J.I.D
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J.I.D posing for a photo in New York City. Picture taken by Zach Boisjoly.
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| Birth name | Destin Route |
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October 31, 1990 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2010-present |
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Destin Route (born October 31, 1990), better known by his stage name J.I.D, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He is signed to J. Cole's Dreamville Records. He released his first EP, DiCaprio, on January 26, 2015. His debut album, The Never Story, was release on March 10, 2017.
Born and raised in East Atlanta, J.I.D, a name adopted and adapted from what his grandmother called him as a jittery child, first appeared on the Atlanta hip-hop scene with his debut EP, Dicaprio, in 2015. After a stint at Hampton University playing football, J.I.D also hooked up with fellow MCs as part of the Spillage Village collective. By 2012, he had dropped out of college to focus on music, and in 2014 he headed out on what would be a productive tour with EarthGang, Bas, and Ab-Soul. A year later he recorded and dropped the Dicaprio EP, which saw him team up with a host of producers, as well as EarthGang. In 2016, J.I.D, alongside the rest of the Spillage Village crew, released the album Bears Like This Too Much, where the rapper made multiple appearances.
On February 20, 2017, it was announced that he had signed to J. Cole's Dreamville label (a connection made with the rapper via J.I.D's part in the 2014 tour with Bas and Cole's friend and producer Cedric Brown), which released the single "Never". The full-length album, The Never Story was released on March 10, 2017.
Growing up, J.I.D's first connection with music was through his parents' collection of classic funk and soul LPs.
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