The Backyard Boyz came together during 2020's quarantine, and consists of several rappers (all regular dad's with no rapping experience) who use their golden era of hip hop influences to craft songs to put smiles on faces. Their first song "Put The Hose Down", came from an idea they had after yelling at their kids for picking the hose up out of the swimming pool, and uses the beat for Cardi B's track "W.A.P. While their songs are fun, the flows are serious. They display more than capable
The Backyard Boyz came together during 2020's quarantine, and consists of several rappers (all regular dad's with no rapping experience) who use their golden era of hip hop influences to craft songs to put smiles on faces. Their first song "Put The Hose Down", came from an idea they had after yelling at their kids for picking the hose up out of the swimming pool, and uses the beat for Cardi B's track "W.A.P. While their songs are fun, the flows are serious. They display more than capable rhymes, melodies and flows leaving listeners with their tunes stuck in their heads all day. They went on to record a Christmas song "Baby This Is Christmas Time", which is an original song produced by member Joe Smallwood and written by Joe and Trent Purnhagen AKA "Big Purn". The video for "Baby This Is Christmas Time" was shot at "Light Up Middletown in Middletown, Oh and includes both rappers in onesies. They have recorded several more songs with accompanying music videos including "Grillz" and "Like A Daddy, which was shot in the summer of 2022. All of their videos have racked up thousands of views and are looking at recording an E.P. of original music by the end of 2022. Members include: Joe Smallwood, Trent Purnhagen, Steve Moss and Josh Lay with contributions from "Big Shot" Bobby Walsh
