Joseph Badejo,[4] professionally known as wolfacejoeyy, is a Nigerian-American recording artist and producer. Badejo is best recognized for his gentle, expressive, and R&B-driven melodic rap sound, which has helped him rise from the underground to the mainstream. In an interview with The FADER, wolfacejoeyy revealed Tyler, The Creator inspired his name.[4]
Years before building up a discography, when he was a teenager, he’d be in his bedroom Googling “how to make beats.”[5] Now, at 21, Joeyy is on the edge of musical notoriety.[6] After collaborating with the producer WhereIs22, to release their collabrative EP, "22Joeyy,"[4][7] in September 2023, Wolfacejoeyy's track, "Cake," went viral.[3][8] His album "Cupid"[9][10][11] had a score of 6 on RapReviews,[12] "Valentino"[9][13][14] had a score of 7.4.[15] Badejo dropped his song called "Miss Me,"[5] leading it to being the first time labels began to approach him.[16] He was also featured in the "Paradise and Brighton Music Hall".[17] Last to finish the Powerhouse NYC 2024 set, Wolfacejoeyy and Chow Lee appeared.[18] On February 20 Wolfacejoeyy sang at the Bentley Campus Black History Month event.[19] "alexis texas" was suprisingly mild and slightly sexual for a song named after a porn star according to Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork.[20] Wolfacejoeyy performed a freestyle to a club-inspired WhereIs22 beat on On the Radar earlier this year, and he later released the official version, the carefree "Shake It."[21]
Musical style
Music reviewers have characterized Badejo's music using a variety of terms, mainly being "sexy-drill"[4][9]
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