Bas is the stage name of Paris-born, New York-raised Abbas Hamad, a rapper known for his association with J. Cole’s Dreamville Records.
∙ He’s reached the top 40 of the Billboard 200 with two solo albums, 2016’s Too High to Riot and 2018’s Milky Way.
∙ Over the course of his career, Bas has released musical collaborations featuring Ski Mask the Slump God, Ab-Soul, Smokepurpp, and Ari Lennox.
∙ In 2019, he received Grammy nominations for his contributions to Dreamville Records’ Revenge of the Dreamers III label compilation and the single “Down Bad.”
Influenced by BasBas has influenced the music of Gq Afrasan, GEAR, Wan00 and more.