IDK (rapper)

Jason Aaron Mills (born May 24, 1992), known professionally as IDK (stylized as .idk.), also known as Jay IDK (a backronym for Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge), is a British-American rapper.

Early life

Jason Aaron Mills was born on May 24, 1992, in London to parents of Sierra Leonean and Ghanaian descent. He was raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, where he later started to make music initially under the moniker "Jay IDK".

Career

In August 2015, Mills released his second mixtape, titled SubTrap. The name stands for Suburban Trap or "trap music with substance". The album features the singles "The Plug," "God Said Trap (King Trappy III)" and "Cookie Addiction" featuring BJ the Chicago Kid. It features production from Skhye Hutch, was mixed by Lo Mein, Tim Webberson, Matt Weiss, and Delbert Bowers. Project management for Subtrap was overseen by Blade Thornton, David Kuti, Clayton Barmore, Quinelle Holder, and Ryan Booth. Mills' style of rapping has been compared to the early work of Kendrick Lamar, especially Lamar's 2011 album Section.80.

On June 24, 2016, Mills was announced as one of the performers at the 2016 Trillectro Music Festival. On September 9, 2016, Mills released his third mixtape Empty Bank and premiered it on Forbes. Mills opened for Isaiah Rashad on his "The Lil Sunny" tour which started in January 2017.

On October 13, 2017, Mills released his fourth mixtape IWasVeryBad, which was released for free in collaboration with Adult Swim. Mills later released the first six songs of the album as a series on Noisey. This series gave the album visuals and a new story. The first six songs were part of the first season, with the second season going unreleased, which assumingly would've included the last six songs.