Latest Release
- MAR 25, 2024
- 1 Song
- eat ya veggies · 2021
- Lalala - Single · 2019
- lil' Freak - Single · 2024
- C'est La Vie - Single · 2022
- pogo - Single · 2022
- Welcome to Chilis - Single · 2020
- Sensational · 2019
- Shining On My Ex - Single · 2019
- Bad Boy - Single · 2019
- You Need Jesus - Single · 2023
Albums
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
Artist Playlists
- The DIY Vancouver rapper has humour and charm to spare.
- Low G & Anh Phan
- Marcus & Martinus
- Tiny Meat Gang
- Little Big
- Grabbitz & VALORANT
- Tuzzo & Nello Taver
About bbno$
Bbno$—short for “baby no money”—is a master of swerve. In the Vancouver rapper/producer/songwriter’s beats, minimalist synths and woozy wordplay undulate around thundering 808 kicks and flickering trap hi-hats. Stylistically, he weaves from idea to idea, fleshing out a Southern rap backbone with Latin salsa, dancehall, disco, house, jazz flute, banjo, and more. Born Alexander Gumuchian in 1995, the British Columbian got his start in 2016, bringing self-effacing humour to beats and flows steeped in the work of rappers like Migos. Following a deluge of singles, both solo and alongside collaborators like Y2K, Lentra, and Yung Gravy, bbno$ dropped his debut album, Bb Steps, in 2018, but it was 2019’s “Lalala,” produced by Y2K, that made him famous for his singsong cadence and low-key sense of humour. It takes a special kind of artist to kick off their song by asking, “Did I really just forget that melody?” But he’s clever like that—and unusually self-aware. In “Astrology,” he breaks down the act of songwriting (“Usually I lay a bridge right here, but today I wasn’t feeling it”), detonating the fourth wall to let everyone in on the joke. You could say that bbno$ is a child of the Beastie Boys, updated for the digital-native era. But going viral is never the be-all and end-all, he told Apple Music: “I’m always trying to think what could be marketable when I make a song, or post-making the song. But I don’t really go into the song thinking, like, I gotta make a [viral] hit.” With beats and rhymes as irresistible and unforgettable as his, catchy just comes naturally.
- HOMETOWN
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- BORN
- June 30, 1995
- GENRE
- Hip-Hop/Rap