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Joseph Badejo (born December 6th, 2001), professionally known as wolfacejoeyy, is a Nigerian-American recording artist and producer from Staten Island, New York. Primarily known for his soft, emotive, and R&B-driven melodic rap sound, joeyy has made a name for himself from the underground up into the mainstream. In an interview with The FADER, wolfacejoeyy reveals his name was an inspiration from Tyler, The Creator: So obviously Wolf came from Tyler, [but] Ace also came from Tyler. A lot of people don’t know that his name was Ace the Creator at one point. I wanted “Ace” in my name [because] ace means perfect and I wanted everything I did to be perfect. joeyy’s career began as just a producer, working with popular underground artists such as SoFaygo, whom he had met in an Instagram group chat. He started to record his own music after being inspired by his friends and having expressed his dissatisfaction with producing and eventually released his first single “omg” in November 2019. He would release many loose singles in 2020 and into 2021 when he first saw himself gain attention from the public with his single “miss me.” In an interview with Viper Mag, he said that this track was what made him realize that he would find success with music: I think the first time I realized I can take my music places was when I dropped this song called ‘Miss Me’, and that was the first time labels started to call me and offer me deals. joeyy would stay consistent throughout 2021 and 2022,