# Bbno$

Alexander Leon Gumuchian (/ɡəˈmuːtʃiən/ gə-MOO-chee-ən; born June 30, 1995), known professionally as bbno$ (pronounced "baby no money"), is a Canadian rapper and singer. He is best known for his 2019 single, "Lalala" (with record producer-songwriter Y2K), which peaked at number ten on the Canadian Hot 100; for his 2021 track "Edamame" (used in several film trailers and soundtracks); and for his collaborations with American rapper Yung Gravy.

## Early life

Gumuchian was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to an Armenian father and Swiss-Danish mother. He was homeschooled before he began high school. While growing up, his mother had encouraged him to learn piano, but he had always struggled with music theory. Gumuchian claims that he was good with rhythm and that he enjoyed playing the djembe, but did not listen to music for recreation until the age of 15.

## Career
### 2014–2016: Broke Boy Gang and SoundCloud

Gumuchian started working with music after experiencing a back injury which prevented him from pursuing his dream as a professional swimmer. He became interested in rapping and music production in 2014 when experimenting on GarageBand with a group of friends. Gumuchian began simply making music for enjoyment with this group of friends who later deemed themselves Broke Boy Gang. After five or six months of performing live as a group and releasing multiple tracks online, the group broke up. He began posting tracks on SoundCloud in September 2016 under the moniker of "bbnomula" where he quickly gained millions of streams and followers. He gained popularity in China where he sold out his first few "back-to-back" headlining tours. He credited his overseas popularity to the Chinese dance crew TFBoys, after one of the members, Jackson Yee, danced to the track "Yoyo Tokyo" at his own birthday party.

### 2017–present

In 2017, bbno$ released his first EP, Baby Gravy, as a collaboration with Yung Gravy, shortly before releasing his debut studio album, Bb Steps, and his second collaborative EP, Whatever, with So Loki in 2018.
In late 2019, bbno$ released his second studio album, Recess, which draws inspiration from the Disney series of the same name, and includes features from Y2K and Trippy Tha Kid. Many tracks off of Recess gained millions of streams on Spotify. bbno$ and Y2K have been recognized for marketing their single "Lalala" online by using various websites and online apps, namely Tinder, Instagram, TikTok, and Craigslist. The song was able to peak on over 20 charts around the world and gain over 1 billion streams worldwide. On March 17, 2023, the song was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for equivalent sales of three million units in the United States.
Later in 2019, bbno$ would go on to release another album, I Don't Care at All. The album featured various pre-released singles, "Slop", "Pouch", and "Shining on My Ex", the latter of which featured frequent collaborator Yung Gravy. The album was solely produced by Y2K.
On February 14, 2020, Baby Gravy 2 was released properly in collaboration with Yung Gravy. It serves as a sequel to the 2017 EP Baby Gravy.
The video for his single "Imma" features bbno$ in drag, travelling around Victoria with drag queen Jimbo.
On January 29, 2021, "Help Herself" was released. The song, produced by Diamond Pistols, was the first single from a new bbno$ project.
Later in the year, on May 14, 2021, the five-song EP titled My Oh My was released. Three of the five songs, "Help Herself", "Bad to the Bone", and "Help Herself" (with Benee) had been released as singles prior to the EP.
On July 24, 2021, "Edamame" featuring Rich Brian was released. This song was the first single from bbno$'s mixtape Eat Ya Veggies, and was later used in a trailer for The Garfield Movie.
On October 8, 2021, bbno$ released Eat Ya Veggies. The sixth track in the album, "U Mad!", was included in the October 7, 2021 update of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
He released his first new single of 2022 on April 8, titled "Mathematics".
bbno$ released the studio album Bag or Die on October 21, 2022. It includes the singles "Mathematics", "Piccolo", and "Sophisticated", along with a collaboration with Yung Gravy, "Touch Grass".
In 2023, bbno$ and Yung Gravy released his seventh studio album Baby Gravy 3 and his third collaboration album with Yung Gravy. It includes the singles "Goodness Gracious", "You Need Jesus", and "Nightmare on Peachtree Street" featuring Freddie Dredd.
In 2024, bbno$ released seven singles, "BPOT (Bills Paid on Time)"; "Pho Real" (with Vietnamese rappers Low G and Anh Phan), "Lil Freak" (featuring YouTuber-streamer Cr1TiKaL in the music video), "It Boy", "Two", "Meant to Be", and "Check". He has also collaborated with Smosh's Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla for the song "Submissive & Breedable". As of March 2025, he has released two more singles.

## Artistry

bbno$ has described his own music as "oxymoronic rap" that is "ignorant but melodic". bbno$ grew up listening to straight bass dubstep and house music from names like Datsik and Excision, before listening to hip hop artists, namely Tupac Shakur, Gucci Mane, and Chief Keef. He has cited Yung Lean and Pouya as his main rap inspirations.

## Personal life

bbno$ lives in Vancouver but has previously lived in Kelowna, where he received a degree in kinesiology at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in 2019.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with release date, label and selected chart positions shown :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Details | CAN | FIN | LIT | NOR | US | Certifications |
| BB Steps | Released: July 12, 2018 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Recess | Released: January 25, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I Don't Care at All | Released: November 7, 2019 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming | 88 | — | — | — | — | |
| Baby Gravy 2 (with Yung Gravy) | Released: February 14, 2020 Label: Republic Format: LP, digital download, streaming, vinyl | — | — | — | — | 188 | |
| Good Luck Have Fun | Released: October 9, 2020 Label: Self-released Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Eat Ya Veggies | Released: October 8, 2021 Label: Self-released Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | 36 | 19 | 17 | 32 | — | RMMZ: Gold |
| Bag or Die | Released: October 21, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming | — | — | 83 | — | — | |
| Baby Gravy 3 (with Yung Gravy) | Released: August 25, 2023 Label: Republic Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. ||||||||

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with release date and label shown :
| Title | Details |
| Baby Gravy | Released: 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming |
| Whatever (with So Loki) | Released: 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming |
| Babydrip (with SwuM) | Released: 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming |
| My Oh My | Released: 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions and certifications shown :
| Title | Year | 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 | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | CAN | AUS | FIN | NOR | NZ | SWE | UK | US | US R&B | WW | Certifications | Album |
| "Lalala" (with Y2K or with Y2K featuring Carly Rae Jepsen and Enrique Iglesias) | 2019 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 58 | 32 | 55 | 22 | — | MC: 5× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold RIAA: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum | Non-album singles |
| "Bad Boy" (with Yung Bae and Billy Marchiafava) | 2019 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bae 5 |
| "Slop" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | I Don't Care at All |
| "Shining on My Ex" (with Yung Gravy) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | I Don't Care at All and Baby Gravy 2 |
| "Iunno" (with Yung Gravy) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Baby Gravy 2 |
| "Welcome to Chilis" (with Yung Gravy) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Baby Gravy 2 |
| "Off the Goop" (with Yung Gravy and Cuco) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Baby Gravy 2 |
| "Out of Control" (with ceo@business.net and Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Incentivize Unpaid Overtime |
| "Mememe" (with Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Good Luck Have Fun |
| "Quarantine Freestyle" (with Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "What Would Baby Do?" (with Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Bad Boy" (with Yung Bae and Max) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Astrology" (with Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Good Luck Have Fun |
| "Jack Money Bean" (with Yung Gravy and Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Good Luck Have Fun and Gasanova |
| "Imma" (with Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Good Luck Have Fun |
| "Backwards" (with Lentra) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Good Luck Have Fun |
| "WaWaWa" (with Y2K) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Help Herself" (with Diamond Pistols or with Diamond Pistols and BENEE) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RMNZ: Gold | My Oh My |
| "Bad to the Bone" (with Lentra) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | My Oh My |
| "Wussup" (with Yung Gravy) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eat Ya Veggies |
| "Edamame" (featuring Rich Brian) | 2021 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 21 | — | 89 | — | — | 165 | MC: Platinum BPI: Silver RIAA: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum | Eat Ya Veggies |
| "Take a Trip" (with ceo@business.net and Jungle Bobby) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Yoga" (featuring Rebecca Black) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Eat Ya Veggies |
| "Mathematics" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bag or Die |
| "Piccolo" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bag or Die |
| "Sophisticated" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bag or Die |
| "C'est la Vie" (with Yung Gravy and Rich Brian) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Marvelous |
| "Touch Grass" (with Yung Gravy) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Bag or Die |
| "Still" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Ushme Uturbe" (with Kalush Orchestra and Ditvak) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Goodness Gracious" (with Yung Gravy) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Baby Gravy 3 |
| "It Happens" (with Little Big) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "We Are Not the Same" (with Marcus & Martinus) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Pho'real" (with Anh Phan and Low G) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Submissive & Breedable" (with Smosh) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Lil' Freak" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "It Boy" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Two" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Meant to Be" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Check" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Antidepressants" | 2025 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. ||||||||||||||

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2020 | Juno Award | Fan Choice Award | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Juno Award | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated | |