Introduction
Golden Landis Von Jones (born November 13, 2000), known professionally as 24kGoldn, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and former child actor. He rose to fame with his 2019 single "Valentino", which peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified platinum by the RIAA in April 2020. In July 2020, Golden released the single "Mood", which topped the Billboard Hot100 and became the highest charting song of his career.
Career
Golden's first music video, "Trappers Anthem", was released in 2017. In January 2019, he released the single "Valentino", which received over 100 million plays on Spotify. He received his first record deal through producer D. A. Doman. He attributes his "maturity and development" to rapper Paypa Boy, who initially got him into recording music. 24kGoldn rose to fame with his 2019 single "Valentino", which peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. Golden released his debut EP Dropped Outta College in November 2019. In 2020, Golden gained further attention with single "City of Angels", which was officially released to US alternative radio on 31 March 2020; followed up in May 2020 with an official remix of the song by English singer-songwriter Yungblud. On May 20, 24kGoldn was featured on the remix of Olivia O'Brien's single "Josslyn".
On August 11, 2020, he was included on XXL's 2020 Freshman Class, placing in the 10th position after receiving the most fan votes. That same month, Golden's July 2020 single "Mood" featuring Iann Dior hit the charts due to its success on TikTok. It went on to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot100.
Personal life
24kGoldn grew up in San Francisco, California and attended Lowell High School, a selective public school. As a child, 24kGoldn acted in commercials. Golden sang in the choir in middle school and high school, and, with that, the importance of music in his life grew with his "own growth". Before he realised he could do music professionally, he planned on becoming a hedge fund manager. Golden attended the University of Southern California where he joined the Beta-Sigma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, as a Spring 2019 initiate. He initially took a leave of absence from school to pursue his rap career. 24 stated that he was not anticipating "that things were going to happen so fast when I came to USC", and did not think he would finish University, but he wanted to round off the school year to further develop the relationships he made, stating his love for being on campus, and that being a student kept him "grounded".
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| El Dorado |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US | ||
| Dropped Outta College |
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122 |
Singles
As a lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
USR&B/HH |
USRock |
AUS |
CAN |
IRE |
NLD |
NZ |
SWE |
UK | ||||
| "Ballin' Like Shareef" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Valentino" | 2019 | 92 | 42 | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Dropped Outta College |
| "Time for That" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "A Lot to Lose" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dropped Outta College | ||
| "Games on Your Phone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dropped Outta College" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "City of Angels" | 2020 | — | — | 7 | 25 | 54 | 26 | 88 | 38 | — | 25 |
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| "Unbelievable" (featuring Kaash Paige) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||
| "Water Run Dry" (with Chelsea Collins) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mood" (featuring Iann Dior) |
1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
As a featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USDance |
CAN |
IRE |
UK | ||||
| "2drunk" (MAJ featuring 24kGoldn) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | Majestic | |
| "Pretty" (Landon Cube featuring 24kGoldn) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Problems (Remix)" (DeathbyRomy featuring 24kGoldn) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tinted Eyes" (DVBBS featuring blackbear and 24kGoldn) |
23 | 63 | — | — | |||
| "Eighties" (Landon Cube featuring 24kGoldn) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "Belt" (Lil Dexx featuring 24kGoldn) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "Tick Tock" (Clean Bandit and Mabel featuring 24kGoldn) |
14 | — | 13 | 11 | TBA | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Ice Cream Man" | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Workin'" | 2019 |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Picture Perfect" | 2019 | Gabeo | Lock Up Lilies Bloom |
| "Love Dies" | 12AM | Non-album song | |
| "SIDELINES" | Just Juice | ||
| "Earthquake" | 2020 | KRYPTO9095 | |
| "LIT" | Lonr. | Land of Nothing Real | |
| "Josslyn" | Olivia O'Brien | The Results Of My Poor Judgement | |
| "Bayside" | Skizzy Mars | Free Skizzy Mars | |
| "Take It Slow" | Internet Money, TyFontaine | B4 the Storm |