Bronx-based rapper A$AP Twelvyy has been active in hip-hop circles since the late 2000s, working as part of the A$AP Mob from the time of A$AP Rocky's debut mixtape. As the years went on, he moved from featured appearances on other artists' tracks to projects of his own, bringing his charged East Coast rap style to studio albums like 2020's Noon Yung and 2023's stylistically diverse Kid$ Gotta Eat.
Born Jamel Phillips in Harlem in 1989, the rapper, nicknamed after the Harlem area code 212, altered that nickname a bit when choosing a stage name, since he didn't feel like "A$AP...