Nocando

Career

Nocando first gained attention through open-mic workshops in Leimert Park, South Los Angeles. In battle rap, he is believed to have accumulated a hundred wins over various opponents. He later concentrated on recording and releasing music, battling only occasionally. His debut album, Jimmy the Lock, came out in 2010 on Alpha Pup Records, with production from Thavius Beck, Nosaj Thing, Free the Robots, Daedelus, and Nicholas Thorburn, among others.

That same year, he and Nobody, as Bomb Zombies, issued the EP Sincerely Yours on Hellfyre Club. In 2011, Nocando and Busdriver, as Flash Bang Grenada, released 10 Haters; Alarm placed it on its list of 50 unheralded albums from 2011. He put out the free EP Zero Hour in 2012, along with the singles "Where's the Money?" and "Up in the Air." A single, "Little Green Monsters," appeared in 2013.

His second solo album, Jimmy the Burnout, followed in 2014 on Hellfyre Club. In 2017, he released Severed, which HipHopDX called one of his most powerful albums to date and which Uproxx ranked as the 24th best rap album of 2017. He also released King Snake that year. In 2019, he adopted the stage name All City Jimmy and subsequently removed all Nocando titles from digital retailers.