Joey Purp

Joseph Davis^[1] (born August 3, 1993),^[2] better known by his stage name Joey Purp, is an American rapper.^[3] He is one half of Leather Corduroys.^[4] He is one of the founding members of Savemoney.^[5]

Joey Purp
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Davis[1]
Born	(1993-08-03) August 3, 1993 (age 32)[2] Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2012–present
Website	purp.international

Early life

Joseph Davis grew up bouncing between various neighborhoods of Chicago, ranging from Wrigleyville to Humboldt Park.^[6] His father ran a restaurant and his mother managed thrift stores.^[7] He attended Whitney Young High School, where he realized that he had a talent for freestyle rapping.^[7] In his senior year, he flunked out of high school.^[8] He worked and interned at LDRS 1354, a streetwear store at Wicker Park.^[9]

Career

In 2012, Joey Purp released his first mixtape, The Purple Tape.^[7] In 2016, he released a mixtape, iiiDrops.^[10] Tentatively titled Eyedrops,^[11] it featured contributions from Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa, among others.^[12] It was included on the year-end lists by Complex,^[13] Pitchfork,^[14] Rolling Stone,^[15] and Lyrical Lemonade.

In 2018, Joey Purp released his debut studio album, Quarterthing.^[16] It included guest appearances from GZA and RZA, among others.^[17]

In 2023, Joey Purp's song "Elastic" was used in Google's Chromebook advertisements.^[18]

Style and influences

Joey Purp grew up listening to Wu-Tang Clan, Sex Pistols, The Casualties, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Dipset, and Lil Wayne.^[19] In a 2014 interview, he stated that his early recordings were heavily inspired by Currensy.^[19]

Discography

Studio albums

• Quarterthing (2018)^[16]
• Heavy Heart, Vol. 1 (2023)

Mixtapes

• The Purple Tape (2012)^[7]
• iiiDrops (2016)^[10]

Singles

As lead artist

• "Don't Stop" (2013)^[20]
• "Morgan Freeman" (2015)^[21]
• "Run It Up" (2015)^[22]
• "Performance Art Freestyle" (2016)^[23]
• "Girls @" (2016)^[24]
• "March 12th" (2018)^[25]
• "Bag Talk" (2018)^[26]
• "Elastic" (2018)^[27]

As featured artist

• "Winners" (2021)
  (Smoko Ono featuring Yxng Bane, Chance the Rapper & Joey Purp)

Guest appearances

• Vic Mensa - "Fear & Doubt" from Innanetape (2013)^[28]
• Thelonious Martin - "Purp Interlude" and "Purp Outro" from Wünderkid (2014)^[29]
• Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - "Go" from Surf (2015)^[30]
• Two Fresh - "Still Got It" from Torch (2015)^[31]
• Sterling Hayes - "OTS" from Antidepressant (2016)^[32]
• Thelonius Martin - "Bomaye" (2016)^[33]
• Towkio - "Playin' Fair" from Community Service 2 (2016)^[34]
• OddCouple - "Visions" from Liberation (2016)^[35]
• Phantogram - "You Don't Get Me High Anymore (A-Trak Remix)" (2017)^[36]
• ZZ Ward - "The Deep" (2017)^[37]
• Kami - "Just Like the Movies" from Just Like the Movies (2017)^[38]
• Vic Mensa - "Down for Some Ignorance (Ghetto Lullaby)" from The Autobiography (2017)^[39]
• Tokimonsta - "No Way" from Lune Rouge (2017)^[40]
• Knox Fortune - "Stun" from Paradise (2017)^[41]
• Louis the Child - "Shake Something" (2018)^[42]
• Kami & Smoko Ono - "Reboot" and "Beware" from Very Slight (2018)^[43]
• Chance the Rapper - "My Own Thing" (2018)^[44]