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{{short description|American rapper
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ugly God
| image =
| caption = Davison-Rodriguez In 2019
| birth_name = Royce Cornell Davison-Rodriguez
| alias = Pussy Bacon<ref name="Cheat Sheet"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|09|19}}
| birth_place = [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]], U.S.
| origin = [[Houston]], [[Texas]], U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|[[Comedy hip hop]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/04/2018-soundcloud-rappers-guide.html|title=How to Tell All the SoundCloud Rappers Apart|first=Corinna|last=Burford|date=April 4, 2018|website=Vulture|access-date=May 1, 2020|archive-date=December 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229171628/https://www.vulture.com/2018/04/2018-soundcloud-rappers-guide.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|record producer}}
| label = [[Asylum Records]] (formerly) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/ugly-god-is-living-the-perfect-simple-rap-life-9698230|title=Ugly God Lives The Perfect Rap Life With The Booty Tape|date=August 15, 2017|website=Houston Press|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127165845/https://www.houstonpress.com/music/ugly-god-is-living-the-perfect-simple-rap-life-9698230|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲| years_active = 2015–present
▲| label = [[Asylum Records]] (formerly) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/ugly-god-is-living-the-perfect-simple-rap-life-9698230|title=Ugly God Lives The Perfect Rap Life With The Booty Tape|date=August 15, 2017|website=Houston Press}}</ref>
}}
'''Royce Cornell Davison-Rodriguez'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://repertoire.bmi.com/Catalog.aspx?detail=writerid&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&keyid=550451152&subid=0|title=BMI | Repertoire Search|website=repertoire.bmi.com|access-date=April 23, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607094823/https://repertoire.bmi.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> (born September 19, 1996), better known as '''Ugly God''', is an American rapper
==Early life==
Royce Cornell Davison-Rodriguez was born on September 19, 1996, in [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]. Rodriguez would then move to the north side of [[Houston, Texas]] where he'd live for the majority of his life. He played basketball for the [[Gulfport High School]] basketball team in [[Gulfport, Mississippi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2017/6/ugly-god-basketball-high-school|title=Watch Ugly God Play Basketball in High School|website=HYPEBEAST|date=June 19, 2017|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812214038/https://hypebeast.com/2017/6/ugly-god-basketball-high-school|url-status=live}}</ref> He was born to an [[Afro-Dominicans|Afro-Dominican]] father and an African-American mother. On his upbringing, He said, "My mom and dad divorced, so I was raised in the South as a black person. If you’ve been to [[Dominican Republic]], you should know they have a lot of Spanish, dark Dominicans. They be Black as fuck just like me. My dad happened to be a Black Dominican and my mom’s Black. African-Americans and Latinos have it rough in the U.S.—I’m both, so I guess I’m double rough." Davison-Rodriguez grew up speaking both Spanish and English.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/01/ugly-god-kap-g-rico-nasty-how-being-latino-impacts-their-music/|title=Ugly God and More Discuss How Being Latino Impacts Their Music – XXL|first=Bianca|last=Torres|website=XXL Mag|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411233529/https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/01/ugly-god-kap-g-rico-nasty-how-being-latino-impacts-their-music/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career==
===2015–2017: Career
From 7th to 10th grade, he used the [[Pseudonym|handle]] 'Pussy Bacon'.<ref>{{Citation|last=djvlad|title=Ugly God (Full Interview)|date=December 15, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW1UnnzZ3ig&t=5m4s|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520070004/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW1UnnzZ3ig&t=5m4s|url-status=live}}</ref> He changed his name to the famous 'Ugly God' because of social reasons, and his parents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/on-the-come-up-ugly-god-news.29814.html|title=On The Come Up: Ugly God|work=HotNewHipHop|access-date=August 27, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924220527/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/on-the-come-up-ugly-god-news.29814.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He also states that he pioneered the name via [[improvisation]] when he exclaimed "I'm real Ugly", which evolved into 'Ugly God'.
On July 27, 2015, he released his viral song "I Beat My Meat" through his [[SoundCloud]] account. This song has garnered over 33 million views. This was his third time uploading the song after his high school basketball coach made him delete it in fear of scaring away basketball scholarships.<ref>{{Citation|last=djvlad|title=Ugly God (Full Interview)|date=December 15, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW1UnnzZ3ig|access-date=February 13, 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721122641/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW1UnnzZ3ig|url-status=live}}</ref>
On March 16, 2016, he released his single titled "[[Water (Ugly God song)|Water]]" on his SoundCloud account, before being released for digital download as a single on November 19, 2016, by [[Asylum Records]].<ref name="apple">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/water-single/id1176752392|title=Water – Single by Ugly God on Apple Music|date=November 18, 2016
In 2017, Ugly God received attention when he dropped a [[Diss (music)|diss track]] targeted at himself named "Fuck Ugly God", which started when he tweeted "Fuck it. Im dropping an Ugly God disstrack tonight. Fuck that bitch ass nigga Ugly God. When I see him its on sight. Midnight eastern time." on June 26. The lyrics mostly concerned things that had happened in Ugly God's life which were used for [[Roast (comedy)|roasting]] himself. According to Vincent Caruso of ''Prefix Magazine'', the roasts ranged from "deceptively mild" to "abjectly ruthless" to "frighteningly personal". Within the song, Ugly God claims he was "jumped on Halloween" 4 years ago (2013), the song was also featured on his [[mixtape]] ''[[The Booty Tape]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hooten |first1=Christopher |title=Rapper drops diss record about himself |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rapper-ugly-god-drops-diss-record-about-himself-a7811446.html |website=The Independent |date=June 28, 2017 |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301135945/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rapper-ugly-god-drops-diss-record-about-himself-a7811446.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Caruso |first1=Vincent |title=Ugly God Unleashes Brutal, Self-Inflicted Diss Track "Fuck Ugly God" |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ugly-god-unleashes-brutal-self-inflicted-diss-track-fuck-ugly-god/203981/ |website=prefixmag.com |publisher=Prefix Magazine |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074811/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ugly-god-unleashes-brutal-self-inflicted-diss-track-fuck-ugly-god/203981/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The song garnered over 15.5 million streams on SoundCloud. On August 4, 2017, Ugly God released his debut [[mixtape]] titled ''The Booty Tape''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-booty-tape/id1265355750|title=The Booty Tape by Ugly God on Apple Music|date=August 4, 2017
=== 2018–present: "
Davison-Rodriguez was featured on the song "Boom!" by [[Lil Yachty]], featured on the album ''[[Lil Boat 2]]'', which was released on March 9, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lil Yachty – BOOM! (Audio) ft. Ugly God |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA1c7GhpR2Q |website=YouTube |access-date=January 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005154937/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA1c7GhpR2Q |url-status=live }}</ref> "Boom!" peaked at No. 88 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="Ugly God Chart History" /> Ugly God released the EP ''just a lil something before the album...'' ahead of his upcoming debut album, ''[[Bumps & Bruises]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.46611/title.ugly-god-treats-fans-to-just-a-lil-something-before-the-album-ep
On March
==Personal life==
Some time in late 2022, Ugly God's YouTube channel was hacked for an unspecified amount of time, causing all of the videos on the channel to be deleted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEO - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/@uglygod?feature=shared |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=www.youtube.com |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120060024/https://www.youtube.com/@uglygod?feature=shared |url-status=live }}</ref>
In June 2023, Davison was arrested and charged with the murder of Renaldo Delavallad in Mississippi.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vibe.com/news/national/ugly-god-accused-murdering-best-friend-father-1234778359/amp/ | title=Ugly God Accused of Murdering Best Friend's Father | date=August 7, 2023 | access-date=December 23, 2023 | archive-date=December 23, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223175528/https://www.vibe.com/news/national/ugly-god-accused-murdering-best-friend-father-1234778359/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.xxlmag.com/ugly-god-breaks-silence-killing-best-friend-dad/ | title=Ugly God Breaks Silence Since Being Accused of Killing His Best Friend's Dad | date=August 20, 2023 | access-date=October 13, 2023 | archive-date=June 7, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607094823/https://www.xxlmag.com/ugly-god-breaks-silence-killing-best-friend-dad/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In August, 2023, Ugly God turned to social media to apparently address the accusations directed at him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giacomazzo |first=Bernadette |date=2023-08-19 |title=Ugly God Brushes Off Murder Allegations, Tells Fans Not To ‘Believe The Hype’ |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/ugly-god-dont-believe-hype-murder |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=HipHopDX |language=en |archive-date=August 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824105731/https://hiphopdx.com/news/ugly-god-dont-believe-hype-murder |url-status=live }}</ref> He was released some time in January 2024 and has been active on social media since.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
==Discography==
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! style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="uscharts" />
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br />R&B/HH]]<br /><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |title=Ugly God Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/hsi/ |access-date=May 6, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713162808/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/hsi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| ''[[Bumps & Bruises (Ugly God album)|Bumps & Bruises]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ivey|first=Justin|date=August 8, 2019|title=Ugly God Shares Debut LP "Bumps & Bruises"|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.52159/title.ugly-god-unveils-bumps-bruises-lps-tracklist|access-date=September 19, 2021|website=hiphopdx.com|archive-date=June 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619063014/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.52159/title.ugly-god-unveils-bumps-bruises-lps-tracklist|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* Released: August 9, 2019
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! scope="row"| ''Just a Lil Something Before the Album...''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/stream-ugly-gods-just-a-lil-something-before-the-album-ep-new-mixtape.118003.html|title=Stream Ugly God's "just a lil something before the album..." EP|website=HotNewHipHop|access-date=July 22, 2019|archive-date=October 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020202145/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/stream-ugly-gods-just-a-lil-something-before-the-album-ep-new-mixtape.118003.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* Released: April 24, 2018
* Label: [[Independent music|Self-released]]
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
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! scope="row" | ''Two Piece''
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* Released: May 29, 2023
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* Formats: Digital download, streaming
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref name="uscharts">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Ugly God Chart History: Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117211620/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/tlp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br />R&B/HH]]<br /><ref name=":0" />
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Top Rap Albums|US<br />Rap]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Ugly God Chart History: Top Rap Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/hsi/ |access-date=May 6, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713162808/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/hsi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Independent Albums|US<br />Ind.]]<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Ugly God Chart History: Independent Albums |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/hsi/ |access-date=May 6, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713162808/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/hsi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| ''[[The Booty Tape]]''
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* Released: January 3, 2020
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!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |title=Ugly God Chart History: Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=May 7, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713162807/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/tlp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
!style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br />R&B/HH]]<br /><ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |title=Ugly God Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=May 7, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713162807/https://www.billboard.com/artist/ugly-god/chart-history/tlp/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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*[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Platinum<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum: Ugly God |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=ugly+god#search_section |access-date=May 7, 2023 |website=RIAA |archive-date=May 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507181518/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=ugly+god#search_section |url-status=live }}</ref>
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