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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Matthew Dean Burdette |
| Born | (1992-09-17)September 17, 1992 (age 32) Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Website | blxst |
Matthew Dean Burdette (born September 17, 1992),[2] known professionally asBlxst (pronounced "blast"), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer fromLos Angeles,California.[3][1][4] He signed withRed Bull Records to release his debutextended play (EP),No Love Lost (2020). It spawned the single "Chosen" (featuringTyga andTy Dolla Sign), which peaked at number 51 on theBillboard Hot 100 and receivedplatinum certification by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His 2022 single, "Die Hard" (withKendrick Lamar andAmanda Reifer) peaked at number five on the chart and remains his highest-charting song.[4]
His debut mixtape,Before You Go (2022), was released in April of that year and meekly entered theBillboard 200, while his debut studio album,I'll Always Come Find You (2024), failed to chart.
Burdette grew up inSouth Central Los Angeles. He began rapping and producing shortly after he finished high school.[1][5]
Blxst launched his music career with a hip hop collective called TIU Muzic, where garnered a local following. In 2014, Blxst produced "Do Yo Gudda (Remix)" byHitta J3 (featuringKendrick Lamar,YG, andProblem).[6] In 2015, he founded his label Evgle, and became a creative director for his graphic design and music videos.[7] Blxst released his first song "Who Would've Thought" in 2016, with a string of independent singles in 2018 including a collaboration withEric Bellinger. In 2019, he released his first solo hit single called "Hurt", with millions of streams.[8] On August 28, 2019, he released a collaboration EP with Bino Rideaux titledSixtape.[9]
In 2020, Blxst and his Evgle label were signed toRed Bull Records by A&R executives Kenny "Tick" Salcido and Charles "CB" Burks III. The label released his debut extended playNo Love Lost on September 4, with the singles "Overrated", "No Love Lost", and "Be Alone".[10] The EP peaked at number three on theBillboard Heatseekers chart. The deluxe edition was released on December 4, with additional features fromTy Dolla Sign,Tyga,Dom Kennedy, and Bino Rideaux.[11] On March 12, 2021, he released a two-track EP titledJust for Clarity, including "Don't Forget" (featuringDrakeo the Ruler) and "Fck Boys" (featuringRuss).[12] That same year, he was listed onXXL'sAnnual Freshman Class. On July 16, Blxst releasedSixtape 2 with Bino Rideaux.[13]
In September 2021, music streaming serviceAudiomack named Blxst "Up Now".[14] “Being an #UpNow Audiomack artist, it's a dope platform, to be even considered, to be a part of, and I'm humble for it, overall”, Blxst told Audiomack.
On December 3, 2021, Blxst released the single "About You", with the music video being released on January 26, 2022.[15] He released another single on March 3 titled "Sometimes" (featuringZacari).[16] On April 22, 2022, Blxst released his debut mixtape,Before You Go.[17] On May 13, Blxst appeared onKendrick Lamar's albumMr. Morale & the Big Steppers, on the song "Die Hard" withAmanda Reifer.[18] On June 16 2023, Blxst was featured on "EXIT 9", the 10th track fromKiller Mike’s albumMICHAEL. Blxst's debut albumI'll Always Come Find You was released on July 19th, 2024.
Blxst grew up listening toWest Coast hip hop with influences fromRyan Leslie,Pharrell Williams, andKanye West. His musical style has been compared to West Coast rapping and singing hybrids such asTy Dolla Sign andNate Dogg.[19][20]
| Title | Details |
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| I'll Always Come Find You |
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| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| US [21] | ||
| Before You Go |
| 90 |
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat. | NLD [22] | |||||||
| No Love Lost |
| 3 [23] | 69 | |||||
| Just for Clarity |
| — | — | |||||
| Just for Clarity 2 |
| — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [24] | ||||||||
| Sixtape (with Bino Rideaux) |
| — | ||||||
| Sixtape 2 (with Bino Rideaux) |
| 117 | ||||||
| Sixtape 3 (with Bino Rideaux) |
| — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [25] | AUS [26] | CAN [27] | DEN [28] | GER [29] | IRE [30] | NLD [22] | NZ [31] | SWE [32] | UK [33] | |||||
| "Headshots" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Act Like You Know" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Nothin' 2 Somethin'" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Can I" (featuringEric Bellinger) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Hurt" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No Love Lost | ||
| "Slip & Slide" (featuring 1TakeJay) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "Savage" (with Bino Rideaux) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sixtape | |||
| "Selfish" (with Bino Rideaux) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Overrated" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No Love Lost | |||
| "No Love Lost" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Be Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Chosen" (featuringTyga andTy Dolla Sign) | 2021 | 51 | — | 94 | — | 47 | 76 | 87 | 30 | —[A] | 42 | |||
| "Don't Forget" (featuringDrakeo the Ruler) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Just for Clarity | |||
| "Fck Boys" (featuringRuss) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Movie" (with Bino Rideaux) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sixtape 2 | |||
| "One of Them Ones" (with Bino Rideaux) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "About You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[B] | — | — |
| Before You Go | ||
| "Sometimes" (withZacari) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[C] | — | — | |||
| "Die Hard" (withKendrick Lamar andAmanda Reifer) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | — | 6 | 39 | 6 | 23 | 7 | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | |||
| "Keep Calling" (withLarry June) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[D] | — | — | Just for Clarity 2 | |||
| "Passionate"[45] (featuringRoddy Ricch) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[E] | — | — | |||
| "Doin Yo Stuff" (with Bino Rideaux) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[F] | — | — | Sixtape 3 | |||
| "Dance with the Devil" (withAnderson .Paak) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —[G] | — | — | I'll Always Come Find You | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "I Ain't Perfect" (Mozzy featuring Blxst) | 2020 | Beyond Bulletproof |
| "Brand New" (Bino Rideaux featuring Blxst) | Outside | |
| "Streets Ain't Safe"[49] (Mozzy featuring Blxst) | Occupational Hazard | |
| "Perfect Timing"[50] (YG and Mozzy featuring Blxst) | 2021 | Kommunity Service |
| "Chose Me" (Blueface featuring Blxst) | Fan or Opp | |
| "One Shot" (Murda Beatz featuring Blxst andWale) | 2022 | Keep God First 2 |
| "Nice"[51] (Young T & Bugsey featuring Blxst) | Truth Be Told | |
| "Peru (Remix)" (Fireboy DML featuring Blxst and21 Savage) | Non-album single | |
| "Wait Too Long" (Buddy featuring Blxst) | Superghetto |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [52] | |||
| "Go to War" (withSnoop Dogg) | 2021 | 39 | Snoop Dogg Presents Algorithm |
| "Still OMW" | 2022 | 40 | Before You Go |
| "Every Good Girl" | 30 | ||
| "Show It" (Chris Brown featuring Blxst) | 9 | Breezy |
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Gotta Go"[53] | 2018 | Blaq Thompson | — |
| "Straight"[54] | D.Woo, Kent Jones | ||
| "Feeling My Vibe"[55] | 2019 | Blaq Thompson | |
| "Midnight"[56] | Joe Maynor, Mike Sherm | ||
| "Whats the Point"[57] | Joey Fatts | ||
| "I'm On 10"[58] | 2020 | King Envy, Nikko Mae | |
| "Research" | Narissa | ||
| "Heroic" | MBNel | Child of the Trenches | |
| "Wop Wop (Remix)" | KB Devaughn,Boogie | — | |
| "Keep It 100" | Cuuhraig | ||
| "Keep Hope"[59] | Mozzy | ||
| "Don't Play Fair" | Mozzy,Wale | Occupational Hazard | |
| "Understand" | Rucci | Midget | |
| "Alone" | Nieman J,Eric Bellinger | Optimal Music | |
| "Still" | E-40,Drakeo the Ruler | Ain't Gone Do It / Terms and Conditions | |
| "When Eye Fall" | 2021 | Souloho, Fentse Keyz | — |
| "Priority" | Jayson Cash | ||
| "Brunch on Sundays" | Nas | King's Disease II | |
| "Overnight" | Dame D.O.L.L.A. | Different on Levels the Lord Allowed | |
| "We the Ones" | Dame D.O.L.L.A., Tree Thomas | ||
| "Specific" | Shordie Shordie | — | |
| "Made It Out Alive" | Rick Ross | Richer Than I Ever Been | |
| "For Me" | 2022 | Pink Sweats | Pink Moon |
| "Any Given Sunday" | Kehlani | Blue Water Road | |
| "Die Hard" | Kendrick Lamar,Amanda Reifer | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | |
| "Bad Idea" | Arin Ray | Hello Poison | |
| "Show It" | Chris Brown | Breezy | |
| "No Stoppin" | Kalan.FrFr | 222 | |
| "Solid" | Burna Boy, Kehlani | Love, Damini | |
| "Wouldn't Be Us" | Mozzy, YG | Survivor's Guilt | |
| "Worth a Heartbreak" | 2024 | Mustard,A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Faith of a Mustard Seed |
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Do Yo Gudda (Remix)" | 2014 | Hitta J3,Kendrick Lamar,YG,Problem | — |
| "By Now" | 2018 | Eric Bellinger | Eazy Call |
| "Right wit It" | Kalan.FrFr. | TwoFr | |
| "Bacc Home" | 2019 | Blxst, Bino Rideaux | Sixtape |
| "Wake It Up" | |||
| "Selfish" | |||
| "Right Now" | |||
| "Time" | |||
| "Savage" | |||
| "Miss It" | Bino Rideaux,Casey Veggies | Sorry 4 the Wait | |
| "Beep" | 2020 | Bino Rideaux | Outside |
| "Nobody" | |||
| "Brand New" | Bino Rideaux, Blxst | ||
| "Feelings" | BlueBucksClan, Bino Rideaux | No Rules 2 | |
| "No Love Lost" | Blxst | No Love Lost | |
| "Overrated" | |||
| "Wrong or Right" | |||
| "Gang Slide" | |||
| "Be Alone" | |||
| "Just Say'n" | |||
| "Searching" | |||
| "Hurt" | |||
| "Forever Humble" | |||
| "Got It All" | Blxst,Dom Kennedy | ||
| "Chosen" | Blxst,Ty Dolla Sign,Tyga | ||
| "Wrong or Right (Remix)" | Blxst, Bino Rideaux | ||
| "Don't Forget" | 2021 | Blxst,Drakeo the Ruler | Just for Clarity |
| "Fck Boys" | Blxst,Russ | ||
| "Movie" | Blxst, Bino Rideaux | Sixtape 2 | |
| "Might Do Well" | |||
| "Program" | |||
| "Accountable" | |||
| "Hate How Much" | |||
| "What is It" | |||
| "Time Will Only Tell" | |||
| "Beginning to the Ending" | |||
| "Chose Me" | Blueface, Blxst | Fan or Opp | |
| "Never Was Wrong" | 2022 | Blxst | Before You Go |
| "Still Omw" | |||
| "Be Forreal" | |||
| "Let It Be Known" | |||
| "Solid" | Burna Boy, Blxst, Kehlani | Love, Damini |