ScHoolboy Q was born October 26, 1986
Written by Mister Anderson on October 26, 2022
Quincy Matthew Hanley, aka ScHoolboy Q, was born on October 26, 1986, on a military base in Germany. The TDE rapper grew up in Los Angeles, CA, and played football in college. He joined the Hoover Street Crips as a youth, which is why the “H’s” are always capitalized in his name and song titles.
In 2009, Hanley signed to Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and in late 2011, secured a recording contract with major label Interscope Records. Hanley is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside label-mates and fellow California-based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Kendrick Lamar.
In 2008, Hanley released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled ScHoolboy Turned Hustla. He later released a follow-up in 2009, titled Gangsta & Soul. He then returned in January 2011, with his first independent album, titled Setbacks. The project, released under TDE, to digital retailers only, reached number 100 on the US Billboard 200 chart. A little over a year later, his second independent album Habits & Contradictions, was also released exclusively to digital retailers. The album received generally favorable reviews and debuted at number 111 on the US Billboard 200.
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