Hoodie Allen Quick Info
Height5 ft 8½ in
Weight75 kg
Date of BirthAugust 19, 1988
Zodiac SignLeo
Eye ColorBlue

Hoodie Allen is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who quit his job at Google to pursue his passion for music. Over the years, he has released albums, extended plays, and tracks like All About It (ft. Ed Sheeran), Happy CamperThe HypePeople Keep Talking, No Faith In Brooklyn (ft. Jhameel), Whatever USAAll AmericanAmericousticYou Are Not A RobotShow Me What You’re Made OfMovieKnow It All, Make It Home (ft. Kina Grannis), Are U Having Any Fun? (ft. Meghan Tonjes), Cake Boy, Champagne and Pools (ft. Blackbear and KYLE), Dumb for You, and The Moment (ft. Travis Garland).

Born Name

Steven Adam Markowitz

Other Name

Hoodie Allen

Hoodie Allen as seen while performing at Roseland Ballroom in 2013
Hoodie Allen as seen while performing at Roseland Ballroom in 2013 (Tiffany Ronquillo / Flickr / CC BY 2.0)

Sun Sign

Leo

Born Place

Plainview, Long Island, New York, United States

Nationality

American

American

Education

Hoodie Allen studied at Long Island School for the Gifted (LISG) in South Huntington and then got enrolled at Plainview – Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School, a 4-year coeducational public high school located on Kennedy Drive in Plainview.

Afterward, Allen attended the University of Pennsylvania and became a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity as well as played as a defensive back for Penn’s sprint football team. In 2010, he graduated with a degree in marketing and finance.

Occupation

Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Actor

Family

  • Father – Ernest Markowitz
  • Mother – Eileen A. (Hart)
  • Siblings – Daniel (Brother)
  • Others – Herbert Markowitz (Paternal Grandfather), Miriam (Paternal Grandmother), Louis David Hart (Maternal Grandfather), Edythe (Maternal Grandmother)

Manager

Hoodie Allen has been signed with Don Buchwald & Associates, Inc., Talent and Literary Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Genre

Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Pop Rap

Instruments

Vocals

Net Worth

According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, his net worth had been $800 Thousand.

Build

Average

Hoodie Allen taking a selfie in November 2019
Hoodie Allen taking a selfie in November 2019 (Hoodie Allen / Instagram)

Height

5 ft 8½ in or 174 cm

Weight

75 kg or 165.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Hoodie Allen has dated –

  1. Taryn Elyssa Levenstein
  2. Sadie Newman (2016-Present) – He reportedly started going out with the English model Sadie Newman in 2016.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hoodie Allen is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Fuller lips

Religion

He grew up in a Jewish household.

Hoodie Allen as seen while taking a mirror selfie in February 2020
Hoodie Allen as seen while taking a mirror selfie in February 2020 (Hoodie Allen / Instagram)

Hoodie Allen Facts

  1. He started composing lyrics as a child and would often perform raps for his friends at house parties.
  2. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Hoodie worked at Google as an AdWords associate in their Standardized AdWords Reseller Training (START) program.
  3. While working at Google, he would leave at 7:00 AM for a bus ride to the Googleplex in Mountain View, work a full day, return home at 6:00 PM, write songs, answer fan emails, and schedule concerts until 2:00 or 3:00 AM.
  4. Hoodie Allen has always been passionate about music so when he got opportunities to do live shows, he decided to leave Google. Describing the time he was working at Google, he once said, “I was moving so fast, and even while I was at Google there was so much going on that I felt like I was doing two full-time jobs.”
  5. On October 14, 2014, he self-released his debut studio album titled People Keep Talking and it peaked at #2 on both the US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) chart as well as the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) chart and at #8 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
  6. Hoodie Allen’s 2nd studio album Happy Camper was released on January 22, 2016, and it peaked at #1 on the US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) chart, at #2 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) chart, and at #28 on the US Billboard 200 chart.
  7. He has also appeared in the double act sketch comedy web series, Jake and Amir.

Featured Image by Tiffany Ronquillo / Flickr / CC BY 2.0

Source: https://healthyceleb.com

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