The album contained "All My Life," as well as Rock's second official single, the Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Hood Gone Love It," and reached number 83 on the Billboard 200. Still with TDE and temporarily supported by Tech N9ne's Strange Music, Rock released Follow Me Home in 2011. Additionally, he was named to XXL magazine's 2010 Freshman Class. By the end of 2010, he had left Warner, but had deepened his connection with TDE as a member of Black Hippy beside contemporaries Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul. In 2008, the major label released his single "All My Life (In the Ghetto)" with guest stars Lil Wayne and will.i.am. With help from Top Dawg Entertainment, Rock shopped his demos and mixtapes, eventually landing a deal with Warner Bros. Hard times influenced the rapper's lyrics, and soon appearances on local mixtapes found him rapping in a hard style reminiscent of local hero the Game. Among the slickest West Coast rappers since he released his proper debut single, "All My Life" (2008), Jay Rock rode the momentum of being named to XXL's 2010 Freshman Class to deliver the Top 20 releases 90059 (2015) and Redemption (2018).īorn Johnny Reed McKinzie, Jr., Rock was raised in the Watts neighborhood - specifically the Nickerson Gardens public housing complex - of Los Angeles, California.
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