Pouya

Biography

Kevin Pouya (born December 20, 1994), known mononymously as Pouya, is an American rapper. Considered as a pioneer of the underground rap scene that began on SoundCloud in 2012, along with discovering the well known hip-hop duo Suicideboys in their early career, Pouya has developed a long-lasting core fanbase as an independent artist.

Early life

As a teenager, Pouya and his best friend Nicholas Voutsinas (known professionally as "Fat Nick") had a YouTube comedy channel called NICK AND POUYA SHOW. While mostly being comedy sketches, the videos also served as mini vlogs for the friends. Travelling around the local neighborhoods in Miami, they would often feature other friends in the videos, including future rapper Denzel Curry and the group Raider Klan.
Pouya dropped out of high school in his sophomore year. He worked cleaning toilets at a restaurant for a year before finding success in music.

Career

Pouya started rapping seriously around 2011, and after debuting a freestyle with local Florida rapper Nell titled Shotz From The Double Glock, began releasing music frequently. Again staying close with childhood friend Fat Nick, the two formed the Buffet Boys, a group that later became their record label. He gained notoriety after he released the song "Get Buck" in 2013, which as of June 2022 has over 13 million video views. On November 20, 2013, Pouya released a collaboration EP with The Cool Kids' Sir Michael Rocks titled Gookin'. The two connected after Rocks had moved to Miami.
His fifth solo mixtape Stunna×Stunna26 January 2015 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Intro3:172Stunna3:523Copy Cat3:564Different3:235Keep In Touch2:566By Yo Side3:167Temptation3:268Not The One3:569FLAwda3:0510Everything Good2:4911Like Them2:3412Right Now4:0913Stop4:0314To Whom It May Concern2:14, was released on March 5, 2014. Elevator Magazine described the mixtape as Bone Thugs-N-Harmony influenced,
and said "he does a great job of molding their style into his own version with a twist of his own style thrown in there." His next mixtape was released on March 25, 2015, entitled South Side Slugs×South Side Slugs25 March 2015 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Suicidal Thoughts In The Back Of The Cadillac3:302Strange2:543Wylin'2:424Loyal to My Soil2:375Heed3:5362412:507Dandy in Love2:558The Sensual Sounds of Kevin Pouya2:129Uma2:5310It's Britney Bitch1:4211Smash Bros.2:5512Father of Contention3:3613Low2:4514Never Fold2:0615So What2:5616Spice Girls3:0417FYE2:4618I Know You See It6:13. The mixtape contained guest appearances from Sir Michael Rocks, Denzel Curry, SDotBraddy, Fat Nick, and new Buffet Boys member Germ. Pouya collaborated with Suicideboys on an EP titled $outh $ide $uicide, that was released on September 1, 2015.
In 2016, he released his debut studio album Underground Underdog×Underground Underdog29 April 2016 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Great Influence3:232Billy Mays2:013But Wait, There's More2:084Energy3:495Lick the Sweat off My Nuts2:196Mfg2:247Hunnit Hunnit2:258Fat Hoes3:219Don't Be a Hoe1:4010Prime1:3111Yuh1:3312Scrubs3:1013Badonk3:5414413:13 under the Buffet Boys label. The album peaked at #156 on the Billboard 200. In 2017, he was a featured artist in the song "On Her Mind" by progressive metalcore band Volumes on their album Different Animals. That same year, he released a collaboration mixtape with Fat Nick titled Drop Out of School×Drop Out of School24 February 2017 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Undecided2:122Boom2:333Drop Out of School3:044Torch2:535Save Me2:086Middle of the Mall2:187Run It Up3:168Remember Us?2:379All on Me2:4310Perfect2:07. In 2018 he released his second studio album, titled Five Five×Five Five5 March 2018 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Aftershock2:592Void3:503Daddy Issues2:254Weighing on Me2:365Five Five2:156Handshakes2:097Don't Bang My Line2:598Back off Me2:149One Time3:1810Voices2:3511Suicidal Thoughts in the Back of the Cadillac, Pt. 24:56. On June 30, 2019, Pouya released his third studio album titled, The South Got Something to Say×The South Got Something to Say1 July 2019 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Cruisin’ in the MIA2:312I’m Alive3:123FIVE SIX2:414952:485SUPERMAN IS DEAD3:166Mood Swing Misery2:347Settle Down4:198Florida Thang2:459Talk to Me Before I Die2:3010SUCK MY DICK0:3811Run It Down3:1012BULLETPROOF SHOWER CAP1:5413Cyanide2:1314Six Speed1:5115When Will I See You?1:58. The album included guest appearances from City Morgue, Juicy J and Ghostemane.
In December 2020, Pouya collaborated with Fat Nick to release Drop Out of School 2. Pouya's fourth studio album Blood Was Never Thick As Water×Blood Was Never Thick As Water22 October 2021 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Dying Slowly3:062Wig Split2:033Why Do We Get High?6:074I'll Always Be Around3:255Out The Mud2:106One Deep In The Fleetwood2:197Walk In3:328Forever Waiting For You At My Window4:029Leave Me Alone3:0410Stuck In Admiration3:0211The First Step of Becoming God Is A Bottle to the Face3:01 was released on October 22, 2021. The title comes from a lyric in the closing song to the album, and features rapper Denzel Curry and singer Lu. In February 2022, he released the extended play dirt/hurt/pain/. It would be the last project by Pouya to be released under Buffet Boys.
In March 2022, Pouya along with other Buffet Boys members, announced that the label would be disbanding indefinitely. Not long after, they announced their new label All But 6 Records.

Personal life

Pouya is of Cuban and Persian heritage, born to a Persian Iranian father and Cuban mother.

Extended plays

Baby Bone (2013)
Gookin' (2013) (w/ Sir Michael Rocks)
$outh $ide $uicide (2015) (w/ $uicideboy$)
Pouya x Germ x Shakewell EP (2015) (w/ Germ & Shakewell)
Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (2020) (w/ Boobie Lootaveli)
Drop Out of School 2 (2020) (w/ Fat Nick)
Dirt/Hurt/Pain (2022)
Chrome Casketz (2023) (w/ Terror Reid)
Chrome Casketz 2: Armageddon (2024) (w/ Terror Reid)
Butter (2026)

Mixtapes

Fuck It (2012)
Don't Sleep On Me Hoe (2012)
WarBucks (2013) (w/ SDotBraddy)
Stunna (2014)
South Side Slugs (2015)
Drop Out of School (2017) (w/ Fat Nick)
Pouya & Boobie Lootaveli: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (2019) (w/ Boobie Lootaveli)
All But 6 (2023) (w/ All But 6 & Fat Nick)
All But 6 Vol. 2 (2024) (w/ All But 6 & Fat Nick)
All but 6 Vol. 3 (2025) (w/ All But 6 & Fat Nick)