Bas (rapper)
Abbas Hamad (born May 27, 1987), better known by his stage name Bas, is an American rapper. He is signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records via Interscope Records. His first studio album "Last Winter", was released on April 29, 2014, followed by his second studio album, "Too High to Riot", which was released on March 4, 2016. His third album, "Milky Way", was released on August 24, 2018. Bas was born in Paris, France, in 1987, to Sudanese parents. At the age of 8, his family moved to New York City. He attended St. Francis Preparatory School  in Queens, New York. Musical career. 2011–2013: Career beginnings and mixtapes. In 2011, Bas released his debut mixtape titled "Quarter Water Raised Vol. 1". In 2013, his second mixtape was released entitled, "Quarter Water Raised Vol. 2". In 2013, Bas was featured on J. Cole's "New York Times" along with 50 Cent from Cole's album "Born Sinner", and then on DJ Khaled's "Hells Kitchen" from "Suffering from Success". He then appeared on the Dreamville compilation mixtape "Revenge of the Dreamers". That mixtape was released in celebration of Dreamville's partnership with Interscope Records, resulting in Bas being  signed to Interscope. Two weeks prior to the release of his debut album "Last Winter", Bas released a free EP titled "Two Weeks Notice". 2014–2015: "Last Winter". "Last Winter" was released on April 29, 2014, by Dreamville Records/Interscope Records. The album was a conceptual project that touches on the cold days in New York City recording the album. The album was supported by the single "My Nigga Just Made Bail" produced by GP808 and featured guest appearances by J. Cole. "Last Winter" would debut at 103 on the "Billboard" 200 with 3,601 copies sold in its first week. Following  its release, Bas went on a 10-city nationwide tour titled after the album. Bas followed his own "Last Winter" tour by going on a 24-city nationwide and international tour with TDE rapper Ab-Soul. In 2015, Bas supported J. Cole on '2014 Forest Hills Drive Tour' alongside Omen, Cozz, Jeremih, YG, and Big Sean. 2016–2017: "Too High to Riot". Bas released his second album, "Too High to Riot" on March 4, 2016. The album also includes guest appearances from his labelmates J. Cole and Cozz, as well as the Hics. The album would debut at 49 on the  Billboard 200 chart, selling 10,965 copies in its first week. He also later released a music video for each song on the album. Bas went on tour titled after the album in June 2016 with Cozz and EarthGang. It included 26 cities in North America and 10 cities in Europe. On January 29, 2017, the documentary highlighting the tour was released on Tidal. 2018–present: "Milky Way". On April 10, 2018, Bas released the one-off single "Pinball II", featuring Correy C. The first single for his third album "Boca Raton" was released on June 19, and featured ASAP Ferg . On August 22, he released the second single "Tribe" featuring J. Cole. Bas released his third album, "Milky Way" on August 24, 2018. The album debuted at number 35 on the "Billboard" 200, selling 13,150 album-equivalent units in the first week. Bas announced a 43-city tour to support the album, which began in November 2018 and concluded in February 2019. In late 2018, Bas announced he was working on an album with frequent collaborators, The Hics, the album is due out late 2021 to early 2022.