Lil Poppa is an artist/rapper who grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. Lil Poppa was born March 18, 2000. He grew up listening to many artists as a kid, such as Bow Wow, Lil Boosie, Meek Mill, and Lil Wayne. 1 Lil Poppa came out with an album called Blessed, I Guess this year. Then he made a documentary about it and put it on his YouTube channel. 2 What I saw in the documentary was that Lil Poppa came from nothing and turned nothing into something by just never giving up. He explained every song and why it was created. Other people are in the documentary, like his brother, his mother, his aunt and his best friends. They said that he always looked up to his big brother and was a family-oriented person. He would always rap anywhere he would go. He talked about mental health. He believes it is very important. He has three sides—Lil Anti (antisocial person), Lil Poppa (rapper), and Sonny (family-oriented person). In the documentary, we saw that Lil Poppa started rapping at the age of 6, honing his skills by rapping in church and crafting rhymes with his big brother. By the time Lil Poppa was 10, he was rapping in church and would continue to come up with rhymes and make up raps that involved school. At the age of 12, he started to pivot away from religious music. Lil Poppa started using websites to start off in his rapping career, such as, SoundCloud, and MyMixtapes. He would also later go on to social media. In the documentary, during his time rapping when he was younger, he didn’t really get as much recognition as he gets now.
My Favorite Recording Artist
By Eldon Clarke, Jr.
Many people ask me, who is your favorite recording artist? Who do you listen to when you need time to get away from distractions? Janarious Mykel Wheeler, also known as “Lil Poppa,” is the chosen one. Lil Poppa is always there for me any time of the day. Very consistent on his music, he has just the right mindset and is just the GOAT. Why is he my favorite? they ask. Because Lil Poppa created a song for every mood you feel: happy, sad, or eager. He has all the songs that can make your day.
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