Trademark Da Skydiver

Trademark Da Skydiver

Background information
Also known as	Flamingo Barnes, Super Villain
Born	(1985-02-27) February 27, 1985
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Genres	Hip-Hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	2009-present
Labels	The Barnes Corp., iHipHop Distribution, Jet Life Productions, Warner Bros. Productions
Associated acts	Curren$y, Young Roddy, Corner Boy P, T.Y., Fiend, Street Wiz, Marygold, Monsta Beatz
Website	http://www.flamingobarnes.com/

Trademark Da Skydiver (born February 27, 1987), is a rapper from New Orleans, LA. He is a member of the Hip-Hop group Jet Life and performs under the aliases "Super Villain" and "Flamingo Barnes."

History

Trademark Da Skydiver was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. He was introduced to Hip-Hop when he was eight years old by an older cousin who brought back a variety of music from his travels in the Navy. His cousin exposed him to all types of Hip-Hop including the Wu-Tang Clan. While constantly hearing Cash Money and No Limit Records in New Orleans, LA, Trademark also became heavily influenced by the New York sound and the Wu-Tang Clan entire discography, particularly Method Man’s album “Tical 2000: Judgment Day.” After hearing that album, Trademark was inspired and began his rap career.^[1]

Two of Trademark’s childhood friends were the rappers Curren$y and Young Roddy. Early on in his career, a mutual friend brought Trademark into a studio session and Curren$y was there.^[2] Curren$y got him to appear on a friend’s mixtape and from there, they both realized that their styles meshed well and continued to work in tandem on a variety of projects. Soon after that studio day, they formed Jet Life.

Jet Life grew to include (at different points) Trademark Da Skydiver, Curren$y, Young Roddy, Corner Boy P, T.Y., Fiend, Street Wiz, Marygold, and producer Monsta Beatz. Trademark played a prominent role in the conception and execution of Jet Life's "Jet World Order" Series which were both released via Jet Life's partnership with iHipHop Distribution.^[3]

In 2009, he began a three part series under the name “Super Villain.” The name originated from his experiences as a young person being told what he could and couldn’t do, who he should be and shouldn’t be. Thus, he created the “Super Villain” alias as a way to rebel against those boundaries. By creating an all-powerful persona, he was able to create a new style for this series that showcased his diversity and skill as a rapper.^[1]

Trademark Da Skydiver released “Flamingo Barnes” in 2012 and then released “Flamingo Barnes 2: Mingo Royale” in 2013. After working for a few years with the Jet Life crew, Trademark decided to show his versatility and individual value as a rapper by creating the Flamingo Barnes project and subsequent record label with the same name. The two albums have been described as having trap music production with nods to the ASAP Mob sound but Trademark defines the style as just simply, “Flamingo Barnes.” ^[1]

Trademark was recently named an “Artist to Watch” on iTunes Hip-Hop Homepage. His music video for “Rite Nah” featuring Dizzy Wright premiered on BET’s 106 & Park and is also in rotation on MTV Jams.

Discography

Solo

"Super Villain Issue #1" (2009) ^[4]
"Super Villain Issue #2" (2010) ^[5]
"Super Villain Issue #3: Reign Supreme” (2010) ^[6]
"Up Here" - Single (2012) ^[7]
"Phone Home feat. Curren$y & Styles P ^[8]
“Rite Nah feat. Dizzy Wright – Single” (2013) ^[9]
"Roasted EP" (2013)
“1,000 Pounds feat. Bodega Bamz - Single (2013)
"Flamingo Barnes" (2012)
"Flamingo Barnes 2: Mingo Royale” (2013)
"Issue 4: Return of the Super Villain” (2014)

Guest appearances

Curren$y - "LOL" from "This Ain't No Mixtape" LP (2009) ^[10]
Fortunate Ones - "The Toast" Single (2010) ^[11]
Chevy Woods - "Smoke Two" from "Pilot Shit" LP (2010) ^[12]
Curren$y - "Roasted" from "Pilot Talk" LP (2010) ^[13]
Jet Life – “Jet World Order” LP (2011) ^[14]
Curren$y – “Still” from “Weekend at Burnie’s” LP (2011)
Sir Michael Rocks - "Livin' It Up" from "The Rocks Report" LP (2011) <ref name="Sir Michael Rocks - "Livin' It Up"">{{cite web|title=Sir Michael Rocks - "Livin' It Up"|url=http://www.discogs.com/Sir-Michael-Rocks-The-Rocks-Report/release/2823473|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>
Fortunate Ones - "Showboats" Single (2011) ^[15]
Smoke DZA – “Overhigh” from Rolling Stoned LP (2011)
Jet Life - “Jet Life to the Next Life” LP (2011) ^[16]
Curren$y & The Jets – “1st Place” Single (2011)
Jet Life – “Jet World Order 2” LP (2012) ^[17]
Curren$y – “Armoire” from “The Stoned Immaculate” LP (2012)
Corner Boy P - "Fade Away Pt. 2" from "Money Neva Sleep 2" LP (2012) ^[18]
Corner Boy P - "Keep It G" from "Fendi P 2" LP (2012) ^[19]
Corner Boy P - "Talkin' Shit" from "Fendi P 2" LP (2012) <ref name='Corner Boy P - "Talkin' Shit"'>{{cite web|title=Corner Boy P - "Talkin' Shit"|url=http://www.discogs.com/Corner-Boy-P-Fendi-P-2/release/4631030|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>
Kashflow Da God – “Kush” Single (2012)
Fiend & Cookin' Soul - "Ol Habits" from "Iron Chef" LP (2012) <ref name="Fiend and Cookin Soul - "Ol Habits"">{{cite web|title=Fiend and Cookin' Soul - "Ol Habits"|url=http://www.discogs.com/Fiend-2-Cookin-Soul-Iron-Chef/release/4476652|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>
Curren$y – “Armoire” from “The Stoned Immaculate” LP (2012)
Young Roddy - "Landing Strip" from "Good Sense" LP (2012) ^[20]
Corner Boy P - "Fade Away" from "Money Neva Sleep" LP (2012) ^[21]
Curren$y - "Contacts" from "Priest Andretti" LP (2012) ^[22]
Curren$y - "Conference Call" from "Here..." LP(2012) ^[23]
Skibeatz - "Living It Up" from "24 Hour Karate School: Twilight" LP (2012) ^[24]
Flik Melone & Apitight – "Acquainted" from “The Wordplay” LP (2013)
Young Roddy - "You Know" from "Good Sense II" LP (2013) ^[25]
Spitta Andretti - "Coolie in the Cut" from "New Jet City" LP (2013) ^[26]
Spitta Andretti - "Payroll" from "The Drive In Theatre" LP (2014) ^[27]
Minty Burns - "Shisha Monster" Single (2014) ^[28]

References