# Comethazine

Frank Jahmier Childress (born July 6, 1998), known professionally as Comethazine or Frank Kole, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his platinum-selling single "Walk", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and "Bands". Both songs were included on his debut mixtape, Bawskee (2018).
Bawskee was followed up by four sequels; Bawskee 2, Bawskee 3.5, Bawskee 4, and Bawskee 5. His debut rap album, Pandemic, was released in early 2020 to mainly positive critical reception. In 2019, he was an XXL Freshman and performed his cypher alongside rappers Roddy Ricch and Tierra Whack. His latest album, Bawskee 5, was released in November 2022.

## Career

Childress began posting his music on audio distribution platform SoundCloud and video distribution platform Spotify as a teenager, allowing him to quit his job as a mechanic to focus on music full-time.
In early 2018, a feature on SoundCloud that allows their original sound file to be switched was abused for an unofficial upload of rapper YBN Nahmir's song "Bounce Out with That", that was replaced with his song "Bands", causing it to acquire the chart data of "Bounce Out with That". It is unclear who perpetrated this, though the account associated with the switch has since been removed. This incident helped increase the popularity of "Bands", which later appeared on his debut mixtape Bawskee. Another song on the mixtape, "Walk", became a viral hit and propelled Childress to further recognition. In 2019, he was selected to be a part of the 2019 XXL Freshmen Class. Comethazine announced the creation of his own record label, Hench Mafia Records, in June 2019.
On March 27, 2020, Childress's debut studio album as Comethazine, Pandemic, was released. His next project, Bawskee 4 followed on October 23, 2020, preceded by the music videos for "We Gone Win", "Air Max", and "Derek Jeter". Childress shot another music video for the song, "556", and released the entire album alongside it.
In late December 2020, Childress announced that his upcoming album would be titled Comethazine the Album.
On October 22, 2021, Comethazine the Album was released. It was promoted with the singles "Spinback" and "Six Flags".
On November 17, 2022, Bawskee 5 was released. Childress previewed the tracklist in a tweet posted the day prior.
Following the release of Bawskee 5, Childress discontinued the Comethazine moniker and began creating alternative rock music under the name Frank Kole. In October 2024, he released his first single, Smokestack Lightning, intended as the introduction for his upcoming studio album, Electric Mazeland.

## Musical style and influences

Comethazine's music has been compared as a mixture of Playboi Carti, Smokepurpp and Tay-K, and has been referred to as anti-melody, a derivative form of trap that uses the bass as a source of melody instead of traditional instrumentation. He has cited rappers such as Big Mike, Pimp C, Chingy, Jadakiss, Special Ed, Chief Keef, Playboi Carti, Eminem, Waka Flocka Flame, 50 Cent, and Jim Jones as musical influences.

## Discography
### Albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US |
| Pandemic | Released: March 27, 2020 Label: Alamo Format: Digital download, streaming | 151 |
| Comethazine the Album | Released: October 22, 2021 Label: Alamo Format: Digital download, streaming | 185 |

### Mixtapes

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| Title | Details | US | US R&B /HH | US Rap | CAN | Sales |
| Bawskee | Released: August 24, 2018 Label: Alamo Records Format: Digital download | 136 | — | — | — | |
| Bawskee 2 | Released: January 11, 2019 Label: Alamo Records Format: Digital download | 61 | 36 | — | 66 | |
| Bawskee 3.5 | Released: July 26, 2019 Label: Alamo Records Format: Digital download | 53 | 26 | 23 | 59 | • US: 13,000 |
| Bawskee 4 | Released: October 23, 2020 Label: Alamo Records Format: Digital download | 177 | — | — | — | • US: 7,000 |
| Bawskee 5 | Released: November 18, 2022 Label: Alamo Records Format: Digital download | — | — | — | — | |
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### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album(s) |
| Title | Year | US Bub. | US R&B/HH Bub. | Certifications | Album(s) |
| "Piped Up" | 2017 | — | — | | Bawskee |
| "Bands" (solo or with Rich the Kid) | 2018 | — | — | RIAA: Gold | Bawskee |
| "Let It Eat" (featuring Ugly God) | 2018 | — | — | | Bawskee |
| "Oowee" | 2018 | — | — | | Bawskee |
| "Walk" (solo or with A$AP Rocky) | 2018 | 20 | 5 | RIAA: Platinum | Bawskee |
| "Highriser" | 2018 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "DeMar DeRozan" | 2018 | — | — | | Bawskee 2 |
| "Nonsense" | 2019 | — | — | | Bawskee 2 |
| "Just Saying" | 2019 | — | — | | Bawskee 3.5 |
| "Stand" | 2019 | — | — | | Bawskee 3.5 |
| "50 Bars" | 2019 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Glide" | 2019 | — | — | | Pandemic |
| "No Front" | 2020 | — | — | | Pandemic |
| "Air Max" | 2020 | — | — | | Bawskee 4 |
| "We Gone Win" | 2020 | — | — | | Bawskee 4 |
| "Derek Jeter" | 2020 | — | — | | Bawskee 4 |
| "Malcolm in the Middle" | 2021 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Spinback" | 2021 | — | — | | Comethazine the Album |
| "Six Flags" | 2021 | — | — | | Comethazine the Album |
| "Like Dat" | 2022 | — | — | | Non-album single |
| "Smokestack Lightning" $_{(performedasFrankKole)}$ | 2024 | — | — | | |
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### Other charted songs

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | NZ Hot | Certifications | Album |
| "Find Him!" | 2019 | 33 | | Bawskee 3.5 |
| "Solved the Problem" | 2019 | 34 | RIAA: Gold | Bawskee 3.5 |