Kevin Pouya(born December 20, 1994),[1]knownmononymouslyasPouya,is an American rapper fromMiami, Florida.[2]Considered as a pioneer of the earlyunderground rapscene that began onSoundcloudin 2012,[3]along with discovering the well known hip-hop duoSuicideboysin their early career,[4]Pouya has developed a long-lastingcore fanbaseas anindependent artist.
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 Pouya performing in 2019 | |
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| Birth name | Kevin Pouya |
| Born | December 20, 1994 Miami, Florida,U.S. |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | pouya305 |
Early life
editAs a teenager, Pouya and his best friend Nicholas Voutsinas (known professionally as "Fat Nick") had aYouTubecomedy channel calledNICK AND POUYA SHOW.[5]While mostly beingcomedy sketches,the videos also served as mini vlogs for the friends. Travelling around the local neighborhoods inMiami,they would often feature other friends in the videos, including future rapperDenzel Curryand the groupRaider Klan.[6]
Pouya dropped out ofhigh schoolin his sophomore year.[7]He worked cleaning toilets at a restaurant for a year before finding success in music.[8]
Career
editPouya started rapping seriously around 2011,[9]and after debuting a freestyle with local Florida rapper Nell titledShotz From The Double Glock,[10][8]began releasing music frequently. Again staying close with childhood friendFat Nick,the two formed theBuffet Boys,a group that later became their record label. He gained notoriety after he released the song "Get Buck" in 2013, which as of June 2022 has over 13 million video views.[11]On November 20, 2013, Pouya released a collaboration EP withThe Cool Kids'Sir Michael RockstitledGookin'.The two connected after Rocks had moved to Miami.[12]
His fifth solo mixtapeStunna,would be released on March 5, 2014.Elevator Magazinewould describe the mixtape asBone Thugs-N-Harmonyinfluenced, saying "he does a great job of molding their style into his own version with a twist of his own style thrown in there."[13]His next mixtape would be released on March 25, 2015, entitledSouth Side Slugs.The mixtape would contain guest appearances fromSir Michael Rocks,Denzel Curry,SDotBraddy,Fat Nick,and new Buffet Boys member Germ.[14]Pouya collaborated withSuicideboyson an EP titled$outh $ide $uicide,that was released on September 1, 2015.[15]
In 2016, he released his debut studio albumUnderground Underdogunder the Buffet Boys label.[16][17]The album peaked at #156 on theBillboard 200.[18]In 2017, he was a featured artist in the song "On Her Mind" byprogressive metalcorebandVolumeson their albumDifferent Animals.[19][20]That same year, he released a collaboration mixtape withFat NicktitledDrop Out of School.[21]In 2018 he released his second studio album, titledFive Five.[7][22][23]On June 30, 2019, Pouya released his third studio album titled,The South Got Something to Say.The album included guest appearances fromCity Morgue,Juicy JandGhostemane.[24]
In December 2020, Pouya collaborated withFat Nickto releaseDrop Out of School 2.[25]Pouya's fourth studio albumBlood Was Never Thick As Waterwas released on October 22, 2021. The title comes from a lyric in the closing song to the album, and features rapperDenzel Curryand singer Lu.[26]In February 2022, he released the extended playdirt/hurt/pain/.[27]It would be the last project by Pouya to be released underBuffet Boys.
In March 2022, Pouya along with otherBuffet Boysmembers, announced that the label would be disbanding indefinitely.[28]Not long after, they announced their new labelAll But 6 Records.
Personal life
editPouya is ofCubanandPersianheritage, born to a Persian Iranian father and Cuban mother.[7][29]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 200 [30] |
US Ind. [31] | ||
| Underground Underdog[32] |
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156 | 12 |
| Five Five[33] |
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— | 31 |
| The South Got Something to Say[34] |
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— | — |
| Blood Was Never Thick As Water[35] |
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— | — |
| Gator |
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— | — |
| They Could Never Make Me Hate You |
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To be released | |
Extended plays
edit- Baby Bone(2013)[36]
- Gookin' (2013)(w/Sir Michael Rocks)[37]
- $outh $ide $uicide(2015)(w/$uicideboy$)[38]
- Pouya x Germ x Shakewell EP(2015)(w/ Germ & Shakewell)
- Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1(2020)(w/ Boobie Lootaveli)
- Drop Out of School 2(2020)(w/Fat Nick)
- Dirt/Hurt/Pain(2022)
- Chrome Casketz(2023)(w/Terror Reid)
- Chrome Casketz 2: Armageddon(2024)(w/ Terror Reid)
Mixtapes
edit- Fuck It(2012)
- Don't Sleep On Me Hoe(2012)
- WarBucks(2013)(w/ SDotBraddy)
- Stunna(2014)
- South Side Slugs(2015)
- Drop Out of School(2017)(w/ Fat Nick)
- Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3(2019)(w/ Boobie Lootaveli)[39]
- All But 6(2023)(w/ All But 6 & Fat Nick)
- All But 6 Vol. 2(2024)(w/ All But 6 & Fat Nick)
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Shotz from the Double Glock"(featuring Nell) | 2012 | Don't Sleep On Me Hoe | |
| "Get Buck" | 2013 | Baby Bone | |
| "IndigoB"(w/ Sdotbraddy &Denzel Curry) | WarBucks | ||
| "Fuck Yo Family" | 2014 | Non-album single | |
| "Stunna" | Stunna | ||
| "Buck Shot" | Non-album single | ||
| "Suicidal Thoughts in the Back of the Cadillac" | 2015 | South Side Slugs | |
| "Fuck Yuh Moms"(featuring Germ, Bodega Bamz & Tanboy Luka) | Non-album singles | ||
| "Lil Wayne 1999"(featuring Fat Nick & Shakewell) | 2016 | ||
| "Lil Wayne 2001"(featuring Shakewell) | |||
| "Lil Wayne 2002"(featuring Shakewell) | |||
| "Terminal Sex"(w/ Shakewell) | |||
| "We All Not Shit" | |||
| "Middle of the Mall"(w/ Fat Nick) | Drop Out of School | ||
| "Torch"(w/ Fat Nick) | 2017 | ||
| "Death by Dishonor"(w/ Ghostemane & Shakewell) | Non-album singles | ||
| "1000 Rounds"(w/ Ghostemane) |
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| "2000 Rounds"(w/ Ghostemane) | |||
| "Hate on Me"(w/ Fat Nick) | |||
| "Daddy Issues" | FIVE FIVE | ||
| "Suicidal Thoughts in the Back of the Cadillac, Pt. 2" | |||
| "Handshakes" | 2018 | ||
| "Gas"(w/ Barloe Team) | Non-album singles | ||
| "Stick Out"(w/ Ghostemane) | |||
| "Sit Ups"(w/ Boobie Lootaveli) | Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | ||
| "Florida Thang" | The South Got Something to Say | ||
| "Superman is Dead" | 2019 | ||
| "Pe$os"(w/ Boobie Lootaveli) | Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | ||
| "The Night Survives Again"(w/ Boobie Lootaveli) | Non-album single | ||
| "Six Speed"(featuringJuicy J) | The South Got Something to Say | ||
| "Bulletproof Shower Cap"(w/City Morgue) | |||
| "Whatever Mane"(w/Xavier Wulf) | |||
| "life?... lol"(w/ Rocci) | |||
| "Bitch, Park Backwards"(w/ Boobie Lootaveli) | 2020 | Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | |
| "Get Money (Take Money)"(w/ Boobie Lootaveli) | |||
| "Florida's Finest"(w/ Danny Towers) | Non-album singles | ||
| "Muddy Waters"(w/ Boobie Lootaveli) | |||
| "Who Am I to Blame?" | |||
| "Wrong Place, Right Time"(w/ SDotBraddy) | |||
| "It's Over"(w/ Rocci) | |||
| "Static"(w/ Fat Nick) | Drop Out of School 2 | ||
| "Lord of the Flies"(w/Kxllswxtch) | 2021 | Non-album single | |
| "Leave Me Alone" | Blood Was Never Thick As Water | ||
| "Walk In"(w/ Lu) | |||
| "The First Step of Becoming God Is a Bottle to the Face" | |||
| "Burn"(w/Kxllswxtch) | Non-album singles | ||
| "Florida Boy Do Your Dance!" | |||
| "Wig Split"(w/Denzel Curry) | Blood Was Never Thick As Water | ||
| "Pouya Turns 27"(w/ Mikey the Magician) | Non-album single | ||
| "Never Enough"(w/ Lu) | 2022 | Dirt/Hurt/Pain | |
| "Seven Figure Habits"(w/ Fat Nick) | Non-album singles | ||
| "Pissy"(w/ South Strip) | |||
| "Kota"(w/ South Strip) | |||
| "FMZ"(w/ All But 6 & Mikey the Magician) | All But 6 | ||
| "STFU"(w/ All But 6, South Strip &Kxllswxtch) | |||
| "Cum Rag" | Gator | ||
| "Seen It All Before"(w/ Delmar) | 2023 | ||
| "Ruckus"(w/ South Strip) | Non-album single | ||
| "Hard to Break a Habit When You Fall in Love" | Gator | ||
| "Bitch Again"(w/Yung Gravy) | |||
| "456 (Freestyle)"(w/ Lu,Kxllswxtch&Terror Reid) | Non-album singles | ||
| "Toolie Beam"(w/ 1nonly) | |||
| "Midnight Sun"(w/Terror Reid&SXMPRA) | Chrome Casketz | ||
| "When I Die"(w/ Christ Dillinger & Lil Darkie) | Non-album single | ||
| "Tomorrow Will Not Come"(w/ Terror Reid) | Chrome Casketz 2: Armageddon | ||
| "I Don't Go To Highschool"(w/ All But 6 & Mikey the Magician) | 2024 | All But 6 Vol. 2 | |
| "Blame Game" | They Could Never Make Me Hate You |
Guest appearances
edit| Title | Year | Other performer(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "What Can I Do" | 2012 | Lil WooFy WooF, Nell | 90s Mentality '94 |
| "Bone Verses" | Nell | ||
| "Breathe" | 2013 | Bones | LivingLegend |
| "Rare Boys" | Fat Nick, Mikey the Magician | Buffet Boys | |
| "Hush Dat A$$" | IndigoChildRick | — | |
| "Paper Soldiers" | 2014 | Black Smurf | Hustle God |
| "Drop Em' Off" | Fat Nick, Germ | The Heart Attack | |
| "Pull Up" | Yung Simmie | Raider Klan Presents: Shut Up and Vibe 2 | |
| "Kill Switch" | Sir Michael Rocks,Robb Bank$ | Banco | |
| "Half Bae" | 2015 | Robb Bank$ | Year of the Savage |
| "Runnin’ Thru 7th With My Woadies" | Suicideboys | $outh $ide $uicide | |
| "Droppin Bodies" | 2016 | Don Krez, Bodega Bamz, Fat Nick | — |
| "Fuck You" | Germ | Bad Shit | |
| "Hypnotize" | Mikey the Magician, Germ | Manifest | |
| "ELDORADO" | Ramirez, Shakewell | The Mystical Warlock | |
| "Frontline" | Don Krez, Issa Gold,Getter | — | |
| "TTYL (Remix)" | Fat Nick,$uicideboy$,Sir Michael Rocks,Robb Bank$ | When the Lean Runs Out | |
| "Slifer the Sky Dragon" | Yung Yogi | — | |
| "Nina" | Fat Nick | ||
| "Buff Squad" | Ramirez, Germ, Shakewell | ||
| "BREAKDALAW2K16" | $uicideboy$ | Eternal Grey | |
| "Dat Stick (Remix)" | Rich Brian,Ghostface Killah | — | |
| "Is that a leprechaun" | Ramirez | — | |
| "On Her Mind" | 2017 | Volumes | Different Animals[19][20] |
| "Sound of '94" | Rojas On The Beat,Project Pat | — | |
| "Good Fellas" | Craig Xen,Shakewell | Voltage | |
| "10 Homies" | 2018 | Shakewell | Big Juice tha Sip |
| "Wet Em Up" | 2019 | Germ | GERM HAS A DEATHWISH |
| "Liquid Sunshine" | Ramirez | Son of Serpentine | |
| "The Boys Are Back in Town" | Yung Gravy,Ramirez, TrippythaKid | Sensational | |
| "That's My Baby" | Yung Pinch | Back 2 the Beach | |
| "Sunday" | Danny Towers | Tarantula | |
| "Outlawz" | 2020 | Terror Reid | Hot Vodka 1 |
| "Gold Thangs & Pinky Rangs (Da Hooptie)" | Ramirez, Shakewell | THA PLAYA$ MANUAL | |
| "Zit" | 2021 | Jasiah | War |
| "Put It In My Pocket" | 2022 | Boobie Lootaveli | LIFE ON OUR TERMS |
| "Ya Se Nada Es Perfecto" | Rocci, Ramirez, Lu | ChaMEleon | |
| "Bacon, Eggs, and Grits" | Ramirez | The Tragedy of a Clown | |
| "Love Bumps" | 2023 | Fat Nick | Hello I'm Vulnerable |
| "No Gimmix" | Terror Reid | Hot Vodka 2 |
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