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. The group is composed of rappers, singers and producers, and was founded by the members of

EarthGang EarthGang (stylized EARTHGANG) is an American hip hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia, composed of Olu (aka Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot – born Eian Parker). They are co-founders of the musical collective Spillage Village, with JID, Ho ...

. Spillage Village was primarily made up of five initial members with a split-base in both Atlanta and

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History

2010–2015: Formation and early beginnings

The group was originally founded by Olu (aka Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot) of

, who recruited rapper

JID Destin Choice Route (born October 31, 1990), better known by his stage name JID (also stylized J.I.D), is an American rapper. He is a part of the musical collective Spillage Village, founded by EarthGang in 2010, with Hollywood JB, JordxnBryant ...

to the group during their time at

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. Brothers Hollywood JB and Jurdan Bryant joined the Spillage Village soon after. Doctur Dot and Johnny Venus approached JID after hearing his first mixtape around campus in 2010. The rest of the group also came into Spillage Village through connections including producer Hollywood JB, who met Doctur Dot at a block party and joined soon afterward. Their first compilation as a collective, ''Bears Like This'', was released independently on February 2, 2014. The album was an exclusive project between the initial five members of Spillage Village, with no features by outside artists. Later in 2014, they announced that singer

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had joined the collective, along with

6LACK Ricardo Archibald Valentine Jr. (born June 24, 1992), known professionally as 6lack (stylized as 6LACK, pronounced "black"), is an American singer and rapper. He initially gained notable recognition following the release of his single, "Prblms" ...

who used to live at

’s house. A year later, Spillage Village followed up with their second compilation, ''Bears Like This Too'' on July 6, 2015, including 6LACK and

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2016–2019: Rise in popularity and Dreamville affiliation

On July 29, 2016,

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’s ninth

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'', included a track produced by Hollywood JB titled "Jermaine's Interlude" featuring

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and EarthGang. The track originally came into being after Cole invited EarthGang and JID to his studio, and Hollywood JB played him the beat. The song was later released in full as a Spillage Village single called "Can't Call It" on November 8, 2016. Spillage Village released their third compilation ''Bears Like This Too Much'' on December 2, 2016. It soon proved to be their breakout project as a collective. Outside of the Spillage Village initial five, the album featured only three outside artists: J. Cole,

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. Production was from a variety of contributors, including

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, J. Cole, and Hollywood JB. When describing the collective albums, EarthGang said: "It's the third part to the saga. We use these "Bears" projects like checkpoints, markers in time. The first one came out when we first started fucking around with these sounds. The second one came as niggas had toured a little bit, learned a little bit. At this point now, we've been on tours, we've got a lot of other things we've been working on." In 2017, it was announced that JID and EarthGang signed to

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. JID, EarthGang, Mereba, 6lack and Hollywood JB all made an appearance on the Dreamville compilation album ''

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''.

2020: Breakthrough and ''Spilligion''

In March 2020, Spillage Village announced their fourth collective album. They also announced the addition of Benji to the group, who is the brother of producer Christo. Benji previously toured with EarthGang on the Welcome to Mirrorland tour, and was invited to work on the album in 2020. ''

Spilligion ''Spilligion'' is the major label debut album by American hip hop collective Spillage Village, headed by JID and EarthGang, released on September 25, 2020 by Dreamville, Interscope, and SinceThe80s. The collective consists of EarthGang, JID, Ho ...

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. The production was handled primarily by Olu, Benji, Christo, and Hollywood JB, among others.

Musical style

Spillage Village incorporates many genres in their music such as neo soul and elements of southern hip hop. The collective has drawn comparisons to groups such as

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with "combinations of diverse flows, trap rap, disembodied folk, jazz and ethereal vocals" that developed a sound of their own.

Members

Olu Olu is a popular name amongst people of the Yoruba ethnic group. It is usually the first three letters of the full name. "Olu" is a diminutive of " Oluwa" in the Yoruba language and it can mean God, deity or lord, so the name 'Oluwale' could mean "M ...

– Vocals , production ** WowGr8 – Vocals *

– Vocals * Hollywood JB – Vocals, production * Jurdan Bryant – Vocals *

– Vocals *

6lack Ricardo Archibald Valentine Jr. (born June 24, 1992), known professionally as 6lack (stylized as 6LACK, pronounced "black"), is an American singer and rapper. He initially gained notable recognition following the release of his single, "Prblms" ...

– Vocals * Benji – Vocals, production

Timeline

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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