Rayven Justice | |
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Born |
Oakland, California |
August 13, 1991
Origin | East Oakland |
Genres | R&B, soul, hip hop (hyphy) |
Occupation(s) | Hella Loud Music Group |
Years active | 2008––present |
Labels | Rayven Justice Music Group,LLC, Empire Distribution, NuFace Entertainment |
Associated acts | Jonn Hart, Iamsu, TeeFlii, Problem, Waka Flocka Flame, Migos, French Montana Waka Flocka Eric Bellinger, Young V |
Website | RayvenJustice510.com |
Notable instruments | |
Vocals |
Rayven Justice - "Slide Thru" (Explicit) on VEVO (Dec 4, 2013) |
Rayven Justice is an American Rapper R&B vocalist and songwriter. From Oakland, California, he first started his career as part of the rap and songwriter duo Justice Brothers with his brother Raymen. Rayven Justice began pursuing a full-time solo career in 2010, and his vocals typically blend R&B with "a hip hop beat and plenty of bass." His collaborative album Both Sides of the Tracks was released in 2012, and he has also collaborated with artists such as French Montana, Dubb, Iamsu!, TeeFlii, Problem, Waka Flocka Flame, Pleasure P, and Migos. After releasing a number of singles, Rayven Justice released his I Have a Dream EP and album in 2014. Currently based in Oakland, he tours regularly.
Rayven Justice was born on August 13, 1991 in Oakland, California. Raised in East Oakland, in his youth he started making music with his younger brother, singing and rapping under his legal name Rayven Justice. His brother's name Raymen Justice, and together they formed the hip hop and R&B musical duo Justice Brothers. After his brother was shot and killed in 2010, Rayven Justice decided to commit himself full-time to music in his brother's memory.
In 2010 he collaborated on the track "Throw the Cash," which proved to be Rayven Justice's first significant breakthrough. The single was later included on his August 2011 mixtape Something About Rayven. In 2012 he soon after released the album Both Sides of the Tracks. Rayven Justice released several singles that summer as well. In 2013 he partnered with Rita Lee, CEO of Nuface Entertainment, to form Rayven Justice Music Group, and Signed a non exclusive distribution deal with Empire Distribution.Although a partnership with California based label Urban Life Distribution with aegis of Sony RED was planned , Justice chose EMPIRE Distribution .
In late 2013 he released his single "Slide Thru," which featured Migos. It was published through Empire Distribution in San Francisco, and received regular airplay on the Bay Area radio station KMEL. Wrote Complex.com about the song in 2014, "it shows how very slight variations on an existing formula can create radically different effects on the listener, the cartoonish 'I'm Different' pianos mutating into enigmatic atmosphere." A remix of "Slide Thru" by Migos was later released in March 2014.