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Nicholas Jonathan Mossey (born September 29, 2005), known professionally as 216mossey, is an American rapper. He rose up with his hit singles "Hate Me" Featuring LetJayFlyy and "Soul Revive" Featuring KillBunk. His debut single Lost in my emotions (2022) peaked at over 50,000 views around all platforms.

Mossey's second single that really took off for him "Hate Me" Featuring LetJayFlyy (2023) is currently sitting at an amazing 20,000 views only being out since March. This single really helped pave the way for many connections within the music world.

Early life
Nicholas Jonathan Mossey was born on September 29, 2005, and born in a small city named Parma and was raised in Cleveland, Ohio for the duration of his childhood, before moving back to Parma. and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, to Heather Cairns and Lloyd Mossey. He is the second of three children, having a younger sister, and older brother Brandon who also Rapped casually for fun with Mossey and went under the stage name ".Perp." Still in High School Mossey is currently a Senior, and attended Parma Senior High School throughout his High School years before moving to Florida in June 2023.

Career
2016–2022: Beginnings, Journey, Current Standing Mossey's first ever recorded and released song titled "Hollywood State Of Mind" Featuring DJ Drunk, which was exclusively uploaded to his Soundcloud in 2016. After releasing a couple more songs with his school friend he started to drop independent music on his own. Starting in just Fifth Grade Mossey grew out of the music scene as he was playing basketball and did not see music as a passion. Years of playing basketball past it was made known that Mossey was very injury prone, which had cut his basketball dreams short. Years again go by and Mossey is out searching for his next passion he remembers his love for music, and in August 2022, he decides to drop another single after being away from the music scene now for six years. On August 2, 2023, Mossey releases his first debut single "Lost in my emotions" Featuring Steam, which Steam is actually DJ Drunk and they returned after years of absence. Upon dropping this single Mossey had no visions of committing to music as it was just an idea they had and thought it would be fun. Just weeks after dropping Lost in my emotions achieved amazing numbers hitting over 20,000 streams on Spotify in the first few months. Ever since the release he had finally found what he has been looking for and to date, he is still dropping new music.

2022-Present: OKAY, Moonlight, Crazy, Hate Me, Forget Me, Soul Revive, Drugs
On February 22, 2023, Mossey releases the track "OKAY" which was his second-ever song to hit 10,000 streams alone on Spotify in just a few months. Mossey then releases the track titled "Moonlight" the next week on March 10, 2023, as Mossey was finally finding his voice in the music scene and wanted to start pushing music out to get himself seen. Mossey was finally getting the recognition he was working so hard to get and even got verified on TikTok during this time which was a huge stepping stone for him getting seen where he built a huge fan base. Later on in the month, Mossey dropped another track titled "Hate Me" Featuring fellow local Ohio artist LetJayFlyy. This track really got Mossey's foot in the door working with LetJayFlyy as it helped him build a fan base in his hometown. Hate Me is currently his second highest-viewed track sitting at over 20,000 views. Mossey had then gotten into a toxic relationship that got him off course and we did not see another drop until he dropped again on May 30, 2023, titled "Crazy" Featuring a fellow local artist by the name of 2tone. During this time, Mossey had been transitioning into his move as he and his family were in the process of cross-state moving from Ohio to Florida, where on another high as we did not see a drop from Mossey until he dropped the track "Forget Me" Featuring his brother '.Perp' on June 11, 2023.

On July 1, 2023, Mossey dropped his biggest song to date. He got the opportunity from building connections within his time to make a song with his favorite rapper KillBunk. On this date, he dropped his song titled "Soul Revive" Featuring killBunk. This track blew up the fastest for Mossey achieving amazing numbers just a week after the launch where he reached over 10,000 streams first week. Mossey staying dedicated announced that he will be not going on any more breaks anytime soon, and he proved this by releasing his newest song to date just a month later titled "Drugs" Featuring Lil Shock on August 1, 2023.

Musical Style
Mossey throughout his time has experimented with many different times of rap ranging from, Drill, Trap Rap, but mostly known for his Melodic rap flow that sets him different from everyone else. Mossey usually displays in his lyrics a story, commonly ranging from, love, drugs, and hardships he occurred throughout his life. As stated in his Apple Music bio, he is inspired by rappers such as Scorey, KillBunk, Polo G, and Juice WRLD.