Putting a bit more pop into the pop-rap of contemporaries like Asher Roth and Sam Adams, rapper Hoodie Allen went from Internet favorite to charting artist with the release of his 2012 EP All American. His debut full-length People Keep Talking kept him in the U.S. Top Ten. Three more LPs arrived in the late 2010s, including Happy Camper, which topped the U.S. rap chart in 2016. Closing the decade with 2019's Whatever USA, his first material in the 2020s arrived in 2022 with a series of collaborations with Connor Price. His fifth effort bub was issued in 2023.
Born Steven Mark...