J.I.D

Released: May 17, 2010

Songwriter: JID

Producer: Jack Swain

[Intro]
Grade A, Grade A, Grade A, Grade A
Uh

[Verse]
One time for Jack Swain (Huh)
Two times for Tay James
Three times for me
Four times for Tay James
Five times for Jack Swain
Six times for zone six
This is my motherfuckin' cake walk
My thoughts, my everything
I gave it to you, you feel me, this my mixtape
I'm doin' this thing, welcome to my building

[Outro]
This is my cakewalk
DJ Tay James (Whoo), haha
Boy, they can't see shorty

Destin Choice Route (b. October 31, 1990), better known by the stage name J.I.D, is an American rapper from Zone 6, Atlanta, Georgia. He describes himself as “a soft-spoken but intricate lyricist with a cocky side.” His stage name originates from “jittery,” his grandmother’s nickname for him due to his sporadic behavior as a child.

J.I.D began attending Hampton University on a football scholarship in the fall of 2008. At that time, he was nicknamed ‘Jidd’ and released music under multiple variations of that name. His first mixtape, CakeWalk, was released in May 2010 and featured a number of friends from Hampton. The tape also marked two of his earliest collaborations with EARTHGANG. He released his second mixtape, CakeWalk 2, in June 2011. J.I.D was expelled from Hampton at some point during his senior year. Route of Evil was released in June 2012 as J.I.D’s third mixtape. DJ Tay James, Justin Bieber’s official DJ, hosted each of these three mixtapes. J.I.D does not publicly acknowledge any of these tapes, and they are not easily discoverable on the internet.

In October 2013, J.I.D released Para Tu, his fourth mixtape. Around this time, he also officially created the Spillage Village collective with EARTHGANG, Hollywood JB, and JordxnBryant. J.I.D re-released Para Tu on SoundCloud in December 2017 after fans had discovered it and were posting it online.

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