Joey Fatts

Joey Lee Vercher (born August 3, 1991), better known as his stage name Joey Fatts is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Long Beach, California. Fatts is signed to his own label, Cutthroat Records. He gained recognition by releasing the Chipper Jones series with the help of the late A$AP Yams, who helped catapult his career. He went on to release the other mixtapes, Ill Street Blues and I'll Call You Tomorrow (2016).

Early life Vercher was born on August 3, 1991, in Long Beach, California. Vercher's mother and father are originally from Compton, but moved to Long Beach because they wanted a better life for Vercher and his older brother. Vercher started getting involved in gang activity in the summer of 1999, at the age of 8. Vercher's mother was an alcoholic and never paid any attention to him. When Vercher was in the fifth grade his father went to prison and left his mother alone with him and his sister.

Vercher and his mother moved to San Fernando Valley for a while. At age fifteen, he moved from his mother's house to Los Angeles to play football, despite not having anywhere to live in the city. He slept wherever he could, his friend's garage, his girlfriend's house, the back of his 1986 Camaro, while chasing his dream of playing in college. When he was sixteen, one of his best friends died from a shooting and was depressed for a while. About six of his closest friends died from shootings while growing up.

Fatts produced the song, "Jodye" on Rocky's debut album, Long. Live. ASAP. Then southern rapper Waka Flocka Flame signed him to his 36 Brick House management company and was the only artist on the imprint. In January 2014, Fatts revealed the cover and release date of the mixtape, Ill Street Blues.

2014–present: Chipper Jones Vol. 3, Ill Street Blues, and I'll Call You Tomorrow Joey Fatts released the third volume of his Chipper Jones series on August 3, 2014. The title track and "Keep It G Pt. II" (featuring ASAP Rocky) reached number 3 and number 15 on the Billboard Twitter Emerging Artists chart. In January 2016, Vercher performed at the Yams Day concert in New York City. On March 3, 2016, Fatts released the mixtape, I'll Call You Tomorrow, which featured Lil Yachty, Vince Staples, Playboi Carti, and Ryan Bogan.

In August 2016, Fatts signed Los Angeles rapper D Savage to his label Cutthroat Records. In March 2017, Vercher and D Savage headlined their national "At Your Neck Tour" with opener Eddy Baker.

Discography

Mixtapes + List of mixtapes and selected details Title Album detailsChipper JonesReleased: August 15, 2012 Label: Cutthroat Records Format: Digital downloadChipper Jones Vol. 2Released: May 29, 2013 Label: Yamborghini Records Format: Digital downloadChipper Jones Vol. 3Released: August 3, 2014 Label: Cutthroat Format: Digital downloadIll Street BluesReleased: February 17, 2015 Label: Cutthroat, Yamborghini Format: Digital downloadI'll Call You TomorrowReleased: March 3, 2016 Label: Cutthroat Format: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist + Single, showing year released and album name Title Year Album"ASAP Ant featuring Joey Fatts"2014non-album single

Guest appearances