Thestand4rd was a hip hop/R&B group based in
St. Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center o ...
. It was formed by producer and rapper
Bobby Raps
Robert John Richardson (born December 22, 1992), better known by his stage name Bobby Raps, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has been a member of Thestand4rd, Audio Perm, and Dequexatron X000.
Early life
Bobby ...
, producer and rapper
Allan Kingdom, singer
Spooky Black
Corbin Beckner Smidzik (born February 20, 1998), better known as Corbin (previously known as Spooky Black and Lil Spook) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a member of the hip hop/ R&B collective Thestand4rd.
Career
...
, and producer
Psymun. They were joined on-stage by
DJ Tiiiiiiiiiip
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.
The band started when Bobby Raps messaged Spooky Black on
SoundCloud, and the two began to collaborate. Tiiiiiiiiiip introduced the duo to Psymun, and the three produced the song "Blind". Allan Kingdom joined the group shortly thereafter.
Their self-titled debut album was produced with the help of
Doc McKinney. The album was written and recorded over the course of a month at McKinney's studio in Toronto.
''Thestand4rd'' was released on SoundCloud in November 2014. They played their first live show that November, which kicked off an 8-stop tour.
The group performed at
Rock the Garden
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in 2015. In 2017, they played at the
Soundset Music Festival Soundset Music Festival was a hip-hop music festival held yearly in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area over Memorial Day, Memorial Day weekend. Since Soundset began in the Metrodome parking lot in 2008, attendance has grown from 12,000 to over 30,000 c ...
.
By June 2017, the group had disbanded. In a 2018 interview, Allan Kingdom stated that they ceased working together after suffering from a "weak foundation", citing issues with members of the music industry taking advantage of the group.
Discography
*''thestand4rd'' (2014)
References
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Musical groups from Minnesota