Sammy Adams

Blending pop hook and suburban rap, Boston’s Sammy Adams caused quite a stir in 2010 when his debut effort, Boston’s Boy, topped the digital hip-hop chart for the week. release. After briefly signing to the majors, his music received a polished, pop-friendly makeover, heard in Homecoming 2013. He returned to the independent record label 1st Round. Records for its official debut, 2016’s The Long Way, before changing tech again, taking on tropical hits, dubstep and rap traps on a series of singles in the late 2010s. Born As Samuel Adams Wisner, he was a senior playing football at Trinity College in Hartford when he decided to put some attitude into Asher Roth’s hit “I Love College”, turning his affections on “I Hate College” (Remix)”. With the results posted online under the name Sam Adams, the song catapulted the rapper to Internet stardom in 2009. This was followed by the opening day of the next Boston mixtape. His breakthrough, the EP Boston’s Boy, topped the digital hip-hop chart, thanks in part to the success of his single “Driving Me Crazy”. Signing a short contract with RCA, he returned in 2013 with the Homecoming EP and officially renamed his gig to Sammy Adams to avoid any confusion with the Boston-based brewing company. That year, he also released the radio-friendly indie single “LA Story” written by Ryan Tedder and featuring Mike Posner. In 2015, Adams left RCA and returned to his original independent label 1st Round to release his official debut LP. Eight years after rising to the stage, The Long Way was released in March 2016 and includes “Helluva” (starring American Idol contestant Kat Nestel), “Love Again” (with Madison Love) and “Electric Appeal” produced by Tiesto. The collection of youth national anthems and party soundtracks reinforce Adams’ easygoing personality, like a more college-friendly G-Eazy. His reunion with 1st Round was short-lived and he parted ways with the label. In 2017, he released the tropical track “Shining” and joined TEL YKast and Basko for the dance song “Driving”. Next up was “Bandit,” a powerful, low-sounding collaboration with $MGGLR and Jayceeoh. Returning to his focus on hip-hop, Adams released his solo single “Action” in 2018.