BB Trickz
{{Short description|Spanish rapper (born 2000)}}
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| birth_name = Belize Nicolau Kazi
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| birth_place = Barcelona, Spain
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| genre = Drill, Pop rap, Dembow
| occupation = Rapper
| instrument = Vocals
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| years_active = 2023–present
| label = {{hlist|Virgin|Sony Spain}}
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Belize Nicolau Kazi (born 2000), known professionally as BB Trickz (stylized as Bb trickz), is a Spanish rapper. She began rapping in 2023, releasing her first two extended plays (EPs)—Trickstar and Sadtrickz—that year. Her music is known for its humorous and provocative lyrics and its influences from American hip hop styles such as sample drill.
Life and career
Belize Nicolau Kazi was born in 2000 and raised in Barcelona,{{cite web |last1=Parrondo |first1=Néstor |title=BB Trickz: 'Hace 40 años las canciones duraban 20 minutos, ahora duran 90 segundos. El mundo va rápido, es lo que hay' |url=https://www.revistagq.com/articulo/bb-trickz-entrevista |website=GQ España |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=21 December 2023}} where she worked as a child model, starring in an advertisement for Nesquik and appearing on the cover of ESO books, and as a child singer in the group Oh!Cake & The Cookie.{{cite web |last1=Yakovenko |first1=Margaryta |title=Drill Generation: Wild rhymes for a youth without hope |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-11-17/drill-generation-wild-rhymes-for-a-youth-without-hope.html |website=El País |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=17 November 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Soufi |first1=Daniel |title='No eres calle, no eres gitana. Yo soy puro 'beef', tú menú de Aitana': la polémica detrás de Bb trickz, nueva sensación musical española |lang=es-es |url=https://elpais.com/icon/2023-05-04/no-eres-calle-no-eres-gitana-yo-soy-puro-beef-tu-menu-de-aitana-la-polemica-detras-de-bb-trickz-nueva-sensacion-musical-espanola.html |website=El País |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=4 May 2023}} She is Catalan;{{cite web |last1=Rivera |first1=Antonia |title=Anime, porros, pistolas y Mario Kart: quién es Bb Trickz, la joven española que ha revolucionado la música urbana |url=https://www.esquire.com/es/actualidad/musica/a43823684/quien-es-bb-trickz-trap-tiktok-viral-yung-beef/ |website=Esquire |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=es-ES |date=9 May 2023}} her mother is Canadian and works as an acupuncturist and practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and her father, who she spent less time with growing up, is a DJ and record producer who goes by An Der Beat and plays Brazilian funk music.{{cite web |last1=D'Souza |first1=Shaad |title=Bb Trickz is changing the face of Spanish rap |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/62248/1/bb-trickz-spanish-drill-rapper-hip-hop-star-interview-2024 |website=Dazed |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=22 March 2024}} She has said that she was bullied while in school.{{cite web |title=BB Trickz: 'Quiero hacer una música que, cuando la escuche, me sienta fuerte y orgullosa' |url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/arte/trickz-quiero-musica-escuche-sienta-fuerte-orgullosa-20231128203008-vi.html |website=ABC |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=es |date=28 November 2023}}
In September 2022, Kazi decided to start rapping professionally under the name BB Trickz—derived from Beatrix, the name of the protagonist from the 2003 film Kill Bill, which Kazi's mother allowed her to watch as a child as a birthday present. A snippet of her song "Bambi" posted to TikTok in February 2024 went viral. She released "Missionsuicida", her debut single, on 15 April 2023 with an accompanying music video. The song samples the theme song of the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and gained popularity on TikTok, as did her follow-up single "Bambi". Soon after, it was announced that she had been signed to Virgin Music Group. Her debut extended play (EP), Trickstar, was released nine days later through Virgin, with its beats all downloaded from YouTube. Her first live performance was at Rolling Loud in Portugal in July 2023.{{cite web |last1=Piera |first1=Mar |title=What we experienced at Rolling Loud Portugal 2023 |url=https://highxtar.com/en/what-we-experienced-at-rolling-loud-portugal-2023/ |website=Highxtar |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=12 July 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Luis |first1=Cristina |title=Bb Trickz: 'Soy más liante que el Rey Emérito' |lang=es-es |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2023/11/17/65560674e9cf4aaa1e8b4577.html |website=El Mundo |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=17 November 2023}} She appeared in Veeze's music video for his song "Overseas Baller", released in August 2023.{{cite web |last1=Centeno |first1=Tony M. |title=Veeze Treks Across Europe In 'Overseas Baller' Video Ahead Of His 'Ganger Tour' |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2023-08-16-veeze-treks-across-europe-in-overseas-baller-video-ahead-of-ganger-tour/ |website=iHeart |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=16 August 2023}} She released Sadtrickz, her second EP, on 29 November 2023 through Sony Music. She was featured on the remix to "Club Classics" on Charli XCX's remix album Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat, released on October 11 2024. https://www.stereogum.com/2283580/charli-xcx-brat-remixes-album/music/
Musical style
BB Trickz makes drill music that takes influence from American hip hop music, including sample drill, in songs that are usually around 90 seconds long.{{cite web |last1=Darville |first1=Jordan |title=Bb trickz shares Sadtrickz EP |url=https://www.thefader.com/2023/11/29/bb-trickz-shares-sadtrickz-ep |website=The Fader |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=en |date=29 November 2023}} According to her, she does not write her lyrics and primarily freestyles.{{cite web |last1=Ferrer |first1=Alexia G. |title=Bb trickz - “Viva españa!” |url=https://acero.metalmagazine.eu/post/bb-trickz-viva-espana-iniga-quintera |website=Acero |access-date=26 September 2024 |language=es}} Her inspirations include rappers Cash Cobain and Shawny Binladen and singer Amy Winehouse. Shaad D'Souza, for Dazed, wrote that she was an "acid-tongued lyricist" whose music was defined by its provocative and humorous nature, while Elliot Hoste, for the same magazine, wrote that both her visual and musical styles were "playful" with "a deft sense of humour". Interview{{'}}s Julian Ribeiro described her lyrics as "raunchy". Nestor Parrondo, for GQ España, described BB Trickz's rapping voice as a whisper, while ABC contrasted the "humor" and "provocation" of her music with her "small figure" and "shyness". She has been called the Spanish version of American rapper Ice Spice due to similarities in their sound.{{cite web |last1=Hoste |first1=Elliot |title=Bb trickz: 'I'm the most hated rapper in Spain, but I love it' |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/61653/1/bb-trickz-most-hated-rapper-spain-sadtrickz-missionsuicida-lil-peep-stolenbesos |website=Dazed |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=21 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Ribeiro |first1=Julian |title=Meet Bb Trickz, Barcelona's Drill Savior |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/meet-bb-trickz-barcelonas-drill-savior |website=Interview |access-date=25 September 2024 |date=6 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Steffanee |title=Bb Trickz Sees Your Ice Spice Comparisons |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/bb-trickz-ice-spice-missionsuicida |website=Nylon |access-date=26 September 2024 |date=5 December 2023}} She has also been accused by critics and social media users of appropriating her urbano aesthetic.
Discography
=Extended plays=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:22em;| Details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SPA {{Cite web|title=Discography BB Trickz|url=https://spanishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=BB+Trickz|access-date=October 20, 2024|website=spanishcharts.com}} |
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| scope="row"| Trickstar
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| 25 |
| scope="row"| Sadtrickz
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| - |
| scope="row"| 80’z
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| - |
=Singles=
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|+ List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album title ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" |Title ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Album | |
| scope="row"| "Missionsuicida"
| rowspan="6"| 2023 | Trickstar | |
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| scope="row"| "Bambi"
| rowspan="4" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} | |
| scope="row"| "Gra" | |
| scope="row"| | !" |
| scope="row"| "Charlie Brown" | |
| scope="row"| "Lil Peep"
| Sadtrickz | |
| scope="row"| "Soy la Más Mala de España" {{small|(with Bryant LR)}} | rowspan="6"| 2024 | rowspan="6" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} | |
| scope="row"| "Jálale Alv" {{small|(with Kevin AMF)}} | |
| scope="row"| "Trickstar" {{small|(with El Baby R)}} | |
| scope="row"| "Yo Soy el Más Chulo de España" {{small|(with Omar Montes and Tino JJ and featuring El Baby R)}} | |
| scope="row"| "Pharrell" {{small|(with Karrahbooo)}} | |
| scope="row"| "Miss Rackz" |
=Other charted songs=
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NZ Hot Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart: Peaks on the NZ Hot Singles Chart:
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US
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| scope="row"| "Club Classics" {{small|(Charli XCX featuring BB Trickz)}} | 2024 | 7 || 13 || 8 |
=Guest appearances=
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|+ List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Other artist ! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Album |
| scope="row"| "Skater Dater"
|rowspan="3"| 2024 | Eyedress, Elvia | Vampire in Beverly Hills |
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| scope="row"| "Club Classics" |
| scope="row"| "BB Belt" (Remix) |
| scope="row"| "BOSS BABIES"
|2025 |{{Interlanguage link|Théodora (singer)|lt=Théodora|fr|Théodora (chanteuse)}} |{{Interlanguage link|Méga BBL|lt=|fr|Méga BBL}} |