Alex Watson, (born in August 27, 2009), known professionally as Hella Savage, is an American-Russian rapper.

Watson had moved to over 5-6 houses in only 11 years. He had never once been sent to regular school, instead staying home. Having no friends and being alone for so long, he released a couple songs in 2022 under the name NL4ALEX.

In late 2023-early 2024, Watson gained a following from making disses on YouTubers under the name

and after a while he finally decided to start making mixtapes. His first mixtape was self titled “Hella Savage”, on April 29, 2024. One day later, he re-released his 2022-23 songs as a compilation album, “MMXXIII: Stay Classy”. From there he released 3 other mixtapes including “Straight Out The Suburbs”, “No Title Intended”, and “War Is Over. Peace Is Now.” featuring fellow rappers Illinoid and Juicebaby.

On July 15, 2024, Watson was hospitalised from self harming. After recovering, Watson revealed he will not be doing any mixtapes for a while.

A while later, he announced Somehow Alive and Not Yet Dead, which were only released in February 2025.