Clever

Joshua Tyler Huie (born July 8, 1985), known professionally as Clever, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He gained recognition for his guest appearance on Juice Wrld's 2019 song "Ring Ring". He toured with Juice WRLD on the latter's "Death Race for Love" tour and has performed at Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud, Firefly, and others. He signed with Post Malone's Posty Co. and Lil Bibby's Grade A Productions, in a joint venture with Republic Records to release his debut studio album, Crazy, which failed to chart. By March 2024, he had over 650 million streams on Spotify.

Early life Joshua Tyler Huie was born in Gadsden, Alabama. He began writing poetry at 11 years old and transitioned into writing hip-hop music at 13 years old. He started battle rapping locally at 14 years of age and at 16 he was part of a radio segment where he would freestyle battle callers live on the air. Huie cites Jay Z and Led Zeppelin as musical influences.

His stage name was derived from a battle rap when he was 14 years old. While "battling," a win often is referred to as a "W," and a loss as an "L." His stage name, "Clever," originated from a lyric he used, "You can call me Clever, because I won't 'C' an 'L,' ever."

Career Huie released his album "1nce More" in 2006 and battle rapped on several episodes of BET's 106 & Park which led to him performing on the BET battle rap show, "Spring Bling," which he won. He released various recordings including "Nobody Can Save You" featuring SwizZz in 2013. In 2014, Huie co-wrote and recorded "Payday" (with Snoop Dogg) and began writing music for other artists as well as working closely with David Foster.

In 2018, rapper Lil Bibby heard Huie's music and passed it along to fellow rapper Juice WRLD, who then shared Huie's music on his Instagram page. After speaking with Juice WRLD, Huie flew out to Los Angeles and began recording with him which led to them recording the single, "Ring, Ring" which charted at No. 5 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" on March 23, 2019. They toured together on the "Death Race for Love" tour in 2019. After Juice WRLD died on December 8, 2019, Huie stated that Juice WRLD's "co-signing" of his music opened a lot of doors for him and that he had a major impact on the trajectory of his music career.

In 2019, Huie's single "Stick By My Side", featuring rapper NLE Choppa, caught the attention of rapper and singer Post Malone on social media, who would go on to sign Huie to his record label, Posty Co., in a joint-venture with Lil Bibby's label Grade A Productions and Republic Records. Huie released his debut studio album, Crazy (2021), which included the single, "Call Me Nobody" (featuring Lil Wayne and Huie's son Isaiah Lyric).

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected detailsTitleStudio album detailsCrazyReleased: March 12, 2021 Label: Grade A, Posty, Republic Format: CD, digital download, streaming, vinylLonelyReleased: March 28, 2023 Label: Ricochet Format: Digital download, streamingCoyoteReleased: October 3, 2025 Label: Ricochet & StreamCut Format: Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected detailsTitleMixtape details1nce MoreReleased: 2006 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingCleverydayReleased: January 1, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingMayhemReleased: 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingThe HybridReleased: December 2012 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingHypochondriacReleased: March 17, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingPuns N' RosesReleased: April 20, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingCleverReleased: July 2013 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingDead HeartReleased: July 20, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streamingFashion Helps Depression (with Swayy Mula and Karltin Bankz)Released: July 7, 2023 Label: PayHouse Music Group Format: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays + List of EPs, with selected detailsTitleEP detailsWho Is Clever?Released: October 11, 2019 Label: Grade A, The DisPensary Format: Digital download, streamingCleverReleased: October 25, 2024 Label: Ricochet, StreamCut Format: Digital download, streaming

Other ventures +Clever's single releases Year Title Peak chart positions NotesUS FI NED NZ SWE SWI Collaborative releases 2019 "Ring, Ring" 105 — — — — — — — — (with Juice WRLD) 2020 "Forever" 24 29 28 — 3 32 10 33 29(with Justin Bieber and Post Malone) "Penelope" — — — 1 — — — — —(with William) 2021 "Life's a Mess II" 97 — — — — — — — —(with Juice WRLD and Post Malone)

Singles (collaborations) 2024 – "Authentic" (with Rich Homie Quan) 2021 – "Life's a Mess II" (with Post Malone and Juice WRLD) 2021 – "Call Me Nobody" (with Lil Wayne and Isaiah Lyric) 2021 – "Skittles" (with Lil Baby) 2021 – "Rolls Royce Umbrella" (with Chris Brown) 2020 – "Forever" (with Justin Bieber and Post Malone) 2020 – "Apartments" (with NoCap and Rylo Rodriguez) 2020 – "Penelope" (with William) 2019 – "Ring, Ring" (with Juice WRLD) 2019 – "All In" (with Polo G and G Herbo) 2014 – "Payday" (with Snoop Dogg)