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Bas

French-American rapper from New York

PersonAge 39humanQ17515138

Also known as Abass Hamad · Bas (rapper) · Abbas Hamad

Born: May 27, 1987
, 1987
Birthplace: Paris
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Citizenship: United States
Occupation: rapper
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: St. Francis Preparatory School

Overview

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Abbas Hamad, known professionally as Bas, is a French-born American rapper. He signed with J. Cole's Dreamville Records, an imprint of Interscope Records to release his debut studio album, Last Winter (2014). It was met with positive critical reception and entered the Billboard 200, along with his second and third albums, Too High to Riot (2016) and Milky Way (2018). His fourth album, We Only Talk About Real Shit When We're Fucked Up (2023) was met with continued praise.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Given name: Abbas
Genre: hip-hop
Label: Dreamville Records
Start of work period: 2010
Pseudonym: Bas
Website: dreamville.com/artist/bas
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1.Stated in Google Knowledge GraphRetrieved 2020-07-25
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Different from: Bas
Social media followers: 467,000(April 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCi05TWluMO9aCDpYrDLx8rA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2025-04-24
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444,000(March 30, 2024) youtube channel id: UCi05TWluMO9aCDpYrDLx8rA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-03-30
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419,000(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCi05TWluMO9aCDpYrDLx8rA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2023-03-22
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391,000(March 17, 2022) youtube channel id: UCi05TWluMO9aCDpYrDLx8rA
340,000(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UCi05TWluMO9aCDpYrDLx8rA
285,672(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 18829050
Instrument: voice

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