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Born and raised in Gulfport, MS, Block Boi AKA Lil Knuckle, AKA DA NEIGHBORHOOD BABY has been commanding the streets since he first touched down as a player in the rap game at the age of 12. Motivated by a desire to get it right now, Block Boi is a presence that can't be denied in the rap game. A lyricist by birth, he has been blessing the mic for as long as he can remember.Counted out by the naysayers, Block Boi has transformed his street savy into smart business and translates it all into the hottest music not known by the world yet. A self proclaimed "PASTOR TO THE STREET", Block is positioning himself as the shepherd of the south. Not only giving em hell lyrically but always keeping his heart with the street, vowing never to forget what made him, and those that loved him first.
A founding member of Quarter Boy Records, Block Boi has branched out only as a front runner to introduce the world to the muddy talent of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, blazing the trail to take it from the streets to the board room.
The new mouth of the south hits you with hood favorites like "Ridin South" which is the new street anthem that boasts about the flossing power of them real live Dope Boys... with real live dope boy majic. Block opens us up to his inner struggle for success with "Never Gone Quit" where he comes from the heart and refuses to give up and is destined for victory.
Block Boi is already enjoying the comradery of the industry elite with music colabs with some of the industry vets that include DAVID BANNER, PIMP C of UGK, FIEND, BOO DA BOSS PLAYA and many others on unreleased cuts.
Having production by some of the hottest producers going now (DAVID BANNER, SHAWTY REDD, who's most noted as the sound behind YOUNG JEEZY and DUB-G) Block Boi brings it each and every time ensuring you keep your head rocking from the first to the last track.
Just getting started, BLOCK BOI is a rising Star in the industry and pushing it harder and harder every time they lock him in the booth.