Hopsin

At 38 years old, Hopsin has this physical status:

Marcus Jamal Hopson (born July 18, 1985), also known as Hopsin, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actor from Los Angeles, California. He was signed to Ruthless Records in 2007 and had founded Funk Volume, his own record store.

In 2016, he would move on to form Undercover Prodigy, his first record label.

Hopsin has released five studio albums, Gazing at the Moonlight through Ruthless Records, Raw, Knock Madness, and Pound Syndrome, as well as the collaborative project Haywire with SwizZz through Funk Volume and No Shame.

He is well-known for his use of white colored eye contacts in music videos, performances, and interviews.

Early life

Marcus Hopson was born in Los Angeles on July 18, 1985, and was raised in the largely Hispanic Panorama City neighborhood. He attended James Monroe High School, where he was enrolled in special education classes. Hopsin has been a skateboarder since the age of 12, and many of his music videos feature him skateboarding. He began rapping at the age of sixteen years old and took his interest seriously in 2003, the year when the bulk of Hopsin's self-produced album Emurge were released. Hopsin and a group of friends were arrested in 2004 for vandalizing the James Monroe High School property. It was supposed to be a school prank, but they were arrested and detained on $20,000 bail later. Hopsin, who had dropped out earlier this year, was taken to Los Angeles County Jail, where he spent eight days. Upon his release, he embarked on a life in music, bought a microphone, and installed FL Studio (known as FruityLoops at the time) on his computer. Eminem is the rapper who first made him interested in hip hop music, according to him.

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Music career

Hopsin's debut project Emurge was released in 2002 and was eventually released locally in 2003, but to this day, the album has never been released officially. Hopsin first signed with Ruthless Records in 2007 and even began recording his debut album in 2004. He was originally praised as one of the driving factors behind the attempts to restore Ruthless Records to their former glory. On May 27, 2008, Hopsin's lead single from his debut album "Pans in the Kitchen" was released. Hopsin's album was expected to be self-produced and have no affiliations with other artists. However, Gazing at the Moonlight, his debut album, was not released until October 27, 2009, with no advertising. Hopsin demanded to be released from Ruthless Records due to a lack of financial compensation, artist help, and promotion just a few weeks after the album's debut. Hopsin formed Funk Volume, a new independent label that debuted shortly before Ruthless Records' departure, alongside Damien Ritter. SwizZz, Damien Ritter's younger brother and a former Hopsin High classmate, was the first artist to be signed to Funk Volume. Hopsin and SwizZz produced a joint mixtape named Haywire in June 2009 to advertise the brand just short of launching Funk Volume. Funk Volume had intended to sell it for retail use but was unable to do so due to Hopsin's constant employment with Ruthless Records at the time. It has been rated Gold on mixtape's website, DatPiff, for downloading over 100,000 times, and later became available for purchase via iTunes and Amazon.com.

On August 1, 2010, Hopsin unveiled "Nocturnal Rainbows" as the first single off his forthcoming second album Raw's forthcoming second album Raw. Hopsin's second single off Raw on YouTube, "Sag My Pants," was released on October 8, 2010. The video is now viewed over 37 million times on YouTube, and now has over 37 million views. Hopsin mocks others rappers like Lil Wayne, Drake, Soulja Boy, Lupe Fiasco, Rick Ross, and Tomica Wright, the owner of Ruthless Records, in a video. Raw, Hopsin's second album, was released on November 19, 2010. Hopsin spent two months in March 2011 on the I Am RAW tour, going all around the country to promote Raw.

Hopsin's fourth installment of his "Ill Mind of Hopsin" video series in July 2011 went viral on YouTube, receiving over 21 million views. He criticizes Tyler, the maker of the Los Angeles hip hop group Odd Future, in this article. Hopsin appeared in a mobile battle rap game called Battle Rap Stars by Jump Shot Media on October 31, 2011.

Hopsin appeared in Tech N9ne's music video for "Am I A Psycho?" in January 2012 and earned a spot on MTV2's "Sucker Free Sunday." Hopsin appeared on the front page of XXL in February 2012 as part of their annual "Top 10 Freshmen list" list, alongside fellow rappers French Montana, MGK, Danny Brown, Roscoe Dash, Iggy Azalea, Don Trip, and Kid Ink. Hopsin's fifth installment of his "Ill Mind of Hopsin" video series, which went viral on YouTube, has had a lot of success. It had received more than 1 million views in less than 24 hours and now has over 50 million views. Hopsin's poem "Ill Mind of Hopsin" describes his dissatisfaction with jaded youth and his dissatisfaction with other rappers who are unrelatable. On Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart, it had also ranked at number 17 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Digital songs chart. Hopsin appeared on a BET Cypher at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards alongside Schoolboy Q, Mac Miller, and Mystikal in October 2012.

Knock Madness, Hopsin's album, debuted on November 26, 2013, gaining a lot of attention in US Rap Charts. Dizzy Wright, SwizZ, Jarren Benton, and Tech N9ne are among the album's featured guests. The album has more of a positive note, according to him, and it is "better than Dr. Dre's Detox." In the fall of 2012, Hopsin and the remainder of the Funk Volume artists went on a three-month worldwide tour, with 58 shows in 60 days in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

Hopsin had posted on Facebook and Twitter that he and Travis Barker are working on a joint venture together in December 2012, but more information regarding the project were yet to be revealed. Travis Barker, on the other hand, says they are currently working on a joint EP that will be released in 2013. Hopsin will announce that all the production had been completed for the EP on February 5, 2012. Funk Volume's 2013 had a music video starring the entire roster; Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, SwiZz, Jarren Benton, and DJ Hoppa performed "Funk Volume 2013." On March 30, 2013, I attended the 2013 Paid Dues festival in San Bernardino, California.

Hopsin's YouTube channel announced "Ill Mind Six: An Old Friend" on July 18, 2013. Knock Madness's release date was revealed as November 26, 2013. The song is not the sixth song in the "Ill Mind of Hopsin" series, according to the singer, but rather a track on Knock Madness titled "Old Friend." Knock Madness was published by Funk Volume on November 26, 2013 and debuted at number 76 on the Billboard 200 for the first week, with first-week sales of 12,000 copies. In addition to being made mainly by Hopsin himself, the album features guest appearances from SwizZZ, Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton, and Tech N9ne. The singles "Hop Is Back" and "Rip Your Heart Out" also helped. Following the Knock Madness tour, Hopsin decided to take a break, but that "I am still making music, not necessarily out publicly promoting shit." I'm just going to be in my own house doing what the fuck I want to do. "I'm discovering myself as a person."

Hopsin was supposed to perform a show in Fort Collins, Colorado, but the performer was clearly distraught and even suicidal, he walked out the back door of the venue before the performance, on January 30, 2014. He hid in a house under construction until he called a friend to pick him up. However, on July 11, 2015, he played a free show for fans in Fort Collins, the same venue where he appeared and dedicated his album Pound Syndrome to him.

Hopsin revealed a snapshot of his mugshot on July 1, 2014, announcing that "Ill Mind of Hopsin 7" will be released on July 18, 2014. It was for certain the best song he had ever written in his career, according to the singer. In a day, the video for "Ill Mind of Hopsin 7" had over 1 million YouTube views. Hopsin 7's lyrical views, his convictions, other religious convictions, and the links between faith, history, and government are all discussed.

Hopsin had announced on his Instagram that he would be moving from rap to Australia. Hopsin, on December 25, 2014, posted a video titled "The REAL reason Hopsin left the music business" on his YouTube channel with label mate Jarren Benton who said he wasn't quitting rap and it was all a joke, but he'll be releasing a new album called Pound Syndrome in 2015.

On May 27, 2015, an interview was posted on Sway Calloway's YouTube channel, focusing on his appearance at the Soundest Music Festival and announcing that Pound Syndrome will be available on July 24. "This is absolutely the best album [he's] ever created," he said in the interview. The RIAA awarded "Sag My Pants" and "Ill Mind of Hopsin 5" in June 2015. The first single off the album "Crown Me" was released on June 1, 2015. On July 8, 2015, the second single "Fly" was released. Hopsin also signed a Warner Bros. Records distribution contract in July 2015. Pound Syndrome was first diagnosed on July 24, 2015. With first-week sales of 17,000 copies, the album debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200.

Hopsin had revealed on social media that his label Funk Volume is "officially dead" due to ongoing business challenges and financial conflicts with his business partner and co-founder Damien Ritter. Hopsin's "Ill Mind of Hopsin 8" was published in March 2016. Damien Ritter and Funk Volume were the target of the album, which was a diss track directed at him. Hopsin officially left Funk Volume after the song's debut and went on to create Undercover Prodigy, a new brand. Hopsin's new label, "Bout the Business," was released on May 20, "Die This Way" on August 25, "False Advertisement" on August 20, and "Scrollin" with Futuristic was his first single on the Internet album on August 26.

Hopsin revealed in February 2017 that he was working on his next studio album and a single "All Your Fault" and "Bus That" on April 17. Hopsin's lead single, "The Purge," was released on September 22, 2017. "Happy Ending" was the second single to be released on October 13. Hopsin revealed in a newspaper interview that he has signed a distribution contract with 300 Entertainment in the same month. Hopsin's third single, "Witch Doctor," was released and revealed the album's title and cover of his fifth studio album, No Shame, on November 1, 2017. The album was announced on November 24, 2017 and debuted at number 42 on the US Billboard 200 chart, ranked 42nd.

Following the success of No Shame, Hopsin went on to post music from the album's "Ill Mind of Hopsin 9," which was released the same day as the album's fourth single. Both "Panorama City" and "Tell'em Who You Got It From" were released in January and February 2018. Hopsin appeared on "YourWorthIt.org" with Canadian rapper Dax in July 2018. Hopsin's singles "Low-Key" and "Hell's Carol" were released in December 2018.

Hopsin's latest collaboration with Dax, "You Should've Known," debuted on January 28, 2019. On February 28, and May 8, respectively, Hopsin went on to announce the singles "The Old Us" and "Picasso." Hopsin released "I Don't Want It" on July 15, 2019. He announces in the song that he will be taking a break from music to recover from personal issues.

Hopsin posted a video on February 16, 2020 announcing his return from hiatus and the unveiling of a new album. Hopsin's album "Covid Mansion" debuted on April 21, to the world's best-selling artist.

Hopsin joined the advisory board of music social networking startup Artist Republik in September 2019.

Acting career

Hopsin got his start in entertainment as a background extra in films and Disney Channel television shows such as John Tucker Must Die, Even Stevens, Lizzie McGuire, Malcolm in the Middle, and the Gilmore Girls, among other things. He spent many years on That's So Raven, which he started when he was 15. He appeared on only once in the course of his appearances. He made an appearance in Fame, a 2009 film in which a rapper was also a performer. Hopsin appeared in the second season of the TV drama series Murder in the First in 2015.

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