Who is Joe Budden?

Joseph Anthony Budden II or Joe Budden is an American broadcaster, songwriter, and former rapper.

Together with Jamil “Mal” Clay, Rory Farrell, and Parks Vallely, Budden currently hosts The Joe Budden Podcast, released bi-weekly through Spotify and YouTube.

Joe Budden: Age, Parents, Siblings, Education, Ethnicity

He was born on August 31, 1980, in  Harlem, New York, United States. Budden was raised by his mother Fay Southerland with his older brother in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Budden’s father has been absent his whole life so he shares a deep bond with his mother.

Joe Budden holds American Citizenship and is of Afro-American ethnicity

Education

Budden attended Laurinburg Institute for troubled youths in North Carolina and later attended Lincoln High School in New Jersey.

Due to his drug addiction problem, Budden was not able to earn a degree.