American rapper Kodak Black has released his new single, “Back For Everything.”
Kodak Black gained initial recognition with his single “No Flockin”, released in 2014. His debut album, Painting Pictures (2017), peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot 100 top ten single “Tunnel Vision”.
Black’s second album, Dying to Live (2018), peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and was supported by the single “Zeze” (featuring Travis Scott and Offset), which peaked at number 2 on the Hot 100.
On November 11, 2020, Kodak returned with his third album, Bill Israel, while serving a prison sentence. On January 23, 2021, he released the single, “Last Day In”, in which he addresses his release from prison, thanks to his pardon from President Donald Trump: “Trump just freed me, but my favorite president is on the money/All they hatin’ presidents has become evident to me”.
Kodak Black released the single, “Every Balmain”, on February 6, 2021, in which he discusses life post-prison. On February 19, he was featured on Lil Yachty’s single, “Hit Bout It”, which was released alongside a music video.
Kodak released a mixtape titled Haitian Boy Kodak on May 14, 2021. The project’s cover art pays tribute to his Haitian pride. Kodak voiced frustration at the mixtape only moving 22, 000 units in its first week, claiming that listeners had turned their backs on gangsta rap.
Kodak released his next project, Happy Birthday Kodak, on June 11, 2021, his twenty-fourth birthday. On November 1, 2021, Kodak released a music video for the song “Super Gremlin”, from Syko Bob and Snapkatt’s Halloween-themed mixtape, Sniper Gang Presents Syko Bob & Snapkatt: Nightmare Babies, an 11-track project, of which Kodak appears on eight tracks.
