About ScHoolboy Q
Quincy Matthew Hanley , better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q , is an American rapper from South Los Angeles, California. He began recording in 2007, and released his first two mixtapes, ScHoolboy Turned Hustla and Gangsta & Soul to local success. After signing with the Carson-based record label Top Dawg Entertainment, Hanley's debut studio album, Setbacks and its follow-up, Habits & Contradictions were both released to positive critical response; both also performed moderately on the US Billboard 200 chart as digital exclusives.
Hanley signed with Interscope Records to release his third album and major label debut, Oxymoron . Met with critical acclaim, the album peaked atop the US Billboard 200 and was supported by the singles "Collard Greens" and "Studio" ; the former received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America and marked his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, while the latter received triple platinum certification and peaked within the top 40. He saw further success on the chart as a guest performer, appearing on the 2013 single "White Walls" by the hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, and the 2014 single "2 On" by singer Tinashe. His fourth and fifth albums, Blank Face LP and Crash Talk , were both met with continued praise and peaked within the top three of the Billboard 200. His sixth album, Blue Lips , peaked at number 13 and saw universal acclaim.
He was a member of the California-based hip hop group Black Hippy, alongside frequent collaborators Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Kendrick Lamar. Hanley has received five Grammy Award nominations.
Quincy Matthew Hanley was born October 26, 1986, on a United States Army air base in Wiesbaden, West Germany. His parents—who were both in the military—divorced before he was born, and his mother gave him a surname different from those of either of his parents, choosing one at random. His father remained in the Army while Hanley and his mother moved to Texas for a couple years, before settling in South Central Los Angeles, on 51st Street, neighboring Figueroa and Hoover Street.
Hanley played American football from the age of six until he was 21, and played receiver, cornerback, tailback, and returner. He attended John Muir Middle School. After graduating Crenshaw High School, Hanley went on to attend Glendale Community College, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles Southwest College and West Los Angeles College.
Growing up on Hoover Street, Hanley joined the 52 Hoover Gangster Crips: "I was gang-banging at 12. I was a Hoover Crip. My homies were doing it and I wanted to do it. I can't really explain that. I didn't get into it with another hood or anything like that. I was just following the leader." Before turning to music, Hanley became a drug dealer selling Oxycontin, and for a short time crack cocaine and marijuana. In 2007, he was arrested for home invasion and sent to jail for six months, half of which he finished on house arrest.
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