# Clever (musician)

Joshua Tyler Huie (born July 8, 1985), known professionally as Clever, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He has been a featured artist on Billboard charting singles by Justin Bieber, Post Malone, and Juice WRLD and has recorded with Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and Lil Baby, among others. He toured with Juice WRLD on the "Death Race for Love" tour and has performed at Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud, Firefly, and others. In 2021, Huie's debut studio album, "Crazy," was released, which received favorable reviews. As of March, 2024, he had over 650 million streams on Spotify.

## Early life

Joshua Tyler Huie was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on July 8, 1985. He began writing poetry at 11 years old and transitioned into writing hip-hop music at 13 years old. He attended Emma Sansom High School where he excelled in sports and had planned on pursuing baseball professionally but turned down several college baseball scholarship offers after deciding to pursue a music career. He started battle rapping locally at 14 years of age and at 16 he was part of a radio segment where he would freestyle battle callers live on the air. Huie cites Jay Z and Led Zeppelin as musical influences.
His stage name was derived from a battle rap when he was 14 years old. While "battling," a win often is referred to as a "W," and a loss as an "L." His stage name, "Clever," originated from a lyric he used, "You can call me Clever, because I won't 'C' an 'L,' ever."

## Career

Huie released his album "1nce More" in 2006 and battle rapped on several episodes of BET's 106 & Park which led to him performing on the BET battle rap show, "Spring Bling," which he won. He released various recordings including "Nobody Can Save You" featuring SwizZz in 2013. In 2014, Huie co-wrote and recorded "Payday" (with Snoop Dogg) and began writing music for other artists as well as working closely with David Foster.
In 2018, rapper Lil Bibby heard Huie's music and passed it along to fellow rapper Juice WRLD, who then shared Huie's music on his Instagram page. After speaking with Juice WRLD, Huie flew out to Los Angeles and began recording with him which led to them recording the single, "Ring, Ring" which charted at #5 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" on March 23, 2019. They toured together on the "Death Race for Love" tour in 2019. After Juice WRLD died on December 8, 2019, Huie stated that Juice WRLD's "co-signing" of his music opened a lot of doors for him and that he had a major impact on the trajectory of his music career.
In 2019, Huie's single "Stick By My Side", featuring rapper NLE Choppa, caught the attention of rapper and singer Post Malone on social media, who would go on to sign Huie to his record label, Posty Co., in a joint-venture with Lil Bibby's label Grade A Productions and Republic Records. Huie released his debut studio album, "Crazy," in 2021 which included the single, "Call Me Nobody," (featuring Lil Wayne and Huie's son Isaiah Lyric).
In 2020, Justin Bieber contacted Huie on Instagram asking him if he would like to record a song with him which resulted in the single, "Forever," which charted at #24 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Huie recorded the single "Penelope" with William which charted at #1 on Finland's singles chart for 21 weeks in 2020. In 2024, he released a self titled country music EP which received favorable reviews.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details :
| Title | Studio album details |
| Crazy | Released: March 12, 2021 Label: Grade A, Posty, Republic Format: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl |
| Lonely | Released: March 28, 2023 Label: Ricochet Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details :
| Title | Mixtape details |
| 1nce More | Released: 2006 Label: JuggerKnot Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Clevermind | Released: September 2, 2010 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Cleveryday | Released: January 1, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Mayhem | Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| The Hybrid | Released: December 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Hypochondriac | Released: March 17, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Puns N' Roses | Released: April 20, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Clever | Released: July 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Dead Heart | Released: July 20, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Fashion Helps Depression (with Swayy Mula and Karltin Bankz) | Released: July 7, 2023 Label: PayHouse Music Group Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details :
| Title | EP details |
| Who is Clever? | Released: October 11, 2019 Label: Grade A, The DisPensary Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Clever | Released: October 25, 2024 Label: Ricochet, StreamCut Format: Digital download, streaming |

## Other ventures

Clever's single releases :
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Notes |
| Year | Title | US | AUS | AUT | FI | NED | NZ | SWE | SWI | UK | Notes |
| Collaborative releases ||||||||||||
| 2019 | "Ring, Ring" | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (with Juice WRLD) |
| 2020 | "Forever" | 24 | 29 | 28 | — | 3 | 32 | 10 | 33 | 29 | (with Justin Bieber and Post Malone) |
| 2020 | "Penelope" | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | (with William) |
| 2021 | "Life's a Mess II" | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (with Juice WRLD and Post Malone) |
Singles (collaborations)
* 2024 - "Authentic" (with Rich Homie Quan)
* 2021 - "Life's a Mess II" (with Post Malone and Juice WRLD)
* 2021 - "Call Me Nobody" (with Lil Wayne and Isaiah Lyric)
* 2021 - "Skittles" (with Lil Baby)
* 2021 - "Rolls Royce Umbrella" (with Chris Brown)
* 2020 - "Forever" (with Justin Bieber and Post Malone)
* 2020 - "Real Life Stuff" (with Diplo and Julia Michaels)
* 2020 - "Apartments" (with NoCap and Rylo Rodriguez)
* 2020 - "Penelope" (with William)
* 2020 - "In My Hands" (with Zero 9:36 and Travis Barker)
* 2019 - "Ring, Ring" (with Juice WRLD)
* 2019 - "Stick by my Side" (with NLE Choppa)
* 2019 - "All In" (with Polo G and G Herbo)
* 2014 - "Payday" (with Snoop Dogg)