Brandon Christopher McCartney (born: August 17, 1989), better known professionally as Lil B, or his alter ego The BasedGod, is an American rapper known for his music.
Career[]
He adopted the name Lil B, and began rapping at age 15 with the hip hop group The Pack. After two locally successful mixtapes, the group's song "Vans" became a surprise hit. The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine. The strength of "Vans" led the group to release the Skateboards 2 Scrapers EP, featuring a "Vans" remix with Bay Area rappers Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B. In 2007, McCartney and The Pack released their first album, Based Boys.
In September 2009, McCartney released his first digital album, I'm Thraxx. In December 2009, he released his second digital album, 6 Kiss. In March 2010, he released his debut mixtape Dior Paint. In April 2010, he officially signed to fellow artist Soulja Boy's label SODMG Entertainment.
In May 2012, McCartney released his first instrumental album, Choices and Flowers, under the alias "The BasedGod". In December 2012, he released his second instrumental album entitled Tears 4 God, also under the alias "The BasedGod".
In December 2013, McCartney released the mixtape 05 Fuck Em, which contained 101 songs. In June 2014, he released a mixtape entitled Hoop Life, which would be known for containing a track entitled "F*ck KD" that called out NBA player Kevin Durant. In 2014, McCartney released the Ultimate Bitch mixtape, featuring the song "No Black Person Is Ugly."
McCartney is also known for created the single "Swag Like Ohio", which became viral in 2022. The song spawned many memes related to the state of Ohio, mostly depicting strange or humorous memes. In 2023, he, along with Trippie Redd, collaborated on "SWAG LIKE OHIO PT. 2", on Redd's album Mansion Musik.
Channel[]
McCartney created his channel on March 18, 2008, and he uploaded his first video on March 14, 2009. He uploads music videos and audio to his channel.
Trivia[]
- He got death threats over his 2011 album titled "I'm Gay (I'm Happy)" .[1]
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