# IDK (rapper)

Jason Aaron Mills (born May 24, 1992), professionally known as IDK, stylized as .idk. (also known as Jay IDK; a backronym for Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge), is a British-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

## Early life

Jason Aaron Mills was born on May 24, 1992, in London, England to parents of Sierra Leonean and Ghanaian descent. He was raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he later started to make music initially under the moniker Jay IDK.

## Career

In August 2014, Mills released his second mixtape, titled SubTrap. The name stands for Suburban Trap or "trap music with substance". The album features the singles "The Plug," "God Said Trap (King Trappy III)" and "Cookie Addiction" featuring BJ the Chicago Kid. It features production from Skhye Hutch, was mixed by Lo Mein, Tim Webberson, Matt Weiss, and Delbert Bowers. Project management for Subtrap was overseen by Blade Thornton, David Kuti, Clayton Barmore, Quinelle Holder, and Ryan Booth. Mills' style of rapping has been compared to the early work of Kendrick Lamar, especially Lamar's 2011 album Section.80.
On June 22, 2016, Mills was announced as one of the performers at the 2016 Trillectro Music Festival. On September 9, 2016, Mills released his third mixtape Empty Bank and premiered it on Forbes. Mills opened for Isaiah Rashad on his "The Lil Sunny" tour which started in January 2017.
On October 13, 2017, Mills released his fourth mixtape IWasVeryBad, which was released for free in collaboration with Adult Swim. Mills later released the first six songs of the album as a series on Noisey. This series gave the album visuals and a new story. The first six songs were part of the first season, with the second season going unreleased, which assumingly would've included the last six songs.
On November 9, 2018, Mills released his first EP IDK & Friends :).
On September 4, 2019, Mills released his debut studio album, Is He Real, including features from Pusha T, DMX, JID, Tyler, the Creator, Burna Boy, and GLC.
On June 26, 2020, Mills released his second EP IDK & Friends 2, which was used as the soundtrack for Kevin Durant's Basketball County Documentary.
On July 9, 2021, Mills released his second studio album, USee4Yourself, including features from Young Thug, Offset, Westside Gunn, MF Doom, Jay Electronica, Lucky Daye, SiR, T-Pain, The Neptunes, Swae Lee, Rico Nasty, Slick Rick, Sevyn Streeter, and more.
On April 29, 2022, Mills opened for Zedd at Washington University in St. Louis as part of WILD.
On May 1, 2022, Mills performed at Swarthmore College as part of Worthstock.
On May 6, 2022, Mills released his third studio album, Simple, which included features from Denzel Curry and Mike Dimes, and was executively produced by Kaytranada.
On May 5, 2023, Mills released his fourth studio album, F65, including features from Fat Trel, NLE Choppa, Jucee Froot, Saucy Santana, Tay Iwar, Musiq Soulchild, Rich The Kid, Snoop Dogg and Benny the Butcher.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| Is He Real | Released: September 4, 2019 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl, CD Producers: .idk. and Jerm | — |
| USee4Yourself | Released: July 9, 2021 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl, CD Producers: IDK, Blue Rondo, ATL Jacob, DJ Dahi, T-Minus, Buddah Bless, The Neptunes, CashMoneyAP | 164 |
| Simple. | Released: May 6, 2022 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl, CD Producers: .idk., Kaytranada | — |
| F65 | Released: May 5, 2023 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming Producers: .idk. | — |
| Bravado + Intimo | Released: November 1, 2024 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming Producers: .idk. | — |

### Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Sex, Drugs & Homework (as Jay IDK) | Released: May 25, 2014 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| SubTrap (as Jay IDK) | Released: August 25, 2015 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Empty Bank (as Jay IDK) | Released: September 9, 2016 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| IWasVeryBad | Released: October 13, 2017 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| IDK & Friends :) | Released: November 9, 2018 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| IDK & Friends 2 (Basketball County soundtrack) | Released: June 26, 2020 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles

Lists of singles, with selected details :
| Title | Single details |
| "Blame My Friends (The Gang)" | Released: February 7, 2017 Label: Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "OMW" | Released: April 27, 2017 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "No Wave" (featuring Denzel Curry) | Released: February 16, 2018 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Lil Arrogant" (featuring Joey Badass and Russ) | Released: March 30, 2018 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Star" | Released: May 25, 2018 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Trippie Redd's Freestyle" | Released: June 28, 2018 Label: Self-released (HXLY TRiBE) Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Electric" (featuring Q Da Fool) | Released: September 27, 2018 Label: Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Trigger Happy" | Released: March 6, 2019 Label: Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "In My White Tee" | Released: April 10, 2020 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Coal" | Released: November 26, 2021 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming Released as an Apple Music exclusive for Carols Covered 2021. Mills later rereleased the song on other platforms on December 1, 2022. |
| "W13" | Released: August 26, 2022 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Monsieur Dior" | Released: October 28, 2022 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Denim" (featuring Joey Badass) | Released: March 28, 2024 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |
| "Tiffany" (featuring Gunna) | Released: June 21, 2024 Label: Warner, Clue Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
| "Kristi YamaGucci" | 2018 | ASAP Ferg, Denzel Curry, NickNack | — |
| "Uh Huh" | 2018 | Denzel Curry | — |
| "I Don't Sell Dope" | 2018 | Lil Gnar | GNAR Lif3 |
| "No Time" | 2018 | Party Thieves | — |
| "Beautiful Smile" | 2018 | Saba | — |
| "And You" | 2018 | Token, Bas | Between Somewhere |
| "Beautiful Oblivion" | 2018 | The Neighbourhood | Hard to Imagine the Neighbourhood Ever Changing |
| "MINIMIZYA" | 2019 | City Morgue | CITY MORGUE VOL 2: AS GOOD AS DEAD |
| "Al Pacino" | 2020 | Izi | RIOT |
| "Burnin Bridges / Long Day" | 2021 | Quadeca | From Me to You |
| "FREE SMOKE" | 2021 | Jerm | Ultraviolet |
| "Uber Music" | 2021 | Diz Live, Bino Rideaux | Uber Music |
| "Trials" | 2022 | NGHTMRE | DRMVRSE |
| "Psychedelic Views" | 2022 | Sad Night Dynamite | Volume II |