M City JR

M-City J.r., or simply City, is an American rapper and songwriter. Having gained popularity on the Detroit underground hip hop and rap scene. He rose to prominence with his single Addicted to My Ex in 2016, when it reached No. 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. M-City J.r. is the creator and co-founder of the Yacht Club Social Network music collective and its brand YCSN Apparel.

Life and career

M-City J.r. grew up in westside Detroit. After working on and off on various projects for a decade, City started performing on the Detroit underground hip hop and rap scene. He issued his first popular track, H1N1, in 2014. Grindin', released in August 2014, was a remix of Lil Wayne's song that City made with Geech and GodS way. It earned him a place among Control Detroit's "10 Detroit artists you should know in 2015."

On January 1, 2015, City released Salmonella, his second virus (as opposed to viral) single, featuring musical artists Sino and Adubb Da Gawd. The single was included in C.O.I.N. Handlers' Loose Change vol.2. He won the Imported From the D contest in May 2015 and Detroit's Local Love Tour contest for hip-hop, rap and R&B musicians in June. He had a motorcycle accident, which resulted in a recovery party and a docu-video, Road to Recovery.

On December 8, 2015, he released his single Cake (a metaphor for money), which depicts a young boy fleeing his home and heading into the chaos of the streets of Detroit. Michigan Chronicle said that "City masterfully tells a story of the desperation that comes along with trying to find opportunity in a desolate area."

His single Addicted to mMy Ex debuted at No. 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart on April 19, 2016. On April 30, it hit No. 41 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, Its comical and "spectacularly strange" video follows the MC through Detroit on a quest to "flex his ex". It was described as "not so much an innovative record as a biggest possible maxed-out version of contemporary sounds and trends, a record which hits much heavier than it should."

Musical style

The musical style of M-City J.r. has been associated with Kid Cudi, Trinidad James, King Hendrick$ and Young Thug, as well as Desiigner, Madeintyo and TY Dolla $ign.

Singles

Solo

Title Year Peak chart positions Album USR&B/HH "H1N1"2014 — Non-album single "22"— "Grindin'"— "Salmonella"2015— "Pressure"— "Cake"— "Addicted to My Ex" 201641 "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Yacht Club Social Network

Title Year Peak chart positions AlbumMandatory2015-EmpireBlue Strips-

Mixtapes

Music videos

Year Song Album Director2014 22 Non-album singleRoe Dayzon #M.F.E. Grindin' 2015 Pressure Cake Blue Strips Empire Mandatory 2016 Addicted to My Ex Non-album single