Asaiah Ziv

Aaron Michael Rivera (born July 17, 1996) is an American rapper who goes by the stage name Asaiah Ziv (pronounced: Uh-sy-uh Zihv). Formerly known as KIDD or Tha Kidd Jopp, released his first studio album, Murder My Flesh, on the Christian hip hop label Infiltrate Music in 2013, and it was a Billboard chart breakthrough release.

He subsequently released a free extended play in 2014, Hipsavvy: The Introduction, also with Infiltrate . On February 1, 2016, Rapzilla, which is run by the owners of Infiltrate, revealed that Rivera no longer identified as a Christian, and that he was released from his contract.

Biography

Asaiah Ziv was born Aaron Michael Rivera on July 17, 1996, in Las Vegas, Nevada. and at No. 14 on the Top Gospel Albums charts. He later released, Hipsavvy: The Introduction, in 2014 which hinted the start of both his musical and personal transition." On February 1, 2016, Infiltrate allowed Rivera to step away from his contract, as Rivera no longer identified with the Christian beliefs promulgated by the label.

On February 1, 2016, he released "Free Your Soul Side A: Life" and announced that "Side B: Love" would be released later in the year. On April 16, 2016, Ziv released the single, "Ether", In which he dissed previous label Infiltrate Music and previous Hipsavvy member Lee Williams. He has since released the singles "Worf" and "Derrick Rose" both which contained a featured from rapper Kenny! In August, Ziv acted as Executive Producer for Las Vegas rapper, Joey Wolfe's Debut EP, Long Summer EP.

On October 31, Hipsavvy Artist, ArtyBasqiyah (formerly BraveArt) released a new single called "Tale of The DM" which Ziv produced and featured on. November 10, 2016, Ziv released another new single titled "Yaya", the first to be released from Side B and stated the project would be pushed back due to losing much of his work due to a crashed hard drive and lap top. November 15, he released limited edition pieces from his Free Your Soul collection as well a collaborative single with Doanman: "Ferr".

On January 24, 2017, Ziv announced his new single would be released on January 31, 2017, titled "Take My Cup". On February 9, 2017, he announced that I'm Depressed, but Happy would be released sometime in 2017. He released the first single, "Lemonade" on April 25, 2017 and "Face", feature rappers Waldo & Ali-47, on July 28, 2017.

Discography

Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USChr USGos Murder My Flesh Released: September 3, 2013

CD, digital download 49 14Hipsavvy: The Introduction Released: July 3, 2014

digital download — —Free Your Soul: Side A Released: February 1, 2016

CD, digital download — —I'm Depressed, but Happy Released: October 10, 2017

CD, digital download — —Ferr(with Doanman) Released: April 1, 2019

digital download — —Trap Cobain Released: February 28, 2020

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As featured performer Title Year Album "Swerv"(Black Knight featuring Jesus Geek, Jor'dan Armstrong & KIDD) 2012 The Break In "First World Problems"(King Kulture featuring KIDD) 2013 King Kulture: Stop the Traffic "#SameTeam (Remix)"(Swoope featuring Jackie Hill Perry, Taelor Gray, KB, JGivens, Alex Faith & KIDD) 2014 Because You Asked "Honda Civic"(Lee Williams featuring BraveART & Asaiah Ziv) 2015 non-album single "Happy Place"(Sam Stan featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2015 Happy Raps "Mirror"(Levi Hinson featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2016 Faceless "Ferr"(Doanman featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2017 #Idkwhichdirectionimgoing "Right Now"(Kaleb Mitchell featuring Caleb Cruise & Asaiah Ziv) 2017 non-album single "Feelin' Me"(Drew Famous featuring Adrian Stresow & Asaiah Ziv) 2017 Yearbook "Jack Skellington"(Kaleb Mitchell featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2018 NINESEVENTHREE "Lone(ly)"(Doanman featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2019 non-album single "Feels"(Obed Padilla featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2019 Deyssler "Come Thru"(Vic Sage featuring Asaiah Ziv) 2019 Broke & Happy "Kill Switch"(Mannix featuring Asaiah Ziv & Caleb Cruise) 2021 non-album single