6LACK, born Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr. on June 24, 1992 in Baltimore,
Maryland, is an American R&B singer, rapper and songwriter raised in Atlanta,
Georgia. He began recording as a child in his father’s studio, later developed
through battle rap, and joined the Atlanta collective Spillage Village in 2014.
After an early label situation stalled his first years in music, he signed with
Love Renaissance and Interscope and broke through in 2016 with Free 6LACK, led
by "PRBLMS", which reached the Billboard Hot 100, earned multi-platinum
certification and helped the album receive a G...