Schoolboy Q

Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q (stylized as ScHoolboy Q), is an American rapper from South Central Los Angeles, California. In 2009, Hanley signed to Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and in late 2011, secured a recording contract with major label Interscope Records. Hanley is also a member of the hip-hop super-group Black Hippy, alongside label-mates and fellow California-based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Kendrick Lamar.

One of the most dynamic and revealing voices in contemporary hip-hop, ScHoolboy Q chronicles a turbulent life marked by street life and vices, with subjects such as fame, fatherhood, and sobriety also related with his ever-changing flows. He came up with fellow South Central L.A. native Kendrick Lamar and the Black Hippy collective, and charted with Setbacks (2011) and Habits & Contradictions (2012), his first two albums for Top Dawg Entertainment. ScHoolboy Q soon broke through to become one of the most prominent artists of the mid- to late 2010s. He placed Oxymoron (2014), Blank Face LP (2016), and CrasH Talk (2019) at or near the top of multiple Billboard charts; scored Top 40 hits as a collaborator on tracks headlined by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (“White Walls”) and Tinashe (“2 On”); and earned five Grammy nominations, including two for Best Rap Album. Q returned the next decade with the intensely measured and emotionally complex Blue Lips (2024).