Logic (musician)
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Logic at the Verge Campus Tour in 2014
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Sir Robert Bryson Hall II January 22, 1990 Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. |
| Residence | Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Home town | Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| Website | mindoflogic |
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| Genres | Hip hop |
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Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (born January 22, 1990), known by his stage name Logic, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Logic expressed an interest in music as a teenager, and ventured into a musical career in early 2009, releasing a mixtape titled Young, Broke & Infamous in 2010. He would then sign with Visionary Music Group, before releasing two more mixtapes over two years, which amassed Logic nationwide attention by 2012.
Logic went on to release his fourth mixtape Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever in 2013 to critical acclaim. Following the mixtape, Logic secured a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings and released his debut studio album Under Pressure in October 2014 to critical success and he eventually went on to go gold with Under Pressure. The single "Under Pressure" preceded the album, and the album debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. It was later confirmed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to have sold more than 171,000 copies.
Logic's second studio album The Incredible True Story was released in November 2015 to critical and commercial success, with critics praising Logic's involvement in the production of the album, his introspective lyricism, and flexibility as a hip hop artist, calling it Logic's best album to date. It was later confirmed to have sold over 185,000 copies in the United States. Logic soon released Bobby Tarantino in 2016. It is his fifth mixtape and the first since Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever.
Sir Robert Bryson Hall II was born on January 22, 1990, in Gaithersburg, Maryland to Robert Bryson Hall, an African-American Maryland native, and a Caucasian mother. Logic spent much of his youth in the West Deer Park neighborhood of the city, where 24.6% of residents live below the poverty line, including 40.2% of those under age 18. Both of Logic's parents suffered from cocaine addiction and alcoholism. Despite his father initially being absent in his childhood, Logic was able to reconnect with Hall due to his burgeoning rap career. During his early adolescent years, Logic witnessed his brothers produce and distribute crack cocaine to "addicts all over the block," as well as seeing his siblings sell the drugs to his father. Logic maintains that he accurately knows how to manufacture and produce crack cocaine following these experiences. He attended neighboring Gaithersburg High School. However, he did not graduate and was soon expelled after he began skipping classes in the 10th grade. Logic would comment on the expulsion, stating "I started doing badly and failed every class but English, so they kicked me out of school, they gave up on me."
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