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Number of songs: 4 | Total weeks on charts: 4
Appearing in a total number of: 4 charts | Total period running: 0 days
Appearing in a total number of: 4 charts | Total period running: 0 days
Songs by Hoodie Allen
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Biography
Steven Adam Markowitz (August 19, 1988), better known by his stage name Hoodie Allen, is an independent American rapper.
Steven Markowitz was born in New York City and raised in a Jewish household in Plainview, Long Island along with his brother, Daniel. He started writing lyrics as a child, and would perform raps for his friends at house parties. Allen first attended the Long Island School for the Gifted in Huntington Station, and later attended Plainview – Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, where he played football.
While attending the University of Pennsylvania, he pledged the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He also played as defensive back for the Penn's sprint football team. After graduating in 2010 with a degree in marketing and finance, he worked at Google as an AdWords associate in their Standardized AdWords Reseller Training (START) program.
He would leave at 7AM for a bus ride to the Googleplex in Mountain View, work a full day at Google, return home at 6PM, write songs, answer fan emails, and schedule concerts until 2 or 3 AM. Reflecting on this, Allen said, "I was moving so fast, and even while I was at Google there was so much going on that I felt like I was doing two full-time jobs." His dream and passion was music, so when he got opportunities to do live shows, he decided to leave Google.
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team
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