Lil Skies
Kimetrius Christopher Foose (born August 4, 1998), better known by his stage name Lil Skies, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter from Waynesboro, Pennsylvania signed to All We Got Entertainment through Atlantic Records.
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| Birth name | Kimetrius Christopher Foose |
| Born | August 4, 1998 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Origin | Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
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| Partner | Jacey Fugate (2018–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | lilskiesofficial |
His three highest charting tracks on the Billboard Hot 100 are "I" (number 39), "Nowadays" (number 55), and "Red Roses" (number 69). His major label debut mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, was released in 2018 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The mixtape was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2020.[1] He released his debut studio album, Shelby, in 2019. He followed it up by releasing his second studio album, Unbothered, in 2021.
Early life
Kimetrius Christopher Foose was born August 4, 1998, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.[2][3] He began freestyling at age three. He was introduced to music by his father, Michael Burton Jr., a hip hop artist formerly known as Dark Skies, now as BurntMan, and his mother Shelby Foose. Foose's stage name is a play on his father's.[4][5] Foose and his family moved to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania when he was in third grade.[3] When he was 11, his father was injured in a workplace chemical explosion at the Rust-Oleum plant near Williamsport, Maryland.[6]
Career
2016–2018: Career beginnings and Life of a Dark Rose
Skies claims he used to have to sell marijuana and work "little jobs" to pay for studio time and music videos.[7] He also worked at a McDonald's and a Japanese restaurant in his hometown.[7] In the meantime, he would spend the summer at a relative's house; it was at that point in time he worked in collaboration with his dad on his first project released on August 14, entitled, "Birth of Skies Vol. 1". Foose and his father would write an album the following year, Father-Son Talk, discussing the recovery process.[8] Foose graduated from Waynesboro Area Senior High School in 2016[9] and briefly attended Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania before dropping out to focus on his rap career.[10] His musical inspirations are Lil Wayne, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, The Offspring, Punchline, MxPx, Audiovent and 50 Cent.[11]
In October 2016, Foose opened for Fetty Wap at Shippensburg University[5] and later released his first mixtape, Alone, in January 2017.[12] In July 2017, he released two songs, "Red Roses" featuring Landon Cube[13] and "Off The Goop" featuring Sprite Lee.[14] He would later release other songs that year, including "Rude" and "Signs of Jealousy."[15]
Foose's repertoire of singles caught the attention of Atlantic Records who partnered with his own label, All We Got.[10][16] He released his first major label mixtape, Life of a Dark Rose, on January 10, 2018.[17] The mixtape debuted at #23[18] on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to peak at #10.[19] The songs "Nowadays" and "Red Roses" (both featuring Landon Cube) debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 list at #85 and #98 respectively[20] and have since peaked at #55 and #69 (also respectively).[21] He also toured nationally with Lil Uzi Vert in 2017 and began his "Life of a Dark Rose" tour in 2018, but had to end the tour short due to pneumonia.[17] On May 4, 2018, the music video for "Lust" was released, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified platinum by the RIAA.[22] On May 31, he released "I Know You", featuring Yung Pinch, which peaked at 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is now certified gold by RIAA.[23]
2019: Shelby
On March 1, 2019, Lil Skies released his album Shelby, named after his mother, while simultaneously debuting the music video for lead single "I".[24] He made a short documentary for the album on his YouTube channel by interviewing her and surprising her during it by telling her he was going to name it after her.[25] On May 21, 2019, Lil Skies released a video for "Breathe", a song from his album, Shelby.[26] On July 14, 2019, Lil Skies collaborated with rapper Machine Gun Kelly on the song "Burning Memories".
2020–present: Unbothered
On March 4, 2020, Skies released the song "Havin My Way", which features close friend Lil Durk and serves as the lead single from his second studio album, Unbothered (2021).[27] It was followed by the second single, "Riot", which was released on May 14, 2020.[28] "On Sight", the third single, was released on November 6, 2020.[29] On July 10, 2020, he released the track "Red & Yellow" from the Road to Fast 9 mixtape.[30] On December 16, 2020, Foose announced Unbothered and its complete details along with the single "Ok". The album was released on January 22, 2021.
Personal life
Foose resides in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. In July 2019, Foose and his longtime girlfriend, Jacey Fugate, had a son.[31][32][33]
Foose cites his own song "Red Roses" as his personal favorite song, referring to the musical combination with him and Landon Cube as "epic".[34] He cites Lil Wayne as his biggest music inspiration.[35]
Foose tries to avoid drugs as much as possible after seeing it negatively impact the lives of his old friends.[36]
In an interview, Skies claims if he was not rapping, he would like to do some "Bear Grylls type, outdoor stuff" and that his favorite hobby is fishing.[37]
Discography
- Shelby (2019)
- Unbothered (2021)
Music videos
| Year | Title | Release date | Director | Artist(s) |
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| 2013 | "Live 4 the Moment"[38] | June 16, 2013 | Skies | With Dark Skies (his dad) |
| 2016 | "Da Sauce"[39] | March 25, 2016 | Nicholas Jandora | — |
| 2017 | "Some Way"[40] | April 18, 2017 | ||
| "Rude" | July 11, 2017 | |||
| "Signs of Jealousy" | November 14, 2017 | |||
| "Fake" | January 25, 2017 | |||
| "Red Roses" | October 19, 2017 | Cole Bennett | With Landon Cube | |
| "Nowadays" | December 18, 2017 | |||
| "Lonely" | December 26, 2017 | With Yung Bans | ||
| 2018 | "Lettuce Sandwich"[41] | February 1, 2018 | Nicholas Jandora | — |
| "Lavagirl"[42] | January 4, 2018 | With Sprite Lee | ||
| "Welcome to the Rodeo"[43] | March 29, 2018 | Cole Bennett | — | |
| "Lust" | May 3, 2018 | Nicholas Jandora | ||
| "I Know You" | May 31, 2018 | With Yung Pinch | ||
| 2019 | "Real Ties" | January 17, 2019 | Xandros | — |
| "Name In The Sand" | January 31, 2019 | Nicholas Jandora | ||
| "Breathe" | May 20, 2019 | |||
| "Going Off" | July 18, 2019 | Louieknows | ||
| "i" | March 1, 2019 | Cole Bennett | ||
| "Stop The Madness" | March 18, 2019 | Sara Lacombe | With Gunna | |
| "More Money More Ice" | September 6, 2019 | Cole Bennet | — | |
| 2020 | "Havin My Way" | March 4, 2020 | Astroknot and Nick Tabidze | With Lil Durk |
| "Fidget" | April 20, 2020 | Kristian Bennese | — | |
| "Riot" | May 14, 2020 | LOUIEKNOWS | ||
| "Lightbeam" | July 23, 2020 | Nicholas Jandora | With NoCap | |
| "On Sight" | November 6, 2020 | Kristian Bennese | — | |
| "OK" | December 16, 2020 | STRIPMALL | — | |
| 2021 | "Dead Broke" | January 22, 2021 | Nicholas Jandora | — |
| "Take 5" | March 22, 2021 | Bobby Lee Palmer | — | |
| 2022 | "Play This At My Funeral" | March 25, 2022 | Nicholas Jandora | With Landon Cube |
| "RAGE!" | October 21, 2022 | Sam McGrath | — | |
| 2023 | "Make A Toast" | February 21, 2023 | Sam McGrath |
References
- ^ "LIL SKIES – LIFE OF A DARK ROSE". RIAA.
- ^ Mench, Chris (December 5, 2017). "From Waynesboro To The Web: Lil Skies Is On The Verge Of Breaking Out". Genius.com. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Adams, Joi S. (April 1, 2017). "New TSP Artist Alert: Lil Skies Releases Video For "Some Way"". The Stokey Project. Retrieved February 12, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ McCarthy, Liam (September 5, 2017). "Going Up w/ Lil Skies". Elevator Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Bonura, Denise (October 20, 2016). "Reaching for the stars: Lil Skies to open for Fetty Wap". Shippensburg News Chronicle. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Herald, Denise Bonura/The Record. "Michael Burton Jr. of Waynesboro emerges stronger after suffering third-degree burns in Rust-Oleum chemical explosion". Waynesboro Record Herald. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ a b "Lil Skies on 'Shelby', Dealing w/ Depression, XXXTentacion + More! - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Bonura, Denise (March 28, 2014). "Michael Burton Jr. of Waynesboro emerges stronger after suffering third-degree burns in Rust-Oleum chemical…". The Record Herald. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Waynesboro Area Senior High School Class of 2016". The Record Herald. May 27, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Mench, Chris (December 5, 2017). "From Waynesboro To The Web: Lil Skies Is On The Verge Of Breaking Out". Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Get to Know 'Nowadays' Rapper Lil Skies". Billboard. March 12, 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Shawn (January 25, 2017). "Lil Skies Drops 'Alone' An AyRap Delicacy". Drill Kings. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Shawn (July 24, 2017). "Lil Skies Teams Up With Landon Cube For 'Red Roses'". Drill Kings. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Hef, Hollywood (July 17, 2017). "Lil Skies & Sprite Lee unleash catchy new jam "Off The Goop"". Elevator Magazine. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Ortiz, Edwin (November 14, 2017). "Premiere: Lil Skies Stunts in "Signs of Jealousy" Video". Complex. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Thomas, Fred (December 2017). "Artist Biography by Fred Thomas". AllMusic. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ a b Coleman II, C. Vernon (January 10, 2018). "Lil Skies Releases 'Life of a Dark Rose' Mixtape". XXL. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ Zellner, Xander (January 17, 2018). "Lil Skies Makes Billboard Hot 100 Debut With 'Nowadays' & 'Red Roses'". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard 200 – The Week of January 27, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
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- ^ "The Hot 100 – The Week of January 27, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Skies' 'Lust' Continues a Tradition of Animated Hip-Hop Videos: Here Are 15 of the Best". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ "Lil Skies Drops Frenetic "I Know You" Video f/ Yung Pinch". Complex. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ Saponara, Michael (March 1, 2019). "Lil Skies Surprise Drops Debut Album 'Shelby' Featuring Gunna, Gucci Mane: Listen". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ "Lil Skies – Shelby (The Documentary) – YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Lil Skies Drops New Video For 'Breathe'". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^ Zidel, Alex (March 4, 2020). "Lil Skies & Lil Durk Don't Miss On "Havin My Way"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ Lilah, Rose (May 14, 2020). "Lil Skies Is Ready To "Riot"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ Pickus, Brandon (November 6, 2020). "Lil Skies - "On Sight" [STREAM + VIDEO]". Rhyme Hip Hop. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Red & Yellow (From Road To Fast 9 Mixtape) – Single by Lil Skies on Apple Music". July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020 – via Apple Music.
- ^ Lil Skies (March 13, 2019). "Lil Skies – Shelby (The Documentary)" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Fuse". Fuse.
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- ^ "Going Up w/ Lil Skies". September 6, 2017.
- ^ "Lil Skies Talks His Favorite Tattoo & Touring With Lil Uzi". Highsnobiety. December 28, 2017.
- ^ Zisook, Brian "Z". "Lil Skies Explains Why He Avoids Lean & Xanax: "I'm Scared, Bro"". DJBooth.
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- ^ Lil Skies (April 18, 2017), LIL SKIES – SOME WAY (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
- ^ Jandora Media, LIL SKIES – LETTUCE SANDWICH [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (Dir. by @NicholasJandora)
- ^ Jandora Media, SPRITE LEE – LAVAGIRL ft. LIL SKIES (Dir. by @NicholasJandora)
- ^ Cole Bennett, Lil Skies – Welcome To The Rodeo (Dir. by @_ColeBennett_)