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American musician (born 1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joshua Tyler Huie, known professionally as Clever, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, musician, and record producer. He has been a featured artist on Billboard charting singles by Justin Bieber, Post Malone, and Juice WRLD and has recorded with Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne, and Lil Baby, among others.[2][3][4][5] He toured with Juice WRLD on the "Death Race for Love" tour[6] and has performed at Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud, Firefly, and others.[7][8] In 2021, Huie's album, "Crazy," was released on Posty Co. (Post Malone/Republic Records), which received favorable reviews.[9] As of March, 2024, he had over 650 million streams on Spotify.[10]
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Clever in 2024 | |
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| Birth name | Joshua Tyler Huie |
| Born | July 8, 1985 Gadsden, Alabama, USA |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
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| Spouse |
Lyndsie Farris (m. 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | whoisclever |
Joshua Tyler Huie was born in Gadsden, Alabama, on July 8, 1985.[1] He began writing poetry at 11 years old and transitioned into writing hip-hop music at 13 years old.[11] He attended Emma Sansom High School where he excelled in sports and had planned on pursuing baseball professionally but turned down several college baseball scholarship offers after deciding to pursue a music career.[12][13] He started battle rapping locally at 14 years of age and at 16 he was part of a radio segment where he would freestyle battle callers live on the air.[14] Huie cites Jay Z and Led Zeppelin as musical influences.[15]
His stage name was derived from a battle rap when he was 14 years old. While "battling," a win often is referred to as a "W," and a loss as an "L." His stage name, "Clever," originated from a lyric he used, "You can call me Clever, because I won't 'C' an 'L,' ever." [16][11]
Huie released his first album "1nce More" in 2006 and battle rapped on several episodes of BET's 106 & Park which led to him performing on the BET battle rap show, "Spring Bling," which he won.[17][18] He released various recordings including "Nobody Can Save You" featuring SwizZz in 2013.[19] In 2014, Huie co-wrote and recorded "Payday" (with Snoop Dogg) and began writing music for other artists as well as working closely with David Foster.[20]
In 2018, Lil Bibby (Grade A productions) heard Huie's music and passed it along to Juice WRLD who then shared Huie's music on his Instagram page. After speaking with Juice WRLD, Huie flew out to Los Angeles and began recording with him which led to them recording the single, "Ring, Ring" which charted at #5 on Billboard's "Bubbling Under Hot 100" on March 23, 2019. They toured together on the "Death Race for Love" tour in 2019.[21][22] After Juice WRLD died on December 8, 2019, Huie stated that Juice WRLD's "co-signing" of his music opened a lot of doors for him and that he had a major impact on the trajectory of his music career.[23]
In 2019, Huie's single "Stick By My Side" (featuring NLE Choppa) caught the attention of Post Malone on social media who would go on to sign Huie to his record label, Posty Co./Republic Records. Malone's label released Huie's album, "Crazy," in 2021 which included the single, "Call Me Nobody," (featuring Lil Wayne and Huie's son Isaiah Lyric).[9][11][21]
In 2020, Justin Bieber contacted Huie on Instagram asking him if he would like to record a song with him which resulted in the single, "Forever," which charted at #24 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.[21] Huie recorded the single "Penelope" with William which charted at #1 on Finland's airplay chart for 46 weeks in 2020.[24] In 2024, he released a self titled country music EP which received favorable reviews.[25]
| Title | Mixtape details |
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| 1nce More |
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| Clevermind |
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| Cleveryday |
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| Mayhem |
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| The Hybrid |
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| Hypochondriac |
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| Puns N' Roses |
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| Clever |
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| Dead Heart |
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| Fashion Helps Depression (with Swayy Mula and Karltin Bankz) |
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| Who is Clever? |
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| Clever |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||||||||
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| US [3] |
AUS [39] |
AUT [40] |
FI [24] |
NED [41] |
NZ [42] |
SWE [39] |
SWI [39] |
UK [43] | |||
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| 2019 | "Ring, Ring" | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (with Juice WRLD) |
| 2020 | "Forever" | 24 | 29 | 28 | — | 3 | 32 | 10 | 33 | 29 | (with Justin Bieber and Post Malone) |
| "Penelope" | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | (with William) | |
| 2021 | "Life's a Mess II" | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (with Juice WRLD and Post Malone) |
Singles (collaborations)
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