Joseph Davis (born August 3, 1993), better known by his stage name Joey Purp, is an American rapper from

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. He is one half of Leather Corduroys. He is one of the founding members of

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Early life

Joseph Davis grew up bouncing between various neighborhoods of Chicago, ranging from

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to Humboldt Park. His father ran a restaurant and his mother managed thrift stores. He attended Whitney Young High School, where he realized that he had a talent for freestyle rapping. In his senior year, he dropped out of high school. He worked and interned at LDRS 1354, a streetwear store at Wicker Park.

Career

In 2012, Joey Purp released his first mixtape, ''The Purple Tape''. In 2016, he released a mixtape, '' iiiDrops''. Tentatively titled ''Eyedrops'', it featured contributions from

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and

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, among others. It was included on the year-end lists by ''

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,'' and Lyrical Lemonade. In 2018, Joey Purp released his debut studio album, '' Quarterthing''. It included guest appearances from

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and RZA, among others.

Style and influences

Joey Purp grew up listening to

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, and

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Discography

Studio albums

* '' Quarterthing'' (2018)

Mixtapes

* ''The Purple Tape'' (2012) * '' iiiDrops'' (2016)

Singles

As lead artist

* "Don't Stop" (2013) * "Morgan Freeman" (2015) * "Run It Up" (2015) * "Performance Art Freestyle" (2016) * "Girls @" (2016) * "March 12th" (2018) * "Bag Talk" (2018) * "Elastic" (2018)

As featured artist

* "Winners" (2021)

Guest appearances

- "Fear & Doubt" from ''

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'' (2013) *

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- "Purp Interlude" and "Purp Outro" from ''Wünderkid'' (2014) *

Donnie Trumpet Nico Segal (born June 25, 1993), formerly known by his stage name Donnie Trumpet, is an American trumpeter and record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is part of the hip hop collective Savemoney with Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa, among ot ...

& The Social Experiment - "Go" from '' Surf'' (2015) * Two Fresh - "Still Got It" from ''Torch'' (2015) * Sterling Hayes - "OTS" from ''Antidepressant'' (2016) * Thelonius Martin - "Bomaye" (2016) *

Towkio Preston Oshita (born June 26, 1993), better known by his stage name Towkio, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He was previously known as Young P, Preston San, and Tokyo Shawn. He is a member of the Savemoney crew. His debut studio alb ...

- "Playin' Fair" from ''Community Service 2'' (2016) * OddCouple - "Visions" from ''Liberation'' (2016) *

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- "You Don't Get Me High Anymore (

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Remix)" (2017) *

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- "The Deep" (2017) *

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- "Just Like the Movies" from ''Just Like the Movies'' (2017) * Vic Mensa - "Down for Some Ignorance (Ghetto Lullaby)" from '' The Autobiography'' (2017) *

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- "No Way" from ''Lune Rouge'' (2017) * Knox Fortune - "Stun" from ''Paradise'' (2017) *

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- "Shake Something" (2018) * Kami & Smoko Ono - "Reboot" and "Beware" from ''Very Slight'' (2018) *

- "My Own Thing" (2018)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Purp, Joey Living people 1993 births African-American male rappers Rappers from Chicago 21st-century American rappers