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Paperwater is a Miami-based electronic/hip hop production duo formed in 2016. The duo is comprised of Daygee Kwia and Eddy Samy, who lead a group of "DIY" atist under their media house Half/Full Creative, and label Wet Paper Records.

1. History Daygee and Eddy met on their highschool football team and later became friends. They later became fasinated with the music industry after interning for Trick Daddys slip in slide records in Miami. In college, Kwai joined Tallahassee hip/hop band After The Smoke playing keys and later went to be signed by Warner Music. At the time, Eddy was in college back home, however when the group suddenly broke up, Daygee and Eddy started Paperwater.

2014-2016

2017

- Where they met

- Where the name comes from

- Goals

2. Half/Full Creative

- clients

- team members

3. Performance

- Live Vs. DJ

4. Poland Controversy

- reddit cotwick

5. Discography

6. References

Contents [hide] 1	History 1.1	2012-2014: AliveSinceForever 1.2	2014-2016: Name change and All-American Trash 1.3	2017: Saturation Trilogy 2	Members 2.1	Current members 2.2	Past members 3	Discography 3.1	Albums 3.2	Mixtapes 3.3	Singles 3.4	Music videos 4	References History[edit] 2012-2014: AliveSinceForever[edit] Brockhampton formed in 2012 by high school friends Ian "Kevin Abstract" Simpson and Ameer Vann, under the name AliveSinceForever. In 2013, AliveSinceForever released their debut EP album, The ASF EP[3]. At this time, the lineup consisted of Kevin Abstract, Ameer Vann, Dom McLennon, and Mic Kurb. At the end of 2014, AliveSinceForever disbanded to rebrand as Brockhampton.[4][5]

2014-2016: Name change and All-American Trash[edit] Following the release of Kevin Abstract's MTV1987, AliveSinceForever rebranded as Brockhampton and added several new members, some of which were recruited through Kanye West fan forum KanyeToThe. In January 2015, Brockhampton released their debut single, "BET I" accompanied by a video directed by member Henock "HK" Sileshi & Franklin Mendez.[6] However, as of 2017, "BET I" has been removed off YouTube and Soundcloud and is only available on Spotify. On June 16, Brockhampton released their second single, "HERO".[7] That same month, Brockhampton won the VFiles Loud contest, winning them a professionally directed music video for their next single "DIRT", released through Fool's Gold Records.[8]

On March 24, 2016, Brockhampton released their debut mixtape, All-American Trash for free. The project focuses on the highlighting the group's individual members, and was led by the music video "Flip Mo", performed by Merlyn Wood featuring Dom McLennon.[9][10]

2017: Saturation Trilogy[edit] In January 2017, Brockhampton released a new standalone single and music video, "Cannon".[11]. In May 2017, Brockhampton released "Face", the first single and video promoting their debut album Saturation. Throughout the month, Brockhampton released several singles and music videos in promotion of the album, including "Heat", "Gold", and "Star", all of which were directed by Kevin Abstract and shot locally in their neighborhood of South Central.[12][13][14] The same month, it was announced that Brockhampton were going to be the subject of the upcoming Viceland series American Boyband set to premiere June 8, 2017.[15][16] A standalone music video, titled "Lamb" was released on June 8, 2017.[17] Saturation was released on June 9, 2017 to critical acclaim, and brought new attention to the group.[18][19][20]

Following the release of Saturation, Kevin Abstract stated that Brockhampton were already working on a follow up, tentatively titled Saturation II and set to be released in August.[21] On August 1, 2017, Brockhampton released the debut single and video from Saturation II, titled "Gummy".[22] A week later, they released the second single and video, titled "Swamp".[23] On August 15th they released the third single, titled "Junky", and later that day, they announced via Twitter the release date for Saturation II.[24]

The album's final single and video "Sweet" was released on August 22. This was followed the same day by the surprise release of "Follow", after which Kevin Abstract announced via Twitter that the Saturation Trilogy will be concluded with Saturation III.[25]. Saturation II was released on August 25th to further acclaim and attention.

On September 14, Kevin Abstract revealed that the trilogy would be released as a boxset alongside a collection of unreleased demos prior to the the year's end.[26]