ScHoolboy Q

      

ScHoolboy Q
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Handle	@schoolboyq4975
Style	Music
Date joined	August 27, 2018
Twitter / X	@ScHoolboyQ
Facebook	SchoolboyQ
Instagram and Threads	@groovyq
Other media	Website
Videos	27
Status	Semi-Active
Personal information
Nationality	American
Location	United States
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Quincy Matthew Hanley (born: October 26, 1986 (1986-10-26)), better known online as ScHoolboy Q, is an American rapper from South Los Angeles, California.

History

Quincy Matthew Hanley was born October 26, 1986, on a United States Army air base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. His parents divorced before he was born, and his mother gave him a surname different from those of either of his parents, choosing one at random. His father remained in the Army while Hanley and his mother moved to Texas for a couple years, before settling in South Central Los Angeles.

Hanley played American football from the age of six until he was 21, and played receiver, cornerback, tailback, and returner. He attended John Muir Middle School. After graduating Crenshaw High School, Hanley went on to attend Glendale Community College, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Southwest College and West Los Angeles College.

Growing up on Hoover Street, Hanley joined the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips. Before turning to music, Hanley became a drug dealer selling Oxycontin, and for a short time crack cocaine and marijuana. In 2007, he was arrested for home invasion and sent to jail for six months, half of which he finished on house arrest.

Hanley has said he wrote his first verse when he was 16, but was not serious about music until he was 21. Music became his way of expressing himself. In 2006, he began to work with Top Dawg Entertainment recording at their studio House of Pain and collaborating with their artists. His first time at TDE's studio, Hanley worked with his soon to be Black Hippy cohorts Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. This eventually led to Hanley signing a recording contract with TDE. On July 29, 2008, Hanley released his first mixtape titled Schoolboy Turned Hustla, with G.E.D. Inc. After the release of Schoolboy Turned Hustla, he signed a deal with Top Dawg Entertainment in 2009, where he later 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-lived rivalry with 40 Glocc. Hanley released a diss track titled "Ezell (40 Glocc Killa)", where he questions 40 Glocc's gang-banging. Hanley later stated in a video interview as to why they were beefing. Hanley released Gangsta & Soul, his second mixtape on May 14, 2009, which included the aforementioned diss track. The mixtape was his first official project with Top Dawg Entertainment, which presented the mixtape alongside G.E.D. Inc.

In 2012, Top Dawg Entertainment closed a joint venture deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, marking the end of Hanley's career as an independent artist. On April 3, 2012, Interscope Records released "Hands on the Wheel" as a promotional single via iTunes and began promoting the song at Urban and Rhythmic radio formats in North America.

Discography

Albums

• Setbacks (2011)
• Habits & Contradictions (2012)
• Oxymoron (2014)
• Blank Face LP (2016)
• Crash Talk (2019)
• Blue Lips (2024)

Mixtapes

• ScHoolboy Turned Hustla (2008)
• Gangsta & Soul (2009)

Singles

• Soccer Dad (2022)

References

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