Lucas received widespread exposure and critical acclaim after the release of his single "Ross Capicchioni" in 2015. In June 2017, he released his fourth mixtape, 508-507-2209, which was his first on a major label. On November 28, 2017, Lucas released his single "I'm Not Racist", which quickly went viral, gaining him further attention and praise. The video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 61st Grammy Awards. Lucas was formerly signed to Atlantic Records, until he announced his departure from the label in December 2018.
Since 2016, Lucas has also become known for remixing popular hip hop songs like "Gucci Gang" by Lil Pump, "Bank Account" by 21 Savage, "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar and many others. In October 2018, he announced his debut studio album ADHD, which was released on March 27, 2020. He began rapping at the age of 10, and attended South High Community School in Worcester.
Gary Maurice Lucas, Jr. was born on August 17, 1988, in Worcester, Massachusetts to a black father and a white mother. He began rapping at the age of 10, and attended South High Community School in Worcester.
Joyner Lucas first started rapping under the name G-Storm, but by 2007 had changed his stage name to Future Joyner and started working with his cousin Cyrus tha Great, forming a group called Film Skool Rejekts. That year they released Workprint: The Greatest Mixtape of All Time. Lucas released his first solo mixtape, titled Listen to Me, in 2011.[citation needed] After rapper Future came to prominence, Lucas dropped the "Future" from his name and continued as Joyner Lucas. He released his first mixtape under this new moniker in 2013, titled LFO's (Low Frequency Oscillators). His next mixtape, Along Came Joyner, was released on April 5, 2015. This mixtape contained his critically acclaimed "Ross Capicchioni". Following the success of the song, Lucas was featured in the 2015 BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher. Originally intended to appear in the online-only cypher, he was later promoted to rap as part of the live broadcast cyphers based on the strength of his initial performance.
Lucas signed to Atlantic Records on September 21, 2016. Lucas went on to release a project titled 508-507-2209 on June 16, 2017, with Atlantic Records. The mixtape charted at #7 on the Heatseekers Albums chart on Billboard and contained the singles "I'm Sorry", "Ultrasound", "Just Like You" and "Winter Blues". Ever since 2016, Lucas has also become known for remixing popular hip hop songs.
On November 28, 2017, Lucas released the single "I'm Not Racist" via his YouTube channel. The music video quickly went viral and gained critical acclaim. The controversial song is about race and society, and race relations from the perspectives of a white man and a black man. The video was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 61st Grammy Awards, but lost to Childish Gambino's "This Is America". Lucas and Chris Brown announced a collaborative project titled Angels & Demons on February 25, 2018, with the project's first single "Stranger Things" releasing the following day. On April 1, 2018, Lucas released the single "Frozen", a song focused on different forms of reckless driving. The second single from the Angels and Demons collaborative mixtape, "I Don't Die", was released on May 2.
On July 31, 2018, Lucas announced that he was forced to cancel appearances in the Australian and European legs of his I'm Kind of a Big Deal tour due to hoarseness and laryngitis. A month later, Lucas was featured on "Lucky You" from Eminem's tenth album, Kamikaze. The song debuted at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Lucas' first top 10 entry on the chart. On October 12, 2018, Lucas announced that he would be releasing his debut studio album entitled ADHD. He also announced a single from the album that would be released the following Wednesday. The song, entitled "I Love", was released as the lead single from ADHD, which was released on March 27, 2020. It was preceded by nine singles from October 2018 to March 2020, the time before release.
On August 17, 2020, Lucas announced the release date of his debut EP, Evolution. It was released on October 23, 2020. It was preceded by two singles, "Snitch" and "Fall Slowly" featuring Ashanti.
Lucas has cited several artists as influences in his music, but he cites Eminem as his biggest musical influence. He also revealed he was influenced by Will Smith in his song "Will", which he would release a remix of featuring Will Smith himself on May 15, 2020. He cites Jay-Z as one of his influences too.
Joyner Lucas shares a son named Joyner Messiah Lucas (born February 20, 2016) with Carmen Julissa Ayala, whom he had an off and on romantic relationship with. Lucas tells the story of his son's conception in his song "Forever" on his mixtape 508-507-2209. Joyner Messiah Lucas is loved and adored by his father and referenced in many of his songs. He has also made cameos in his father's music videos. Most recently he played Will Smith's son Jaden Smith in the video of "Will".
Lucas has revealed that the title of his album ADHD comes from the fact that he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child. He explained that people surrounding him, including his own parents, made him feel like he was not normal and treated him differently as a result. Eventually, he would act out and get sent to an alternative school after expulsion.
Feuds
Logic
According to Lucas, when he was on Tech N9ne's tour bus, he heard some records from Tech's album The Storm. Lucas expressed interest on collaborating with Logic on the song "Sriracha" and felt that he could add to the display of fast-flow rapping, and Tech acquiesced. Logic was originally slated to be the only feature on "Sriracha", but when he spent over six months to deliver his verse, Lucas hopped on the track to offer his own. Joyner stated that when they got the record back, he could tell that Logic was not "too happy" about him being on the track once he heard it. On his remix of Future's "Mask Off", Joyner, unhappy by the work Logic turned in after taking nearly half a year to edit his verse, directly addressed the disappointing display. Both he and Tech N9ne were upset with Logic for not emulating the style of quick flow on the song.
After Logic's hit song "1-800-273-8255" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, Joyner Lucas immediately took offense and argued that the track was named in order to bring direct competition to his project, 508-507-2209. In a later interview, he called Logic "corny" and in another incident, he said that he thinks that Logic "can rap" but feels like "he tries to prove that he's black too much for me." With both Logic's single and Lucas' mixtape dealing with the issue of mental health representation and resource allocation, Lucas was careful to not slam the track too hard.
When Logic dropped his song "Yuck" from his mixtape Bobby Tarantino II in March 2018, the veiled diss inside the song was quickly spotted by Lucas and his fans, despite Logic saying that there was no diss in the song. Seemingly nonplussed by the insult, Lucas dared Logic to call him out directly on Twitter. That same month, Joyner took aim at Logic's song "44 More" and his album Everybody on his remix of BlocBoy JB's "Look Alive".
In 2019, the two rappers ended their feud, which was revealed when Logic made a guest appearance on Joyner Lucas' song "ISIS", the third single from ADHD. Lucas kept the name of the collaborator a secret until he released the song.
Hopsin
In September 2018, when a fan asked Los Angeles rapper Hopsin on Twitter who would win in a rap battle between him and Joyner Lucas, Hopsin replied, "That's a dumb question that I'm sure you already know the answer to." Not long after, Lucas commented, "Hold up. @Hopsin wtf is that supposed to mean???" In his response, Hopsin stated that he would "b[r]eak his soul" and also dissed Logic in the comment. This dispute would prove to be short-lived, when in less than two days Hopsin shared a screenshot of a FaceTime call with Lucas, indicating that they finally made peace, but still wanted people to consider who would beat the other in a rap battle. While the majority favored Hopsin, Lucas was adamant without arguing.
Tory Lanez
Joyner Lucas' feud with Canadian recording artist Tory Lanez began over matters similar to his beef with Hopsin. On November 19, 2018, Lanez claimed that he was a better rapper than Joyner Lucas on an Instagram Live session. Incredulous, Lucas immediately responded by inviting Lanez to a battle rapping challenge and telling him to let the public decide who is better. The next day, Lanez dropped a freestyle over Eminem's "Lucky You", of which Lucas made a guest appearance on. In less than 24 hours, Joyner responded with his freestyle over "Litty" by Meek Mill featuring Tory Lanez, also targeting rapper Trippie Redd, who joined Tory's Instagram Live and slandered Joyner's name as well. Shortly after, Lanez retaliated with his own freestyle of "Litty", titled "Litty Again", taking shots at Joyner's collaboration with Eminem. Lucas' answer song was a freestyle of Kodak Black's "Zeze". On the track, he mentions Tory's being accused of plagiarism in 2016, when listeners noticed that the ending of Lanez's song "4am Flex" was similar to Kendrick Lamar's "The Art of Peer Pressure". Joyner also accuses him of copying rapper Don Q's flow on his 2017 Funkmaster Flex freestyle. On November 23, Tory posted on Instagram a video of him declaring victory in the feud and celebrating. Displeased, Lucas reposted the video with his own comment, with a reference to Lanez as a singer.
The end of this rivalry was made public on August 8, 2019, when Joyner Lucas and Tory Lanez collaborated on their remix of "Suge" by DaBaby.
The Grammy Awards are held annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Joyner has two Grammy nominations altogether; one for Best Music Video for “I’m Not Racist” and one for Best Rap Song for “Lucky You” by Eminem.
Happy Birthday
JOYNER LUCAS Lyrics
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You know I'm rude
Why the fuck you looking at me like you so confused?
You really make me sick my nigga if you only knew
I swear to God I wish you wasn't born and it wasn't no excuse
Cause I don't want to raise you
I really fucking hate you
I wish I ain't have to take you
Yo, this really fucking sucks
And your mothers fucking nuts
I had my whole life figured out
Leave it to you to fuck it up
Man shut the fuck up!
What you crying for?
Looking at me like you love me
What you lying for?
Why you want to try me for?
Blow your fucking candles out
Enjoy that cake I got you, for your stupid little birthday that everyone's so exited for
Except me
Shit I dare you to disrespect me when you grow up
That's gonna be the last time you ever swell up
Fuck you thought
Everything was perfect
Now its fucking lost
And its all your fault
Happy Birthday Nigga
(Happy Birthday to you)
(Happy Birthday to you)
(Happy Birthday to you)
Sometimes I wanna kill myself so I don't have to deal wit' you
I know it sounds harsh but I'm just being real wit' you
And I ain't looking forward to none of that father shit
I ain't got time for that type of shit
And your mom ain't gonna like this
But we ain't
Shooting no hoops
Flying kites
We ain't riding bikes
I hope you get your ass beat
I ain't teaching you how to fight
I ain't here to kiss you goodnight
I don't care to give you advice about girls
I hope you get your heart broken for dear life
I fucking hate you!...
And I know that its wrong
Sometimes I wanna explain but I don't know where to start
Cause you won't understand even if I told you my thoughts
Cause even when its light
I feel like I'm alone and its dark
My mind keeps racing fast
I can't bear with this pain I have
I can't stand you
And I hate the fact that you just a mistake
And that's just what the fuck you was
Everything was perfect
Now its fucking lost
And its all your fault
Happy Birthday Nigga
Shit I wanted to be a father so bad, I would give it all
Just to have my baby sit in my arms while I'm holding on
And to feel that beautiful feeling of love for my first born
Even play you the first song, that you hear when you first come
I loved your fucking mother so much I would give my heart
To be down to death do us part
Till I drown in a fucking pond
Till I burn in a blazing building
Apartment fire with bombs
Till I crash a Mercedes car, by a drunk drive on broad
With seven heaters on me
And then she fucking cheated on me
Drinking with her friends
And they didn't wanna leave the party
Got drunk and had sex
I ain't even see it coming
And then we find out she was pregnant
And she keeping secrets from me
This don't make sense
And I felt my fucking heart cave in
The baby not mine
The paternity test came in
And the love is gone
Everything was perfect
Now its fucking lost
And its all your fault
Happy Birthday Motherfucker
The song "Happy Birthday" by Joyner Lucas speaks on the conflicting emotions of a father on his child's birthday. In the song, Joyner is expressing how he hates his son, how he wishes he wasn't born, and how everything is his fault. He goes on to express that he wouldn't even try to bond with him, be a role model, or even love him.
The opening verse of the song highlights the father's aggression and hatred for his son. He is annoyed by his mere existence and sees him as a burden, to the point where he wishes he wasn't born. The chorus of the song is sarcastic and reflects Joyner's anger, as he wishes his son a happy birthday while voicing his real feelings about the situation.
The second verse goes further to explain the father's ambivalence towards fatherhood. The father is bitter about his circumstances and is projecting his painful experience onto his son. The verse also speaks on the father's hopelessness and the resentment he feels towards the mother of his child for cheating on him.
Overall, Joyner Lucas is examining the complicated and sometimes messy relationship between a father and his offspring, and addressing the feelings of the fathers who find themselves unable to handle such responsibility.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't you stare me down
Do not look at me in a confrontational manner
You know I'm rude
You are aware that I am impolite
Why the fuck you looking at me like you so confused?
Why are you staring at me with perplexity?
You really make me sick my nigga if you only knew
If only you knew, you would realize how nauseating you are to me
I swear to God I wish you wasn't born and it wasn't no excuse
I earnestly wish that you were never born, and there is no justification for it
Cause I don't want to raise you
I have no desire to rear you
I really fucking hate you
I have an intense and strong dislike towards you
I wish I ain't have to take you
I wish I did not have the responsibility of caring for you
I ain't trying to educate you
I am not attempting to teach or enlighten you
Yo, this really fucking sucks
This situation is extremely unpleasant
And your mothers fucking nuts
Your mother is insane
I had my whole life figured out
I had my life planned accordingly
Leave it to you to fuck it up
You are the reason why everything went wrong
Man shut the fuck up!
Be quiet!
What you crying for?
What is the reason for your tears?
Looking at me like you love me
You appear to gaze at me with affection
What you lying for?
Why are you dishonest?
Why you want to try me for?
What is your intention to test me?
Blow your fucking candles out
Extinguish the flames on your birthday candles
Enjoy that cake I got you, for your stupid little birthday that everyone's so exited for
Indulge in the cake I bought for your seemingly insignificant birthday that everyone is so thrilled about
Except me
Except for me
Shit I dare you to disrespect me when you grow up
I challenge you to display disrespect towards me when you become older
That's gonna be the last time you ever swell up
That will be the final instance when you provoke me
Fuck you thought
What were you thinking?
Everything was perfect
The situation was ideal, flawless
Now its fucking lost
It has now vanished, disappeared
And its all your fault
You are to blame
Happy Birthday Nigga
Greetings on your birthday
(Happy Birthday to you)
Best wishes on your birthday
(Happy Birthday to you)
Best regards on your birthday
(Happy Birthday to you)
Happy birthday to you
Sometimes I wanna kill myself so I don't have to deal wit' you
Occasionally, I want to commit suicide to avoid dealing with you
I know it sounds harsh but I'm just being real wit' you
I am aware that it sounds harsh, but I am simply being honest with you
And I ain't looking forward to none of that father shit
I am not enthusiastic about any paternal responsibility
I ain't got time for that type of shit
I have no time for that kind of nonsense
And your mom ain't gonna like this
Your mother will not appreciate this
But we ain't
However, we are not
Shooting no hoops
Playing basketball
Flying kites
Flinging kites in the air
We ain't riding bikes
We are not cycling
I hope you get your ass beat
I desire that you get physically attacked
I ain't teaching you how to fight
I am not teaching you how to engage in physical combat
I ain't here to kiss you goodnight
I am not present to give you a goodnight kiss
I don't care to give you advice about girls
I am indifferent about giving you guidance related to females
I hope you get your heart broken for dear life
I hope that you experience an excruciating heartbreak
I fucking hate you!...
I have strong loathing towards you
And I know that its wrong
And I am aware that it is unethical
Sometimes I wanna explain but I don't know where to start
Occasionally, I want to clarify, but I am uncertain where to begin
Cause you won't understand even if I told you my thoughts
Because you will not comprehend, even if I articulate my opinions
Cause even when its light
Even under optimistic conditions
I feel like I'm alone and its dark
I have a sensation of isolation, and it feels gloomy
My mind keeps racing fast
My thoughts are moving rapidly
I can't bear with this pain I have
I cannot cope with this suffering that I possess
I can't stand you
I cannot tolerate you
And I hate the fact that you just a mistake
And I vehemently dislike the reality that you are only an error
And that's just what the fuck you was
And that is precisely what you were
Shit I wanted to be a father so bad, I would give it all
I desired to be a father so ardently that I would sacrifice everything
Just to have my baby sit in my arms while I'm holding on
Simply to have my baby in my grasp while I am clasping on
And to feel that beautiful feeling of love for my first born
And to experience that lovely and powerful emotion towards my eldest child
Even play you the first song, that you hear when you first come
Even play for you the initial melody that you listen to when you are born
I loved your fucking mother so much I would give my heart
I cared for your mother to an intense degree, I would offer my entire soul
To be down to death do us part
To remain together until we perish
Till I drown in a fucking pond
Until I die by submerging in a body of water
Till I burn in a blazing building
Until I perish by fire in a flaming edifice
Apartment fire with bombs
A destructive explosion in an apartment with bombs
Till I crash a Mercedes car, by a drunk drive on broad
Until I collide with my Mercedes vehicle, while driving intoxicated on a thoroughfare
With seven heaters on me
With seven firearms on me
And then she fucking cheated on me
And then she had sexual transgressions with another person
Drinking with her friends
Drinking alcohol with her acquaintances
And they didn't wanna leave the party
And they refused to depart from the celebration
Got drunk and had sex
Became inebriated and engaged in sexual intercourse
I ain't even see it coming
I did not anticipate or see it happening
And then we find out she was pregnant
And then we discovered that she was expecting a child
And she keeping secrets from me
And she is withholding information from me
This don't make sense
This does not seem reasonable or logical
And I felt my fucking heart cave in
And I sensed my heart collapsing
The baby not mine
The baby is not biologically related to me
The paternity test came in
The genetic test revealed the biological father
And the love is gone
And the affection has vanished
Happy Birthday Motherfucker
Congratulations on your birthday, jerk
Contributed by Isabella N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@roberttremblay2291
Shit I wanted to be a father so bad, I would give it all
Just to have my baby sit in my arms while I'm holding on
And to feel that beautiful feeling of love for my first born
Even play you the first song, that you hear when you first come
I loved your fucking mother so much I would give my heart
To be down to death do us part
Till I drown in a fucking pond
Till I burn in a blazing building
Apartment fire with bombs
Till I crash a Mercedes car, by a drunk drive on broad
With seven heaters on me
And then she fucking cheated on me
Drinking with her friends
And they didn't wanna leave the party
Got drunk and had sex
I ain't even see it coming
And then we find out she was pregnant
And she keeping secrets from me
This don't make sense
And I felt my fucking heart cave in
The baby not mine
The paternity test came in
And the love is gone
Everything was perfect
Now its fucking lost
And its all your fault
Happy Birthday Motherfucker
@harverc229
My life is so fucked up
And I hear a lot of depressed people start doing drugs
And I feel like doing some
But wait if I do it will screw me up
Even though my life is really hard
I might as well not do that much drugs
Cause it would make me go mad and commit a crime or something bad and dumb
If I keep doing those drug stuffs
I wouldn’t be able to get a job
I could be in hell after I die hard.
And no I rarely do drugs
Because I’m still young
And I got so much to live and I gotta at least move on even if my life is currently harsh!
@EliteForceYYC
It takes a real nigga to take care of a kid even though it's not yours
@Azer0Production
tf is wrong wiv u bruh
@juhbulis559
creatures or cowchop
@EliteForceYYC
GiesyTV Cow Chop but my pic was from the old Creature days
@juhbulis559
Same I have a shirt from them but once they split its hard to still wear
@maniac9354
Mega Chopsticks fr😳😳😳
@Yellow612l
Baby: cries
Joyner: I’m boutta end this mans whole career
@xukoe-0239
H Yellow childhood*?
@pacthedoc4649
Lmao i just watched that freestyle battle video before this 😂😂
@Fabetheway
H Yellow that’s tuff😂