Roo AOTD #78 J.I.D

All aboard the hype train for Bonnaroo 2023! Only 42 days until we are all on the Farm again, can you believe it? It’s coming up fast and we can’t wait to be dancing with all of you at Bonnaroo! Today’s Artist of the Day is the one and only J.I.D. Learn more about the artist below. Don’t forget to check out all of our artist spotlights! Check back in with us tomorrow for the next Artist of The Day! https://youtu.be/gsaZRcL-OTQ

Artist Biography

JID, aka Destin Route, is an Atlanta rapper who was born on Halloween in 1990. He grew up in East Atlanta and took the moniker JID from what his grandmother would call him as a jittery child. JID grew up listening to his parents’ collection of funk and soul LPs. He got accepted into Hampton University on a football scholarship but ended up dropping out in 2012 to focus on music fulltime. Around the same time he joined the group of MCs called Spillage Village collective. In 2014, JID went on a tour with EarthGang, Bas, and Ab-Soul where he gained more focus on his own music career. The next year he recorded and dropped his debut EP DiCaprio which had EarthGang as producers. He wanted to distance himself from the generic trap that was pervasive in the Atlanta scene and focus on lyrics. In 2016, JID and the Spillage Village crew released the album Bears Like This Too Much which got the attention of J Cole who signed him to Dreamville the next year where he released the album The Never Story. In 2018, JID released his second full-length DiCaprio 2 which was a follow-up to his 2015 EP and ended up being a breakthrough album getting him into the spotlight. After more successful releases, including being featured on the single “Enemy” by Imagine Dragons and another release with Spillage Village, JID released The Forever Story in 2022 which featured Yasiin Bey (Mos Def), Lil Wayne, and Ravyn Lenae.

Genre

Alternative Hip Hop, Southern Rap

Scheduled at Bonnaroo

Saturday (Link to Daily Schedules) https://youtu.be/ZiADuDjueJc https://youtu.be/Y19q-7VN2WI https://youtu.be/EVlGLtCnN-Y https://youtu.be/AzlcFH27dTU https://youtu.be/SEG92Z_NGJE