Stevens released his second mixtape, and the sequel to his first, on June 28, 2010.

In 2009, he formed supergroup Black Hippy, with his frequent collaborators and TDE label-mates Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock and K-Dot. So there will be four of them: Longterm 1, 2, 3, and 4. It was the first in a series, that Stevens claimed would have four installments: 'When I did the first Longterm I knew that there would be four of them. The mixtape, entitled Longterm, was released in January 2009. In December 2008, Stevens released his first music video, for a song from the mixtape, titled 'A Day in the Life', through YouTube. Also in 2008, he began recording music for his debut mixtape, at the TDE Recording Studio: House of Pain. In 2008, Stevens made a brief cameo appearance in the music video for his TDE-mate Jay Rock's commercial debut single, ' All My Life (In the Ghetto)'. In 2007, Stevens officially became part of the TDE roster. Before signing to TDE, Stevens was a part of a rap group called Area 51, alongside Brooklyn-native and fellow American rapper Snake Hollywood. In 2005, he signed a recording contract with StreetBeat Entertainment, but just a year later, in 2006, he met Punch, President and Chairman of Carson-based indie record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), who as Stevens says, 'saw more in his music than metaphors and punchlines'.

In 2002, Stevens recorded his first song. Musical career 2002вЂ“10: Career beginnings and signing to TDE It was not until Stevens graduated from high school that he began to take a career in music seriously. Rapping continued on as a hobby for Stevens, whose parents 'saw a bright, college-type future' for him and enrolled him in advanced classes. Stevens claims to have written his first verse when he was 12 years old, to the beat of Twista's ' Emotions'. It really got me going as far as being a rapper.'

I had been rapping a little earlier, maybe around 12, but when I hopped online and into that culture, that textcee culture. I think that is where I developed my rhyming skills. I think that it still exists online, where you freestyle but you type it. Stevens also began crafting his rapping skills at an early age: 'I was on BlackPlanet freestyle chat, rapping my ass off. Stevens encountered music at a very young age, due to his family owning a record store.

In his adolescent years, Stevens was severely teased about his condition. Newborn babies loved Michael Jackson.' At the age of 10, Stevens contracted StevensвЂ“Johnson syndrome, which caused him to be hospitalized and is the origin of his dark lips and light-sensitive eyes. But I know early on, I really, really liked Michael Jackson, like we all did. He once recalled being five years old: 'I was serious into video games and basketball, at five. Stevens spent the first four years of his life in Korea while his father was in the military, right up until his parents split and he and his mother subsequently moved back to the United States, to live in his grandmother's house in Carson, California. Herbert Anthony Stevens IV was born on February 23, 1987, in Los Angeles.

2.3 2012вЂ“18: These DaysвЂ¦ and Do What Thou Wilt.

2.2 2011вЂ“12: Longterm Mentality and Control System.

2.1 2002вЂ“10: Career beginnings and signing to TDE.

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