Lil B is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on August 17, 1989 in Berkeley, California, United States. Bay-area rapper known for both his solo work and his participation in The Pack. He is an avid user of social networking and has a large online following.
Mistah FAB was featured in the remix of The Pack’s song “Vans.”
McCartney grew up in Berkeley, California, and attended high school at Albany High in Albany. He adopted the name Lil B, and began rapping at age 16 with San Francisco Bay Area based hip hop group The Pack. After two locally successful mixtapes, at the peak of the Bay Area’s hyphy movement, the group’s song “Vans” became a surprise hit. The song was ranked as the fifth best of 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine. The strength of “Vans” led the group to release the Skateboards 2 Scrapers EP, featuring a “Vans” remix with Bay Area rappers Too $hort and Mistah F.A.B.. In 2007, Lil B and The Pack released their first album, Based Boys.
On September 24, 2009 Lil B released his first digital album, I’m Thraxx; it was released on independent label Permanent Marks. On December 22, 2009 Lil B released his second digital album, 6 Kiss, to critical reception. On March 25, 2010 Lil B released his debut mixtape Dior Paint. On April 3, 2010 Lil B officially signed to fellow artist Soulja Boy’s label SODMG Entertainment. On May 7, 2010 Lil B released a mixtape entitled Base World Pt. 1. On July 5, 2010 Lil B released a collaboration mixtape with Soulja Boy entitled Pretty Boy Millionaires. Lil B had recorded over 1,500 tracks as of July 2010, including hits “Like A Martian”, “Wonton Soup”, “Pretty Bitch”, “I’m God”, all of which were released for free. On September 21, 2010 Lil B released his debut studio album, Rain in England, through Weird Forest Records; it was described by The Guardian as a “a beatless, Beat poetry-style set where Lil B, voice a-quiver with earnestness, ponders love, beauty and all the bad things in the world over naïf new-age synth washes”.
He was born and raised in Berkeley, California.
