Jeffery Lee Johnson Jr., better known by his stage names Roscoe Dash, is an American hip hop rapper, singer and record producer. He is best known for his debut single "All the Way Turnt Up", which reached number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is also known for featuring on "No Hands" by Waka Flocka Flame the same year, and "Marvin & Chardonnay" by Big Sean in 2011, both reaching 13 and 32 respectively on the Billboard Charts. Roscoe also has numerous accolades as a songwriter, working with some of the industry's top talent.
Career
2002–09: Beginnings
Johnson started rapping at the age of 12, after his older brother introduced him to hip-hop. In high school, he and his brother put together a rap group that consisted of four artists who went by the name of Black Out Boiz aka B.O.B., where his original stage name ATL came from. Though the group had been receiving positive feedback, ATL would eventually leave B.O.B. & get started in his pursuit of a solo career. He continued recording in his basement and making mixtapes, this hard work led to Jeffrey Johnson meeting a sponsor of a local rap group who called themselves Travis Porter. He attended Mill Creek High School. Johnson knew he had to create a new identity to start his music career. He Googled names of comic book heroes, and came across the name Roscoe Dash. Johnson says, "I needed something more marketable. I needed something that would catch the ears and eyes of whoever was listening or reading the name Roscoe Dash and make them want to do research on Roscoe Dash." Roscoe Dash released a song "All the Way Turnt Up" featuring Travis Porter and they released it on their mixtapeI'm a Differenter 2. Dash was only credited as a featured artist. According to Porter, this was just a mistake. He then met local entrepreneur LA da Boomman in 2009, who then signed him to his production company, Making Moves Inc.. Dash then later agreed deals with both Music Line Group, after Boomman introduced Dash to the A&R representative Anthony Tate, and the Interscope Records distributed Zone 4 after Tate and Dash spoke with music producer Polow da Don, the label's founder.
2010–13: ''Ready Set Go!'' and ''J.U.I.C.E.''
Shortly after, Dash re-recorded "All the Way Turnt Up" this time featuring fellow Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. The song turned into a radio hit, and Dash signed with Interscope Records the following year. Dash then started recording his debut album, Ready Set Go!, but it was leaked and shipped before the official release date. The following year Dash was featured on the chart topping single "No Hands" by fellow Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame and Washington D.C. rapper Wale, the song itself went 3× Platinum, and earned all three rappers the "Club Banger of the Year" at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards and a Nomination in 2011 at the ASCAP Music Awards. In 2011, Dash released his first EPJ.U.I.C.E.. Dash also appeared on Big Sean's hit single "Marvin & Chardonnay"; which the song went on to be certified Gold. In 2012, Dash was featured on the cover of XXL magazine, as part of their annual "Top 10 Freshmen list", along with these fellow rappers; including Iggy Azalea, Danny Brown, Kid Ink, Future, Hopsin, Macklemore, French Montana, Don Trip and Machine Gun Kelly.
2014–present: ''Series of mixtapes''
On August 29, 2014 Dash released his mixtape entitled The Appetizer. In June 2015, Dash released the track called "Catch A Body", which is currently off of his upcoming album Dash Effect 2, under new booking management and is seeking a major comeback after his last few years of silence. In March 2016, Dash released a new mixtape titled "Glitch".
Controversy
Travis Porter
After Travis Porter heard a song Roscoe had recorded called "All the Way Turnt Up", the group automatically wanted to be a part of it. Since Travis Porter was already an established local group, he handed the song over to them and was featured on the track. It was featured on Porter's next mixtape, I’m a Differenter 2. The hit became very popular, but most people labeled the song as being Porter's. The song was accredited as Porter featuring YT and ATL. This conflict caused problems between Dash and Travis Porter.
On September 20, 2012, Dash was confronted by G.O.O.D. Music, Wale, Miguel, and later Meek Mill via Twitter, due to going uncredited for G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer album and Wale's chart topping song "Lotus Flower Bomb". Wale responded via Twitter. Dash confronted Miguel, after statements made by him about all the confusion. Then later a fellow MMG artist Meek Mill, would poke fun at Dash and Dash would begin confronting him about it.
