Quadeca
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| Born | Benjamin Dearden October 2, 2000 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||
| 🏡 Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||
| Other names | QuadecaX8 | |||||||||
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| 💰 Net worth | US $300 thousand (2019) Musical career | |||||||||
| Genres | Hip hop | |||||||||
| Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2012–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 1.3 million (February 14, 2019) | |||||||||
| Total views | 118.8 million (February 14, 2019) | |||||||||
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Benjamin "Ben" Dearden (born October 2, 2000), better known as Quadeca, is an American rapper, YouTuber, and video game commentator. He uploads rap songs, music videos, comedy sketches, and video gameplay to his Youtube channel which as of February 2019, has more than 118 million video views and over 1 million subscribers.[1] Quadeca has released five full-length studio albums: Work in Progress (2015), Nostalgia for the Now (2016), Bad Internet Rapper (2017), Out of Order (2017), Voice Memos (2019). Out of Order charted on the iTunes Top 100. Recently, Dearden's popularity increased after he released a diss track aimed at popular YouTuber and rapper, KSI, on November 23, 2018.[2]
Life and career
Early life and YouTube beginnings (2000-2013)
Dearden was born on October 2, 2000 in Los Angeles, California. He was an avid soccer player in his youth and was also enthusiastic about hip hop and other forms of music. Dearden opened his YouTube channel on June 11, 2012 as QuadecaX8. His early videos were based around video game commentating and the FIFA video game franchise.
Musical beginnings and early albums (2014-2-16)
In 2014, Dearden began to add some rap-related content and freestyles to his channel. On September 16, 2015, he released his debut studio album Work in Progress. The album acquired 26.6 thousand plays on Genius, and Dearden's song "Wii Music Fire attracted over 1 million streams on Spotify. Dearden release his sophomore album Nostalgia for the Now on May 11, 2016. The album included the singles "Mind's Eye" and "You Can't Rap". Dearden released the single "Dreamlife" which featured Gracie Zander.
Bad Internet Rapper", "Out of Order, and KSI beef (2017-2018)
On January 31, 2017, Dearden released his third studio album Bad Internet Rapper. The album was co-produced by Young Taylor and co-written by Arska Pimenov. On August 16, Quadeca was featured on YouTuber JMX's diss track on Jessica Rose, "The Truth". Bad Internet Rapper featured the singles "2020", "Unscripted", and "Lemon Tree". Dearden released his fourth studio album, Out of Order on November 10, 2017. It charted on the iTunes Top 100 chart and the single "Who Would've Thought" was featured in the album. In early 2018, Dearden released two singles "Clouted Up" and "Heart Attack". In October 2018, he teamed up with Saint G to drop a joint project, 1Day. On January 19, 2018, Dearden responded to Diss God's Top 10 YouTuber Rappers list with the diss track "End of Diss God". Dearden collaborated with Moxas to release "No Deal". In late 2018, KSI called out Quadeca and other YouTube rappers claiming they were frauds. Dearden responded with a diss track "Insecure" within a week. The music video aquired over 8 million views within 10 days. Although KSI responded to with his own diss "Ares", it is generally acclaimed that Dearden won the feud. He began advertising for his fifth studio album Voice Memos.
Voice Memos and music production work (2019-present)
Leading into 2019, Dearden released the singles "Unusual" and "War!". He also released the collaborative single "Four Horseman" with Crypt, Dax, and Scru.[3] On April 12, 2019, Quadeca was featured the song "Roll the Dice" on KSI and Randolph's collaborative album New Age On March 20, 2019, Dearden released Voice Memos. The album included features from Sad Frosty, Dax, and B. Lou. He explained the origins of his popular song "Uh-Uh" on a Genius interview. On April 21, 2019, Dearden released the single "Not a Diss Track". The music video was produced by Swift Productions and acquired 574 thousands views on YouTube. On May 12, Twista cricitized Dearden for being "corny". On May 26, he released a music video to"The Man on my Left Shoulder". The video acquired 1.2 million views and 85 thousand likes on YouTube. On August 1, 2019, Dearden released the single "Tomfoolery" with Egovert, Kil, and Moxas. On September 6, he released the single "I Don't Care", and on September 27, Quadeca and Moxas released "Schoenberg". Quadeca co-produced and co-wrote "Walk Through" by Salim the Dream. On October 30, 2019, he featured Egovert on his single "Fish Outta Bacardi". Quadeca co-produced and co-wrote "Let's Be Friends" by YusDrew and Sad Frosty. On November 29, 2019, Quadeca dropped his single "Beamin'".
Artistry
Style and influences
Quadeca's early releases were categorized as YouTube rap that was where he intially gained recognition. His music combines elements of diss rap, trap, mumble rap, and old-school rap. Dearden, however, is very musically diverse and is cable of mimicing different rapping styles. He released a YouTube series called "Styles of Rap" where he wrote verses impersonating different rappers. Quadeca's style draws influence from Logic.
Comparisons
Dearden has been frequently compared to Logic with music critics and fans claiming that their voices are very similar. Dearden once said in a video in that he didn't hear the similarity. Quadeca's versatile style has been to compared to Mac Lethal, Moxas, Lil Dicky, Ski Mask the Slump God, B. Lou, DAX, and Denzel Curry.
Personal life
Dearden is 18 years old and resides in Los Angeles, California. Quadeca has stated he attends a high school in Los Angeles but is unclear where. Dearden enjoys soccer, video games, and writing music. He is of Spanish and Austrian descent.
Legal issues and controversies
Logic "Midnight" beat rights
In 2018, Logic released his seventh mixtape, Bobby Tarantino 2. On the song, "Midnight", Logic sampled the beat from "Wonderful", a song from Quadeca's third studio album, Out of Order. On March 10, 2018, Dearden uploaded a video addressing the issue. He compared the two songs and stated it was evident that Logic had sampled the same beat. Dearden, however, dismissed it because he only bought a lease for the beat and not the exclusive rights and jokingly ended the video with a failed freestyle diss.
KSI feud
In late 2018, Quadeca was involved in an online feud with YouTube gamer and rapper KSI after he called out Quadeca among other YouTube rappers on his podcast and claiming that they were frauds.[4] Quadeca responded by dropping a diss track titled "Insecure" within a week. The video racked up over 8 million views in the first 10 days. KSI eventually responded with his own diss track titled "Ares", where he disses not only Quadeca, but other YouTube rappers Dax and Crypt. It is commonly agreed that Quadeca had the better of the two diss track and won the feud. They eventually made up and played a game of FIFA together, which was posted to both of their YouTube pages. [5]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Work in Progress |
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| Nostalgia for the Now |
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| Bad Internet Rapper |
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| Out of Order |
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| Voice Memos |
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| 1Day (with Saint G) |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album/mixtape |
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| "Mind's Eye" | 2016 | Nostalgia for the Now |
| "You Can't Rap" | ||
| "Dreamlife" (with Gracie Zander) |
non-album single | |
| "2020" | Bad Internet Rapper | |
| "Unscripted" | ||
| "Lemon Tree" | 2017 | |
| "Cause He Has One" | non-album single | |
| "Who Would've Thought" | Out of Order | |
| "Clouted Up" | 2018 | non-album single |
| "Heart Attack" | ||
| "No Deal" (with Moxas) | ||
| "Insecure" | ||
| "Unusual" (with B. Lou) |
Voice Memos | |
| "Four Horsemen" (with Crypt, Dax, Scru) |
2019 | non-album single |
| "War!" (with Dax) |
Voice Memos | |
| "Uh-Huh" | ||
| "Not a Diss Track" | non-album single | |
| "Volt" (with Sad Frosty) | ||
| "The Man on my Left Shoulder" | Voice Memos | |
| "Toomfoolery" (with Egovert, Kil & Moxas) |
non-album single | |
| "I Don't Care" | ||
| "Schoenberg" (with Moxas) | ||
| "Fish Outta Bacardi" (with Egovert) | ||
| "Beamin'" |
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