Joey Valence & Brae is an American hip-hop duo, consisting of rappers Joseph Bertolino and Braedan Lugue.[1]
History
Bertolino and Lugue met during their
freshman year at
Pennsylvania State University, where they became friends and started creating music together.[1] Their first single "Crank It Up" was released in 2021.
Their seventh single "Punk Tactics" was released in 2022. The song was compared to the music of the
Beastie Boys (Bertolino calling them their "number #1 influence and inspiration"[2]) and older alternative hip-hop songs, with frequent references to
video games, and
internet memes, and it went viral on
social media.[3] The music video for the song was entirely filmed on a
Nintendo DS.[4]