The name Joey Bada$$ is fitting for rapper Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott. Although he first gained prominence after releasing his debut mixtape 1999 in 2012, he initially wanted to pursue a career in acting. Bada$$ even attended a specialised high school [1] for acting prior to playing a fictionalized version of himself in the 2014 short film No Regrets [2]. "I pretty much auditioned to get into Edward R. Murrow. Acting was what I was set to do," he previously told Rolling Stone. "Every school that I applied for, I had to audition to get inside because I wanted to be part of the acting programs in those schools. By the time I was 14, 15, I was really committed to becoming an actor."
While in school, Bada$$ made the savvy decision to pursue to a career in music because he could use it "as a leverage to get into acting." With roles on Grown-ish [3] and Wu-Tang: An American Saga [4], he's found a way to marry both worlds. Even though he's only been acting since 2014, he's already proven his acting chops and elevated taste in projects by appearing in the 2020 Oscar-winning short Two Distant Strangers [5]. Ahead, you can see some of his biggest roles to date, including Starz's Power Book III: Raising Kanan [6].
Joey Bada$$ as Leon on Mr. Robot (2016-2019)
Joey Bada$$ as Rebel/Inspectah Deck on Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
Joey Bada$$ as Camden Knight on Boomerang (2019-2020)
Joey Bada$$ as Carter in Two Distant Strangers (2020)
Joey Bada$$ as Himself on Grown-ish (2019-2021)
Joey Bada$$ as Unique on Power Book III: Raising Kanan (2021)
