Jovan Smith

ABOUT JOVAN SMITH

Rapper, musician, vocalist, online content creator, social media personality, and YouTuber by his stage name "J Stalin" and known for his songs "5 Minutes of Game" (2018), "No Way" (2016), "Don't Love You Back" (2016), Miss Me wit' the B.S. (2016), and "Get Me Some" (2016) and for being the founder and leader of the rap group Livewire.

He grew up impoverished. He made money as a child selling candy bars to train passengers. He began writing and recording rap music when he was 16. He released his first solo music in 2008.

He was in the viral YouTube video "Cupcakin" with J-Nash in the year 2006. He sold drugs as a teenager and spent eleven months on parole for dealing. His stage name was inspired by Joseph Stalin because they share the same initials and because they were both short but tough.

He was born and raised in Oakland, California.

He was on three of Richie Rich 's songs in the album Nixon Pryor Roundtree (2002).