Childish Major

Markus Alandrus Randle (born July 4, 1991), known professionally as Childish Major, is an American rapper and record producer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was first credited with production work on American rapper Rocko's 2013 single "U.O.E.N.O.", which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. He shifted into a recording career in 2015, and released his debut mixtape, Woo$ah, two years later. Its lead single, "Supply Luh", was produced by J. Cole. In September 2019, he released his debut studio album Dirt Road Diamond.

He is closely affiliated with Atlanta-Baltimore music collective Spillage Village and American record label Dreamville Records, both of which house frequent collaborators JID and EarthGang.

Early life

Markus Randle was born on July 4, 1991, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was raised in Edgefield, South Carolina. He continued making beats into high school and college, eventually dropping out of college to focus on music production. and peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Various remixes of the song were released with a range of artists providing additional verses, including Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky, 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Trinidad James, and others. Major also produced songs by Young Jeezy ("Talk That") and Juicy J ("Ain't No Coming Down") among others in 2013.

In 2014, Major began releasing collaborative tracks with rapper Matik Estrada, including "Family Matters." This would culminate in the release of their joint EP, Community Service, in March 2015. That collection featured the song "Keep Running" with a guest appearance from Big K.R.I.T. During this time, Major also provided production work for artists like SZA ("Green Mile"), EarthGang ("Wednesday", "Thursday"), and others.

In July 2016, Major commemorated his 25th birthday He later co-produced the title track off of J. Cole's album, 4 Your Eyez Only, which was released in December 2016. In July 2017, Major released the single, "Woo$ah", and followed that with another single, "Supply Luh", in September. The latter song was produced by J. Cole and was featured on a season 2 episode of the HBO series, Insecure. Those two songs (along with "Happy Birthday") were featured on Childish Major's debut mixtape, Woo$ah, released in December 2017 by EMPIRE. In addition to Isaiah Rashad and SZA, the project featured guest appearances from 6lack, DRAM, and Hero the Band.

In 2018, Major appeared on select dates for Big K.R.I.T.'s "Heavy is the Crown" tour and Billie Eilish's "1 By 1" tour. In August of that year, Major released the single, "Know Nothing", which would be featured on the third season of Insecure. In December 2018, he released the song, "Shine". In January 2019, he was one of numerous artists to attend the studio sessions for the compilation album, Revenge of the Dreamers III, which was released in July 2019 by Dreamville Records. The following month, Major began appearing as part of Reebok's "Alter the Icons" advertising campaign, a role he continues to have as of August 2019. Beginning in February 2019, Major began releasing several songs, including "Naan", "Diet", "Good Luh" (featuring Kota the Friend), and "Framed Checks", among others.

In August 2019, Major released three singles, "For You", "Feelings Hurt", and "No Sweat" (featuring Ludacris). Those songs served as the lead singles for his studio album, Dirt Road Diamond, which was released on September 5, 2019. In addition to Ludacris, the album featured guest appearances from Olu (of EarthGang), Tish Hyman, and Buddy.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums with selected details Title Details Dirt Road Diamond Released: September 5, 2019 Label: EMPIRE, Humility City Formats: Digital download

Mixtapes + List of mixtapes with selected details Title Details Woosah Released: December 15, 2017 Label: EMPIRE, Humility City Formats: Digital download

EPs

+ List of EPs with selected details Title Details Community Service(with Matik Estrada) Released: March 15, 2015 Label: Independent Formats: Digital download Thank You, God. For It All. Released: July 23, 2021 Label: Atlantic Formats: Digital download

Singles

+ List of singles as a lead artist with selected details Title Year Album "Family Matters" 2015 Community Service "Happy Birthday" 2016 Woo$ah "Woosah" 2017 "Supply Luh" "Know Nothing" 2018 "Shine" "Naan" 2019 "Diet" "For You" Dirt Road Diamond "Feelings Hurt" "No Sweat" (feat. Ludacris) "Wife You" 2020 "Kick It" Madden NFL 21 "Disrespectful" 2021

Production discography