U-Lil Peep (Gustav Elijah Ar) wayengumculi waseMelika, rapper kanye nombhali wengoma. I-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo edume kakhulu ithi, Come Over When You Sober.
Wayaziwa njengomunye wabaculi abaphambili besitayela se-"post-emo revival", esasihlanganisa i-rock ne-rap.
Umndeni kanye nobuntwana uLil Peep
U-Lil Peep wazalwa ngoNovemba 1, 1996 e-Allentown, ePennsylvania kuLisa Womack noCarl Johan Ar. Abazali babethweswe iziqu eHarvard University. Ubaba wakhe wayenguprofesa wasenyuvesi kanti umama wakhe wayenguthisha wesikole. Wayenomfowabo omdala.
Nokho, imfundo yabazali bakhe ayizange ithembise ukuphila okulula kukaGustav. Eseyingane, wabona ukungezwani phakathi kwabazali bakhe. Lokhu kwaba nomthelela omubi emqondweni wakhe. Ngemva nje kokuzalwa kwakhe, abazali bakhe bathuthela eLong Island (eNew York), okwakuyindawo entsha kaGustav. Lesi sinyathelo sasinzima kuye, njengoba uGustav wayesenezinkinga zokuxhumana.
Abazali bakaGustav bahlukana lapho eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala. Lokhu kumenze wahoxa kakhulu. Ubenenkinga yokuxhumana nabantu. Ngokuyinhloko wayexhumana nabangane ku-inthanethi. UGustav wazichaza ngamazwi akhe. Futhi wayehlale ebonakala njengensizwa ecindezelekile futhi enesizungu.
Yize ayeziphethe kahle ezifundweni zakhe kodwa wayengakuthandisisi ukuya esikoleni njengoba wayengumuntu ongenalwazi. Uqale wafunda eLindell Elementary School wabe esefunda eLong Beach High School. Othisha babekholelwa ukuthi ungumfundi onesiphiwo owathola amamaki amahle naphezu kokungafundi kahle.
Washiya esikoleni esiphakeme futhi wathatha izifundo ezimbalwa ze-inthanethi ukuze athole idiploma yakhe yesikole samabanga aphezulu. Wabuye waphothula izifundo zekhompiyutha eziningana. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayenesithakazelo esikhulu ekwenzeni umculo futhi wathumela umculo wakhe ku-YouTube naku-SoundCloud.
Ukuthuthela e-Los Angeles nokuqopha i-albhamu yokuqala
Lapho eneminyaka engu-17, wathuthela eLos Angeles ukuze enze umsebenzi womculo. Ukhiphe i-mixtape yakhe yokuqala ethi Lil Peep Part One ngo-2015. Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwelebula elifanele lokuqopha, ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ku-inthanethi. Ingoma evela ku-albhamu ye-Beamer Boy yaba yingoma enkulu. Futhi ngenxa yalesi sakhiwo, uLil Peep wazuza udumo kazwelonke.
Ngemuva kokukhipha amanye ama-mixtape amaningi, ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala yesitudiyo ngo-Agasti 2017. Yaba impumelelo kwezentengiselwano futhi yathola ukutuswa kwabagxeki.
E-Los Angeles, umculi wathatha i-pseudonym Lil Peep. Ugqugquzelwe ngabaculi abangaphansi komhlaba abafana noSeshhollowwaterboyz nomrepha u-iLove Makonnen.
Umfana waphelelwa imali eyongile ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ethuthela e-Los Angeles. Futhi wachitha ubusuku obuningana engenalo uphahla ekhanda lakhe.
Wayenabangane abaningi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngesikhathi eseNew York. Futhi waqala ukuthandana nabo ngamunye ngamunye ngokushesha nje lapho efika e-Los Angeles.
Ukubamba iqhaza eqenjini le-Schemaposse
Izinto zaba ngcono nakakhulu lapho u-Lil Peep ethintana nomdidiyeli womculo u-JGRXXN kanye nama-rapper amaningana afana no-Ghostemane no-Craig Xen. Isikhathi esiningi wayesichitha ezindlini zabo. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, umculi waba yingxenye yeqembu le-Schemaposse.
Esekelwa iqembu elisha, uLil Peep ukhiphe i-mixtape yakhe yokuqala ethi Lil Peep Ingxenye Yokuqala ku-SoundCloud ngo-2015. I-albhamu ayizange ihlonishwe kakhulu futhi idlalwe izikhathi ezingu-4 kuphela esontweni layo lokuqala. Kodwa-ke, kancane kancane yaduma njengoba "izingoma" zanda.
Ngemva nje kokukhipha i-mixtape yakhe yokuqala, wakhipha i-EP Feelz nenye i-mixtape, ethi Live Forever.
Ayizange ijabulele ukuthandwa okukhulu ngokushesha, ngoba umsindo wayo wawuhlukile futhi awuhambisani nohlobo oluthile. Lokhu kwathonywa uthando lwe-punk, umculo we-pop ne-rock. Izinhlamvu zamagama zaziveza kakhulu futhi zimnyama, ezingajabulisanga izilaleli eziningi nabagxeki.
I-Star Shopping (eyodwa evela ku-mixtape yokuqala) ibe yimpumelelo kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Le single iphinde yaba yimpumelelo emibuthanweni ye-hip hop engaphansi. Kodwa-ke, uthole impumelelo yangempela evamile ngokukhululwa kwe-Beamer Boy eyodwa. Uhlele ikhonsathi yokuqala ne-Schemaposse eTucson, e-Arizona.
Njengoba ama-rapper amaningi eqenjini eqala ukuzuza impumelelo, iqembu lahlakazeka. Kodwa-ke, ubuhlobo babo abushintshi futhi ngezinye izikhathi basebenzelana emisebenzini yesikhathi esizayo.
Umsebenzi kaLil Peep noGothBoiClique
U-Lil Peep uqhubekile wajoyina elinye iqembu le-rap, i-GothBoiClique. Ngabo, ukhulule i-mixtape yakhe yobude obugcwele i-Crybaby maphakathi no-2016. ULil Peep uthe i-albhamu iqoshwe ngezinsuku ezintathu ngoba ingekho imali, izwi lakhe liqoshwe ngombhobho oshibhile.
Lesi kube yisiqalo sempumelelo ejwayelekile ka-Lil Peep. Ngenxa yokukhululwa kwenye i-mixtape ye-Hellboy, wajabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu. Izingoma zakhe zikhishwe ku-YouTube naku-SoundCloud futhi zithole izigidi zemidlalo. Izingoma ezimbili ezivela ku-Hellboy ezibizwa ngokuthi i-OMFG nethi Girls zaba yimpumelelo kakhulu.
UMineral wamsola ngokuboleka omunye womculo wabo wengoma yabo iHollywood Dreaming. Kodwa-ke, uLil Peep uthe bekuyindlela yakhe yokukhokha intela ebhendini nomculo wabo.
Icwecwe Loza Ngalo Lapho Usober
Ngo-Agasti 15, 2017, uLil Peep wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yobude obugcwele ethi, Come Over When You Sober. I-albhamu ikhishwe okokuqala ku-Billboard 200 enombolweni engu-168 yase ifinyelela kunombolo-38. U-Lil Peep umemezele ukuvakasha kokuphromotha kwe-albhamu, kodwa usizi lwehlela phakathi nohambo futhi washona.
Ngemva kokushona kwakhe, izingoma eziningi ezingakakhishwa zakhanga umphakathi. Isibonelo, amanye amahithi akhe angemuva kokushona kube: Izinto Ezisabekayo, I-Spotlight, Amaphupho & Amaphupho Asebusuku, Amaketanga Egolide angu-4 kanye ne-Falling Down. I-Columbia Records yathola izingoma zakhe ngemva kokufa kwakhe.
Izinkinga zezidakamizwa nokufa
U-Lil Peep ukhulume izikhathi eziningana mayelana nendlela ayenobunzima ngayo ebuntwaneni futhi wayehlale enesizungu. Wayecindezelekile isikhathi esiningi futhi ene-tattoo ethi Cry Baby ebusweni bakhe. Ngisho nangemva kokuba esekhulile futhi edumile, akakwazanga ukunqoba ukucindezeleka kwakhe futhi wayevame ukukubonisa emazwini akhe.
NgoNovemba 15, 2017, umphathi wakhe wathola lo mculi eshonile ebhasini lokuvakasha. Bekufanele anandise endaweni eseTucson, e-Arizona. U-Lil Peep wasebenzisa insangu, i-cocaine nezinye izidakamizwa.
Kusihlwa wahamba wayothatha isihlwathi ebhasini. Umphathi wakhe wamhlola kabili futhi wayephefumula ngokujwayelekile. Nokho, phakathi nomzamo wesithathu wokumvusa, umphathi wathola ukuthi uLil Peep wayeka ukuphefumula. Ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwabonisa ukuthi ukufa kwakubangelwa ukweqisa izidakamizwa.
