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Badass Clizzy
Joshua Dewayne Clark (born July 05, 1996), known simply as Badass Clizzy, is an American hip hop recording artist from Rochester, New York. Initially CEO of independent record label Badass Records,in 2012, Clizzy and his label Created BMG ent. and BAMG. Clizzy is also a member of BMG, alongside label-mates and fellow New York-based rappers FlyGuyChubs, Trippy Foreign and Juice G.

Clizzy first began to gain major attention in 2012, after the release of his First mixtape She Loves Clizzy. The next Year, he released, his Second mixtape Jet Life Bugvtti; released exclusively through DatPiff and instantly got hundreds of views and downloads. Early in his career, before releasing his Third mixtape, Clizzy amassed a large internet following, and had already worked with Bentley Boofie, Wicked585, Foreign, Suave, among other Unsigned artists.

His major label debut studio mixtape Longdays & Coldnights, was released November 18, 2012 to widespread acclaim. The mixtape spawned the Top 10 hits "Diamond in the back", "I Dont Play Games Hoe", and "Cant Touch It". The mixtape, which debuted at number 10 on HotnewHipHop. In early 2013, MTV Put Clizzy on The MTV Artist Site.

1996–2009: Early life and musical beginnings
Badass Clizzy was born in Rochester, New York, to parents from Rochester, new York. His birth name was given to him by his Father in meaning of Leader. As a teenager, Clizzy attended East High School in Rochester, where he was a sometimes a A student.

In 2012, at the age of sixteen, Clizzy released his first collab project, a mixtape titled Newberrical, under the pseudonym Bentley Boofie. The mixtape garnered enough local attention for Clizzy to get a fan base going and signed with Newberrical (NB). He then released a eight-teen track mixtape one years later titled She Loves Clizzy (2013). Throughout 2013 and 2014, Clizzy, alongside other up-and-coming New York rappers such as his BMG label-mate Trippy Foreign and FlyGuyChubs, Working on there first BMG mixtape titled Welcome To Roc City.

Influences
He has stated that Rick Ross, Meek Mill., Yo Gotti, Drake, Tyga, Kendrick Lamar, YG, Nipsey Hussle, are his top Eight favorite rappers. Rick Ross, arguably his biggest influence, has influenced not only his music, but his day-to-day lifestyle as well. In terms of subject matter and technical ability, Badass Clizzy has often been compared to Rick Ross, Tyga, Meek Mill. Clizzy also gave Rick Ross credit for influencing his style. He has said that he also grew up listening to Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and lil Wayne. He also cites rapper Rick Ross as an influence: "[Rick Ross] really [got me started] on music," [so he had an influence on me]."