![]() ![]() Token also first started touring in 2016, beginning in Europe. The song "Exception" from the mixtape has reached millions of streams. On September 23, 2016, Token released his second mixtape Eraser Shavings. Wahlberg also helped Token earn a role in the film Patriots Day, of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's college roommate. Token performed a free hip-hop show presented by Wahlberg in May 2016, which was filmed for Wahlberg's reality TV show Wahlburgers. The video of his appearance went viral, gaining him further recognition. His performance brought co-host Tracy G to tears as a result. In April 2016, he appeared on the radio show Sway in the Morning, on which he performed a freestyle to the beat of Lil Wayne's " Believe Me". Soon, Token became friends with Wahlberg, who began inviting him to his house in Los Angeles. It gained the attention of several celebrities, including Fred Durst, Mark Wahlberg and T-Pain. The video amassed over 500,000 views in just three days. In October 2015, Token released a video of himself rapping while walking through a Marblehead neighborhood for the "No Sucka MCs" rap contest. 2015–2016: No Sucka MCs and early success He released his debut mixtape, The Mindstate, in February 2014. He started uploading his music videos through YouTube when he was 14. Goldberg later adopted the stage name "Token", which came out of feeling different from other rappers as a Jewish white kid from Boston. While the reception from the public was generally negative as well, one of their CDs ended up in the possession of producer Jon Glass, who saw their potential and became a mentor to them. Their first project was Lethal Combination. In the sixth grade, Goldberg started collaborating with his friend Colin Mitchell, a local rapper known as C-Mitch. The students at his school reacted negatively toward his work, but he began building a fanbase online. His first song was a freestyle to " Drop the World" by Lil Wayne featuring Eminem. He began uploading his content on YouTube after a childhood friend discovered music he had recorded and encouraged him to create a channel to gain a following. Goldberg first began rapping under the name BDG (his initials). According to Goldberg, the four main artists he listened to were Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Miley Cyrus and Cher. An outlet for Goldberg was writing poetry in his diary, which eventually evolved into writing rap songs at the age of 10. Īt a young age, Goldberg had a dream of becoming a rapper a psychiatrist noted that it seemed to be the only thing on his mind. He began running on the treadmill after school and lost 50 pounds halfway through fifth grade as a result. As a child, Goldberg suffered from obesity, weighing nearly 240 pounds in fourth grade. Additionally, he had difficulty in understanding expressive language, being diagnosed with a language disability as a result. Goldberg was eventually diagnosed with depression and anxiety. ![]() In his younger years, Goldberg was often suspended from school for yelling at his teachers and fighting with other students. His mother, Leslie Goldberg, described him as having incidents of "explosive anger". He was introduced to hip-hop music at age six by his older sister. 2.4 2020–present: Signing with Atlantic Records and Pink Is Betterīen Goldberg was born and raised in Marblehead, Massachusetts.2.3 2017–2019: Singles and Between Somewhere.2.2 2015–2016: No Sucka MCs and early success.
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