Kodak Black

Kodak Black scored his highest-charting single with 2018's “Zeze,” featuring Travis Scott and Offset, which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified sextuple platinum by the RIAA. Born Dieuson Octave on June 11, 1997, and now known as Bill Kahan Kapri, the rapper and singer-songwriter was born and raised in Pompano Beach, Florida.

He first gained broader recognition through the 2014 tracks “No Flockin” and “Skrt.” Both songs helped lead to a recording deal with Atlantic Records. “No Flockin,” later a sleeper hit on the Billboard Hot 100, earned double-platinum certification, while “Skrt” was certified platinum. He also built a local following through mixtapes released between 2014 and 2016.

His 2017 single “Tunnel Vision” reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and preceded his debut studio album, Painting Pictures, which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200. That year also brought Project Baby 2, his fifth mixtape and first commercial mixtape, which reached number two on the Billboard 200. Its single “Roll in Peace,” featuring XXXTentacion, was certified triple platinum.

Dying to Live, released in 2018, became Kodak Black’s first album to top the Billboard 200. He released his third album, Bill Israel, while incarcerated in 2020. “Super Gremlin,” released in 2021, marked another major hit, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100; it later appeared on his fourth album, Back for Everything (2022). His subsequent albums include Pistolz & Pearlz and When I Was Dead, both released in 2023, and Just Getting Started, released in 2025 after a series of mixtapes.

His career has also involved longstanding legal troubles. In connection with a 2016 accusation of rape, he faced a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge in South Carolina and accepted a 2021 plea bargain to assault and battery, receiving probation. In 2019, he was arrested for making false statements to possess weapons and sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison; President Donald Trump commuted the sentence in 2021. In May 2026, Kodak Black was arrested and arraigned on drug-trafficking charges.