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Abbas Hamad, better known as Bas or Fiend Bas, is an American rapper from Queens, New York. Born to Sudanese parents, Bas was raised in Paris until the age of eight, when his family moved to Jamaica, Queens. He didn’t start rapping until 2010. He was coerced by a J. Cole and toured with him. Mixtape releases such as Quarter Water Raised Me and Quarter Water Raised Me II elevated his profile. He was signed to J. Cole’s Dreamville Records and Interscope Records in 2014.
He’s been building buzz ever since his debut Last Winter and has established a line of clothing through his FIENDS brand, which was established in 2010. While the main spot to purchase FIENDS apparel is online, Bas has had multiple pop up shops in places like NYC and LA for the FIENDS apparel as well. The name “FIENDS” comes from when Bas and his crew used to always call themselves fiends growing up. The Fiends crew became his creative collective of people who work his website, help with marketing, produce music, graphic design, etc.