Comethazine

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Comethazine
Born (1998-07-06) July 6, 1998 (age 23)
St. Louis, Missouri[1]
OriginEast St. Louis, Illinois
GenresTrap
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present
Labels
[2]
Websitehttps://www.bawskee.shop/

Frank Childress[3][4] (born July 6, 1998), known professionally as Comethazine , is an American rapper, songwriter, and film director. 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" with Rich the Kid. Both songs were included on his well-received debut mixtape, Bawskee (2018).[2]

Bawskee was followed up by three sequels; Bawskee 2, Bawskee 3.5 and Bawskee 4.[2] His debut album, Pandemic, was released in early 2020 to mainly positive critical reception.[5] In 2019, he was an XXL Freshman and performed his cypher alongside rappers Roddy Ricch and Tierra Whack. His self-titled second album Comethazine is expected in 2021.

Career[]

Comethazine 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.[1][6]

In early 2018, a feature on SoundCloud that allows their original sound file to be switched was abused for an unofficial upload of 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".[7] It is unclear who perpetrated this, though the account associated with the switch has since been removed.[8] This incident helped increase the popularity of "Bands". In 2019, he was selected to be a part of the 2019 XXL Freshmen Class.[9] Comethazine announced the creation of his own record label, Hench Mafia Records, in June 2019.

On March 27, 2020, Comethazine's debut studio album, Pandemic, was released.[10] His next project, Bawskee 4 followed on October 23, 2020, preceded by the music videos for "We Gone Win", "Air Max", and "Derek Jeter".[2] Comethazine shot another music video for the song, "556", and released the entire album alongside it.

In late December 2020, Comethazine announced that his upcoming album would be titled Comethazine. He directed and shot a television show called Doogie. It will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on a date that is TBD.

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.[11] 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.[1]

Discography[]

Albums[]

Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[12]
Pandemic 151

Mixtapes[]

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[12] 		US
R&B
/HH
[13] 		US Rap
[14] 		CAN
[15]
Bawskee 136 — — —
Bawskee 2
  • Released: January 11, 2019
  • Label: Alamo Records
  • Format: Digital download
 61 36 — 66
Bawskee 3.5[16]
  • Released: July 26, 2019
  • Label: Alamo Records
  • Format: Digital download
 53 26 23 59 • US: 13,000
Bawskee 4[17]
  • Released: October 23, 2020
  • Label: Alamo Records
  • Format: Digital download
 177 — — — • US: 7,000
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles[]

Title Year Peak
chart
positions 		Certifications Album
US
Bub.
[18] 		US
R&B/HH
Bub.
[19]
"Piped Up" 2017 — — Bawskee
"Bands"
(solo or with Rich the Kid) 		2018 — —
"Walk"
(solo or with A$AP Rocky) 		20 5
"Oowee" — —
"DeMar DeRozan" — — Bawskee 2
"Highriser" — — Non-album single
"Nonsense" 2019 — — Bawskee 2
"Just Saying" — — Bawskee 3.5
"Stand" — —
"50 Bars" — — Non-album single
"Glide"[21] — — Pandemic
"No Front"[22] 2020 — —
"Air Max" — — Bawskee 4
"We Gone Win" — —
"Derek Jeter" — —
"Malcolm In The Middle" 2021 — — TBA
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Seabrook III, Robby (6 April 2018). "The Break Presents: Comethazine". XXL. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Powell, Jon (October 7, 2020). "Comethazine lives it up in "Derek Jeter" video". Revolt. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "CHILDRESS FRANK – Songwriter/Composer". repertoire.bmi.com. BMI. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. ^ Berry, Peter A. "Comethazine Plans to Explore the World of Melody on Next Project". XXL Mag. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  5. ^ Williams, Aaron (July 25, 2019). "All The Best New Hip-Hop Albums Coming Out This Week". Uproxx. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "VFILES Premiere: Comethazine Has a Death Wish". VFILES. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ Moore, Matthew (19 February 2018). "Fake the music and dance: pop song dodge boosts ratings". The Times. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. ^ Guan, Frank (12 February 2018). "Other Sites Have Fake News, So SoundCloud Has Fake Music". Vulture. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 XXL Freshman Class". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  10. ^ Justin Ivey (March 27, 2020). "Comethazine Shares 'Pandemic' Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  11. ^ Press-Reynolds, Kieran (13 February 2019). "Comethazine and the Rise of Anti-Melody". The Fordham Ram. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Comethazine Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  13. ^ "Comethazine Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  14. ^ "Comethazine Chart History: Top Rap Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  15. ^ "Comethazine Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  16. ^ "Newly-Minted XXL Freshman Comethazine Announces Bawskee 3.5, His Debut Album, Coming This Summer via Alamo Records/ Interscope". Audible Treats. Word Press. June 21, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  17. ^ "Comethazine - B4". Instagram. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  18. ^ "Comethazine Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Comethazine Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gold & Platinum: Comethazine". Recording Industry Association of America.
  21. ^ "Glide by Comethazine". Spotify.
  22. ^ "No Front - Single by Comethazine on Apple Music".
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