Comethazine

Frank Childress[2][3] (born July 6, 1998), known professionally as Comethazine, is an American rapper and songwriter. He is best known for his single "Walk", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

Comethazine
Born (1998-07-06) July 6, 1998
East St. Louis, Illinois [1]
OriginEast St. Louis, Illinois
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • songwriter
Years active2015–present
Labels
Associated acts
Websitehttps://www.bawskee.shop/

Comethazine has released four mixtapes since 2018, Bawskee, Bawskee 2, and most recently Bawskee 3.5, all to mainly positive critical reception.[4] In 2019, he was an XXL Freshman and performed his cypher alongside rappers Roddy Ricch and Tierra Whack.

On March 27, 2020, Comethazine's debut studio album Pandemic was released.[5]

Career

Comethazine began posting his music on audio distribution platform SoundCloud and video distribution platform YouTube 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". Comethazine's debut mixtape was critiqued by Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork for its perceived lack of originality.[9] In 2019, he was selected to be a part of the 2019 XXL Freshmen Class.[10]

Musical style and influences

Comethazine's music has been compared to the works of American rappers Playboi Carti 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, Chingy, Jadakiss, Chief Keef, and Jim Jones as musical influences.[1]

Discography

Albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[12]
Pandemic 151

Mixtapes
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
[12]		 US
R&B
/HH		 US Rap CAN
Bawskee 136—— —
Bawskee 2
  • Released: January 11, 2019
  • Label: Alamo Records
  • Format: Digital download
 6136— 66
Bawskee 3.5[13]
  • Released: July 26, 2019
  • Label: Alamo Records
  • Format: Digital download
 532623 59
Bawskee 4[14]
  • To be released: 2020
  • Label: Alamo Records
  • Format: Digital download
 ——— —

Singles
Title Year Peak
chart
positions		 Certifications Album
US
Bub.
[15]		 US
R&B/HH
Bub.
[16]
"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"[18] — — Pandemic
"No Front"[19] 2020 — —

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

References
  1. Seabrook III, Robby (6 April 2018). "The Break Presents: Comethazine". XXL. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  2. "CHILDRESS FRANK – Songwriter/Composer". repertoire.bmi.com. BMI. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. Berry, Peter A. "Comethazine Plans to Explore the World of Melody on Next Project". XXL Mag. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  4. Williams, Aaron (July 25, 2019). "All The Best New Hip-Hop Albums Coming Out This Week". Uproxx. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  5. Justin Ivey (March 27, 2020). "Comethazine Shares 'Pandemic' Album". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  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. Pierre, Alphonse (7 September 2018). "Comethazine: Bawskee". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  10. "2019 XXL Freshman Class". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  11. Press-Reynolds, Kieran (13 February 2019). "Comethazine and the Rise of Anti-Melody". The Fordham Ram. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  12. "Comethazine Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  13. "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.
  14. "Comethazine - B4". Instagram. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  15. "Comethazine Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  16. "Comethazine Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  17. "Gold & Platinum: Comethazine". Recording Industry Association of America.
  18. "Glide by Comethazine". Spotify.
  19. "No Front - Single by Comethazine on Apple Music".
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