Travis Savoury (born March 6, 1979), professionally known as Baka Not Nice, is a Canadian rapper. He is signed to

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, the

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co-founded by rapper

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, producer 40, and

Oliver El-Khatib OVO Sound (also known simply as OVO) is a Toronto-based Canadian record label, founded in 2012 by hip hop artist Drake, producer 40, and Oliver El-Khatib. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, Warner Music Group's Warner ...

, and

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Career

Baka's career began as part of Drake's security team. He went on to contribute background vocals while working on his own solo music. He can be heard at the end of " From Time" from Drake's 2013 album ''

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''. He also provided the outro to Drake's "

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" and backing vocals on "

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", both from the 2017 album ''

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.'' On June 27, 2017, he signed to Drake's record label

and

, signing the contract in front of a crowd. Three days later, he released his first single "Live Up to My Name", co-written by Drake. "Live Up to My Name" peaked at number 77 on the

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Personal life

In 2014, Baka was arrested and charged with forcing a 22-year-old woman into prostitution and taking her money. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman and an unrelated weapons charge. He was sentenced to six months, but since he had already done 10 months in custody, he did not serve an additional six months. The woman refused to testify so they had to drop the charges for procuring

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and

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. She was working as an escort and had an on-and-off relationship with Baka. She moved from

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by the time the trial was underway. Baka has priors for armed robbery, assault, discharging a firearm while committing a robbery, and possession for the purpose of trafficking. Upon his release, Drake said: "When egot out of jail there was a lot of different paths he could've took and he decided to focus on music."

Discography

EPs

* ''4Milli'' (2018) No. 78

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* ''No Long Talk'' (2019)

Singles

Guest appearances

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control 1979 births Living people Black Canadian musicians Canadian male rappers Musicians from Montreal OVO Sound artists Rappers from Toronto Warner Records artists 21st-century Canadian rappers 21st-century Canadian male musicians