the 2000 Fold song of the same name by Styles of Beyond. ![]()
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