Artist

BJ The Chicago Kid

Wins

Nominations

About BJ The Chicago Kid

"There's no unicorns that pop out the ceiling and no glitter that pops out of my pocket. It's just regular people in the studio doing what we do."

Born Bryan James Sledge on Nov. 23, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois
BJ The Chicago Kid's major label debut, 2016's In My Mind, reached No. 43 on the Billboard 200 and No. 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
He scored his first career GRAMMY nomination for 2014 for Best Rap Sung Collaboration for "Studio" with Schoolboy Q.
Did you know? BJ The Chicago Kid was featured on Kanye West's 2006 single "Impossible."
In 2016 he was the featured guest at the Recording Academy Chicago Chapter's "Art Of The Craft" event.
BJ The Chicago Kid performed at the 2016 "Celebration of Giving" Benefit Gala in Chicago. The event benefited the Callahan Foundation, which supports youth preparing to attend college and to provide them with contemporary role models

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2022	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	BJ The Chicago Kid, PJ Morton, Kenyon Dixon, Charlie Bereal	Bring It On Home To Me	All Nominees
2020	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	BJ The Chicago Kid	Time Today	All Nominees
2020	Best R&B Album	BJ The Chicago Kid	1123	All Nominees
2017	Best R&B Performance	BJ The Chicago Kid	Turnin' Me Up	All Nominees
2017	Best R&B Album	BJ The Chicago Kid	In My Mind	All Nominees
2017	Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance	BJ The Chicago Kid	Woman's World	All Nominees
2015	Best Melodic Rap Performance	Schoolboy Q, BJ The Chicago Kid	Studio	All Nominees